cosmopolis

Over the last few years, the University of Neuchâtel carried out extensive comparative research regarding the urbanisation of Ouagadougou, Palermo and Hanoi, three cities that have developed terrifically in recent decades. It was the researchers’ dream to translate their scientific findings into an evocative, three-dimensional exhibition. The place to be: club ‘Case à Chocs’ in Neuchâtel.

True limits show the true master. With a very small budget but heaps of imagination, stacks of boxes, tape and spray cans, we transformed 21 spaces into unexpected glimpses of a variety of metropolises. The boxes acted as data carrier, exhibit and background in one. For the look and feel, we were happy to elaborate on the existing graffiti. The result: a trip around the world through gentrification, city dwellers, cultural reality, gated communities, politics and global-local blending.