How to describe this on-going research project for me is still unclear. I feel it contains several intertwined layers and storylines which continuously unfolds and generate new meanings and perspectives. Every time I present Primordi, it happens in a different way, so please consider the following introduction just as one of the many possible ones.
In this on-going project I imagined how 5 characters, belonging to a speculative society called “Primordi”, would inhabit the planet. I imagined and materialized their stories, professions, interdependencies and values through a repertoire of writings, drawings, performances, objects and tools. The installation's pieces could be therefore looked at backwards and frontwards: realized by the characters in order to present themselves. Embodying multi-layers of meanings and storylines they continuously unfold and reveal new perspectives upon notions such as marginality, independence and mutual aid.
Through various installations, sometimes narrative, sometimes interactive or as an archeological display, the under-construction habitats, stories and values of Primordi are narrated, triggering reflections upon the alternative ways humans could inhabit the planet.
Diario d'Esodo (Exodus Diary) is a written analysis upon the contemporary social and spatial tissue and the potentialities contained in the interstices of its mesh. Narrated by the characters Carola and Pablo, the chapters of this research-journey move from the capitalistic/authoritarian paradigms of space and relations towards the exploration of the state of exception as a possible spatiality for collective emancipation.
This thesis intends to be a theoretical framework to contextualize and develop the Primordi project, an attempt to cross-over theories and visions of thinkers like M. Foucault, L. De Cauter, H. Bey, G. Clément and C. Ward as a base to critically build alternative scenarios. The last chapters of the journey, but not least as there is no arrival, reveal glimpses of different ways of inhabiting life by enhancing mutual synergy and self-organization; a tangible speculation upon our 'not-yet' present.
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Images: Helena Roig
