Neighbours
A study of how "The Other" is produced within everyday life.
"Project Neighbours" is a fictional apartment building inhabited by archetypal figures: the victim, the executioner, the lover, the witness, the believer, the opportunist, etc.
"The Other lives next door"
Project Neighbours begins from a simple observation:
The other rarely arrives from elsewhere. More often, the Other lives next door. Each room contains a different neighbour and a different story.
By focusing on neighbours rather than distant figures, the work explores how fear, exclusion, and belonging emerge within ordinary everyday life.
In this project, paintings, illustrations, filmed performances, and animations continuously transform into one another.
The moment before something breaks:
The artwork captures the moment of collapse — when something inside a person breaks: a belief, conviction, moral stance, or sense of self. These collapses can be silent, turning into screams, or screams dissolving into silence.
What is this project asking?
How does someone become “the Other”?
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When does fear become hate?
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When does silence become complicity?
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How do ordinary people participate in systems larger than themselves?
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Can a neighbour be both victim and perpetrator at the same time?
The building becomes a space where conflicting perspectives coexist and where certainty gives way to reflection.
The Other → appears through Neighbours → within a Building
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The Other is the subject.
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The neighbours are the characters.
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The building is the framework.
Meet the Neighbours
Every Neighbour carries a story.
The neighbours are not portraits of historical figures but archetypes. They draw from historical events, collective memory, personal experience, and contemporary realities. Together they form a symbolic map of human behaviour and social life.
New neighbours can always enter the building. New rooms can be opened, and new stories can be added. The archive remains open.
