Unfixing the Atlas

The Unfixed Atlas was cleaned up. Among the material traces left by the public, our memories and some photos, we held ‘readings of the atlas’ made by some visitors — here we share some of them:

“This space makes me think of …
… the punishment of king Sisyphus — his pain and maybe pleasure?”
… a documentary — but then it gets real.”
… a space for fears to confirm themselves — but observing the details, I see how ridiculous they are.”
… a public space — like, you need to watch your kids, as they love to rumble around.”
… that trying too hard to understand things does not help — it’s better to count the stones, it makes me feel good.”
… that I love just watching people and what they do — passively, not controlling my gaze…”
… that freedom is both — super frightening and frustrating… but also a chance, to make up my mind.”
… places that don’t belong to anybody, and where one doesn’t belong either — until one makes it so…”
… a Swiss clockwork: at first sight simple and very precise, smooth — but in fact extremely “complex” — many invisibly winding tracks… and quite rocky after all.”
… a welcome mess — where I can touch and do random things…”
… coasts and construction sites — and the destructive site of both.”
… a bit like a speaker’s corner, but then more intimate.”
… that I never know how political I want to get…”
… that I hate school and that I am afraid of being out of school.”
… the flat of my grandma — because of the metronome’s tak — tak — tak — …”
… how long it will take to tidy up the space.”
… the difference between a collection of things and things accumulating.”
… that I need to cry…”
… that I don’t get it, that I am thrown on stage, or into the world… without having been asked if I want to be… and that that’s maybe just as it is.”
… that I felt coming too late some days ago, that yesterday I thought I was too early and that today I see that it’s always already happening anyway… the moment I show up.”

The premiere of Unfixing the Atlas by Radical Hope was made possible by KIOSK.