Escala
Selected project- for the ten finalists – for the competition A Arte Chegou ao Colombo, promoted by Centro Colombo, with exhibition at Museu Coleção Berardo.
Type
Installation
Info
location: MAC/CCB | Museu Coleção Berardo | Lisbon, Portugal
year: 2020
authorship: Tomé Capa
photography: Rita Carmo / Museu Coleção Berardo
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rules about social distancing were created.
With these rules, we all came to realise the importance of certain things we hadn’t noticed before.
We have become aware of the lack of a hug, of a handshake, of a head on a shoulder, of looking into somebody’s eyes, and simply of being together in the same place.
It is amazing how such a short distance (two metres) can create so much separation.
We know what we have lost with compulsory minimum distancing. But do we know what is lost with maximum distancing? That is to say, what is the maximum distance between people at which they can still interact?
Escala [Scale] is a gauge of distance and relationships.
It is an interactive device which tests the distances we need for social interaction; the importance of personal relationships; what we have got and what we haven't; what we gain and what we lose when we distance ourselves.
Instructions for use:
1. Walk on the piece (the footway) on display.
2. Together with another person/other people, explore the minimum and maximum distances for social interaction.
