Classical techniques of confinement have dramatically expanded, their domains of oppression building upon historical forms of institutional violence. From the virus to the room, the screen, and the municipality, todays social separations create new modes of behavior. The archaic media format of the drawing has the potential to trace and express the current environment and its rapidly changing conditions. Paradoxically, the drawing has been resurrected with growing attachments to screens. The flatness of paper adapts itself to any given digital device, but not without efforts and opportunities of translation.
Curators
gta exhibitions (Fredi Fischli, Irma Radoncic, Simona Mele, Niels Olsen, Megan Rolvien, Sara Sherif, and Jeremy Waterfield)
e-flux Architecture (Nick Axel and Nikolaus Hirsch)
Confinement is a collaborative exhibition taking place both online at e-flux Architecture and on site at gta exhibitions, ETH Zürich. The proejct is supported by the Adrian Weiss Stiftung and the ETH Zürich Foundation.
