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white cue [1999]

interval/ photograph _ 42 × 42 × 3 cm

water-based sealant, white paint, 10 fluorescent lamps [40 w], reactor, electric cable

subsoil
Morro de Santa Teresa/ Rio de Janeiro

the first impression created by a dark, dirty, abandoned place, situated in the basement of a building constructed on one of the slopes of Morro de Santa Teresa [Rio de Janeiro], was that any proposal designed for its interior would be affected in several ways by its condition and architecture.    going down the steep steps that connected it to the street reinforced this circumstance and pre-announced indications regarding the possibilities and forms of occupation.    painting it entirely in white, with the decision not to touch any surface or do any type of cleaning or repair, considered the formulation of an action capable of momentarily suspending our already conditioned codes and channels of perception.