Installation of the work on the roof of Saracvra Art Space,
an invitation by Paula Borghi and Thelma Vilas-Boas, Rio de Janeiro, BRA
02.06.2017 to 02.07.2018
Ask Your Neighbors points to the loss of the sense of community in big cities via a simple device: a neon sign on a floating structure. The work aspires to be perceived in two distinct ways: when seen by passers-by on the street during the day, it is apprehended as an installation object, a physical and material presence; when seen from afar, at night, through the windows of the buildings and houses in the neighborhood, it is an immaterial luminous message. The installation was supported by the Goethe-Institut Rio de Janeiro, the Gesellschaft für Internatio¬nale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), within the scope of the Jogos do Sul project.
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd3bbd7137a7dc417605ec61d1199aacf1837333ce38ca0740b0bde30a55e4ef/saracura_02.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b7a4cf7e27becd54286b67571facebfa1477bcb6629b8f83bc33340085cf076/saracura_03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94680d735ef0d616fad5b91e7e6bbcd4806ef2bdf8ecd3c7f763136b2952d5d2/saracura_04.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db2c6420058be21bbfbff37be803684e241bda1ea22f43d29e14692d4d74fc58/saracura_05.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2709256c36247f0e7af53115b148c94d7f1fdf8e2a3f8aafeb2ccf55134ad15c/saracura_06_link.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/019b6b05eaaede212676c144a88a1872c2d83994c17a152eed86b15f0c491f67/saracura_07.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e712091aef4820c5945d20a35a5c233405a8e3bb53dd37cee397555748f8c720/saracura_08.jpg)
+ Works > Ask your Neighbors, 2016 – 2017
+ link > Inauguration mediated by Thelma Vilas-Boas at Lanchonete <>Lanchonete