Design: Katarzyna Furgalińska, Łukasz Smolarczyk
Organizer / Client: Łódzkie Centrum Wydarzeń
Curator: Michał Bieżyński
The essence of the Breathe-in/Breathe-out installation throbbing in line with human’s breathing is creating an illusion of synchronization between the neon light (element of the city) and the human organism (the city’s inhabitant). The idea is to direct the installation’s influence at a single recipient and his individual sense of “here and now”.
This specific humanism manifesto in the city space is intended to draw attention to living quality issues and to the needs of it’s inhabitants. Pace of life, air quality, accessibility and attractiveness of green areas are the issues, which will need to be approached seriously regarding demographic trends and depopulation processes.
Breathe-in/Breathe-out is therefore also a kind of memento mori for Łódź. Breathe-in/Breathe-out – as long as there are people, also the city exists.
