Interactive Art 2: "Borderlife"

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Lodi - Milan,  2016

If some problems can not be avoided, make them comfortable.
Intervention that, parodically, speaks about people forced to live in extreme conditions, even coming to live in manholes.
An example of inspiration is  Bucharest, where more than 600 people live underground, in the sewers.

Boderlife is created by italian artist Biancoshock. In this art piece in order to highlight the extreme conditions that many people come to terms with as a part of their life he redesigns the spaces that these people were forced to live in. Places, such as manholes, were furnished with day to day items that people interacted with in their homes. The picture above shows such a manhole being intentionally redesigned to reflect the living space of a kitchen. The philosophy Biancoshock tries to share is that "If some problems can not be avoided, make them comfortable". This is a take on humanity's ability to adapt when extreme conditions occur simply by redesigning the space one exists in. This is interesting as it sheds light on how we as a species derive a sense of comfort from exerting control on our environment. Doing so makes us feel secure and safe even in a space that is realistically far from that. Yet this illusion from redesigning the space comforts us even if the situation says otherwise, giving us space to breathe and continue living in a problem-filled world. It is interesting how hardy we are as human beings and how a simple illusion can make us feel more hope despite the actuality of our circumstances. At the same time, I find it interesting how art can be used to help people around us while at the same time sending a message on the philosophy of another person. 

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