The concept of urbanism as an optimal form of contemporary human existence is often challenged by the unstable conditions of the urban environment. Having subordinated natural forces to their needs, people have simultaneously become dependent on the continuous construction and transformation of the urban landscape. At times it seems that only the drifting heavy clouds above construction sites remind us of the impossibility of fully controlling the environment that surrounds us. Tons of concrete that gave rise to modern urbanism, countless skeletal frames of emerging structures, and the relentless dismantling of outdated ones consume the individual and undermine the possibility of achieving inner balance.
Ongoing repair and construction works continually transform densely populated urban spaces, giving them the features of a post-apocalyptic landscape filled with warning signs and building materials. The multilayered texture of public reality suppresses the idea of individual development.
The silence of the figures in the video is accompanied by radio news reports describing the advantages of infrastructural change. This continuous, monotonous flow of information—composed of statistics and predictions of urban improvement—stands in sharp contrast to the somber, distrustful gazes of the swaying characters. Their downcast and partially skeptical looks are directed into the distance, toward a horizon that remains unobtainable, yet still embodies the faint hope of clarity and openness.