for the crit:

The industry of security has had the capacity to transform our mentality and the way that boundaries are perceived. In a Brazilian context, the separation of public and private spaces is clearly defined as well as the boundaries separating and segregating people. At the human scale, the spaces that we move through also create boundaries, an obstacle impossible to overcome. However, this boundary only lasts for the very instant that the space is in fact occupied and it is then gone, never to take up the same place, the same way again. I began to think how I could demonstrate these boundaries. By fixing a flashing light to the human figure, I was able to record its path, the boundary that it created, through a long exposure photograph. This blinking shinny path became a celebration of these timeless boundaries that everyone obliviously composes. The locations chosen are places where actual boundaries exist, either physical or implicit. For example in the square there are pathways that do not have physical boundaries, nonetheless we still feel hesitant to walk on the grass. On the other hand, an elevated train track creates an urban barrier which is completely physical, where the only way to permeate it is through several tunnel-like underpasses. That was another chosen location. Also by attaching the light at neck height, I was able to suggest that the human figure is somewhat restricted to unspoken limitations as well as to demonstrate the person’s route as an ephemeral boundary.