Ruhezeit

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ruhezeit explores the notion of rest among construction workers as a central metaphor to reflect on life beyond labour. Through sound, visual, and performative elements, the audience is invited into the intimacy of a building site — making visible the personal stories, family ties, and everyday struggles often hidden from view.

At the heart of the installation lies the Siestario, a “box within a box” that reproduces the protective architecture of construction sites. Conceived as a refuge, it challenges the logic of productivity and reclaims rest as a poetic, aesthetic, and political gesture. By foregrounding those who build cities but remain absent from their cultural imagination, the work insists on the urgency of pausing to consider exhaustion, resilience, and collective organisation.

Rest on Bardo

Ruhezeit