The Netherlands,
2020

Engagement:
“How to engage the public space?”

<< Dear Engagement,
You asked me a big question, to which I did not know the answer, and I still do not know. However, I dared myself to find it and to do so, I started an artistic research through the streets of Eindhoven.Firstly, I tried to understand what engagement is all about and how to produce it. To engage is “to enter in conversation with,” it is an active process that involves two or more parts.
       How then, could I dare someone to engage with me within the public space? I first needed to be noticed, and then start to share something with my audience. The chosen location for my first attempt was a hidden alley, indifferent but powerful: the shame. I recognised shame as the tool through which to overcome the dichotomy between public and private space. To feel ashamed at home is unusual, so why then should we be ashamed outside? [...to be continued...] >>


0. Cecilia Casabona, Eindhoven; ph. Valeria Fabiano


1. Info poster, size A2