HOLES IN THE CITY
Pause - Antwerp 2019 Remnants of worlds that disappear to make way for new opportunities. This is the testimony of a small urban change in the city of Antwerp, even if the change has not yet taken place. I want to dwell on the void that precedes this change of structure. What was there until yesterday within the walls of those two buildings? How many people lived or passed by there? How many will go through it, for completely different reasons? Now that space is suspended, waiting to be filled. This void bordered by concrete is talking about time, a pause, a moment of stasis between human affairs. Now that everything is digitally mapped and updated for market needs, dealing with certain aspects of the territory is surely superfluous. The holes between walls, on the other hand, do not interest anyone. Everybody's waiting for the new attraction, the removal of the barriers, the return to normal. New houses, new shops, a new comings and goings, which will be the same as bef