Their futures (and our own) are so heavily reliant on fragmented memories, unrequited loves, old friends, and distant longings. So, what will tomorrow look like for them, and for us? I think it will be a collection of the past and present, immortalized in the architecture around us; literally and figuratively embodied in the windows of our souls. The last 2 years have given rise to an unprecedented social pandemic: loneliness. More than ever before, we have an insatiable need for human connection. As time moves on, I hope that we will be able to move closer to each other, understand what drives those around us, forge unbreakable relationships with the ‘other’, and redefine community. Living Windows is an uncomfortable, yet familiar, exploration of what this proximity might look like. The piece can be tiled to create a continuous pattern, thereby creating the illusion of an infinite façade inhabited by infinite souls, friends, families, lovers, and confidants.

Two neighbours who confess their feelings for each other while watering their plants on adjacent balconies. A grandfather whose plumber teaches him how to videocall his grandchildren. A son who surprises his mother with a cake and a visit after 4 years of studying abroad, after hearing from her neighbours that she has been intensely missing him. A young couple who is gifted an all-expenses paid vacation to Sri Lanka by their friends upstairs. Do you see them? You don’t have to look much closer.