Imaginary Lines of Conflict – ETAJ Bucharest
It was an honor to present Hinges of the Western Hemisphere with collaborative partner Eugene Ahn @onethousandlifetimes for the exhibition, Imaginary Lines of Conflict featured at @etaj_artistrunspace Bucharest, and curated by @carlosbeltran with @durdenandray, which opened earlier this month on June 3!
Our flying laser-cut, abstracted hinge installation, incorporates an AR app developed by Eugene.
When your camera finds the sculpture of Vlad Tepes, you are facing Bucharest, Romania. When your camera finds the sculpture of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, you are facing Madrid, Spain. Users can also interactively flick hinges back and forth between these locations.
The concept of imaginary lines of conflict extends beyond political borders. These invisible systems—shaped by institutions, policies and cultural norms—determine access to healthcare, education, housing and economic opportunity as strongly as physical walls or checkpoints.
Artists respond by reclaiming space and narrative. Through murals, mapping, sculpture and multimedia works, they expose inequality and transform contested sites into spaces of solidarity. Community-based projects and public interventions propose alternatives rooted in mutual aid, dialogue and cultural memory.
This traveling exhibition will also be presented at Trifulca in Madrid, Spain.
Visitors are invited to engage with the works as spaces of reflection, questioning how visibility, access, and belonging are shaped by unseen structures in everyday life.
By tracing these narratives, the exhibition encourages dialogue across contexts and highlights the role of art in imagining more equitable futures.
It’s been a pleasure to have the opportunity to show with a group of such amazing international artists!
