Le Printemps
2020
In The Invisible Wall (1963), Marlen Haushofer tells the story of a woman inexplicably trapped behind a transparent, impenetrable barrier. In Assassin's Creed (2007), clouds of white smoke mark the boundaries of cities inaccessible to the player, teasing a glimpse of what lies beyond. These semi-permeable walls echo those that separated us for months, like a cell membrane, isolating yet preserving a fragile connection.
Screens became our new walls, omnipresent and indispensable. They mediated our control, surveillance, and exchanges: sterile, germ-free, yet relentlessly solitary. These glowing windows shaped our existence within a vast, collective enclosure, where without them, nothing could function.
What traces will endure from this upheaval? What sociological and existential imprint will these walls leave? Will screens remain lifelines, or have they quietly become the invisible walls of a new era, defining the boundaries of our perception and presence?
