Lucía Vázquez
Balconies
Since the beginning of the lockdown in Argentina
on March 20, 2020, the balconies of Buenos Aires have become the only way for
residents to absorb some Vitamin D and breathe fresh air. During the height of
the COVID-19 pandemic, from my own balcony in the middle-class neighborhood of
Caballito, I followed, tracked, and photographed the daily routines of my
unknown neighbors, who, like me, have been trapped in their apartments for
months.
I became a voyeur, gazing out at a vertical
landscape, where time goes in circles. By documenting these moments of
closeness and companionship among the fatigue, a state of mind that all
quarantined “porteños” (citizens of
Buenos Aires) share, this
project captures a historic period.
