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It Happens in the City

Beatriz Dubois x Urbidermis

Visual artist Beatriz Dubois (Madrid, 1991) has created a photographic project in
collaboration with Urbidermis that offers an intimate narrative of life in the city.
‘It Happens in the City’ is a collective portrait of citizens, a diary of simple moments and gestures that invites us to observe what surrounds us and to praise everyday life.

What happens on a city bench?
What do we observe from it?

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I spy…
a bench,
a citizen.

To observe is to concentrate on looking.

It is a passive effort.

It is to be in order to receive.

“What’s up”.

“Good morning”.

Grimace.

“Hi”.

I wander.
I wonder, where are you going?

Strangers

look familiar.

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I observe your pause, your walk.

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On a bench, there is

time.

Coming together by choice.

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If you look, you’ll find.

Shared

borrowed spaces.

To all mothers.

Places themselves.

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Pauses

“Let’s sit

and go through it”.

in urban life.

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pace

pace

pace

Space

pace

The city is like a canvas.

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Everything you see

is real.

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To play is to explore is to observe.

Today
is a
Monday
in
Barcelona

Was.
Walked.
Went.

I observe habits, routines, customs,
generations.

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I re

collect you.

Benches are

placed places.

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I play a game of
imagining your story.

To sit is to

object.

Each photo is
the conscious capture
of an instant.

How does the body behave in the city?

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Public

inhabited elements.

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“Sit down, I cannot see”

Contemplate
without judging.

Have a good trip.

View

point.

View

er.

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Faithful members.
Improvised stop.

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Have con

tact.

Friendship is
affection born and strengthened with contact.

The city looks back at me.

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Images, like people,

are in dialogue.

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This is an archive.

Ask the city.

Does FaceTime count
as meeting a friend?

Wait
Wait
Wait

Try going home
by a different path.

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Keep (oneself) company.

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Where do you look when you walk?

Hands endure,
support,
guide,
speak.

They move out.

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This man

has sat down

to fold his handkerchief.

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Sitting is gathering.
With or without
company.

“I’ll wait for you
at our usual bench”.

There are different ways of inhabiting a bench.
People who sit on the end

and people who sit in the middle.

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Empower(ed) imagination.

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People no longer ask for directions.

Eye, seat.
I sit.

Gestures like these make up my walk.

With my eyes I go.
With words I return.

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It happens in the city.