’Permanenza Temporanea’ was made in California. A mute line of people patiently moves towards the steps of an airplane and comes to a standstill while climbing it. The Latin American workers fix their gaze expectantly on the camera. It is only when the close-up shifts into a long-shot that one realizes that the overfilled gangway leads to nothing. The contrast between the largely motionless people and the planes taking off in the background creates an image of existential abandonment and endless waiting which Paci – as a sculptural placement and political statement – regularly restages from various vantage points.

 

Catalogue no. 1011
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