Desire Lines

In exhibition from March 15 - June 14 2026

Supported by a €28,000 commission from Spreepark Art Space - €14,000 for R&D, €14,000 for production - Desire Lines is a multisensory installation combining sculpture, textiles, interactive electronics, and music.

Combining music and sound, textiles, sculpture, and DIY electronics

A large-scale, multi-sensory installation, Desire Lines offers a variety of novel ways for audiences to engage, play with, and experience art. The experience centers on a 9m2 sculptural form that people are encouraged to move around, under, and through. The surface of this sculpture will be covered with a patchwork of multiple fabrics and materials that evoke the flora and fauna we have documented in Spreepark - a former amusement park in Berlin.

Tactile, embodied interaction

Woven into these fabrics are strands of conductive thread which, when touched, trigger audio field recordings of animals and environmental sounds, and evolving musical textures. These interactive audio components are played through small loudspeakers which are attached to the structure of our sculpture and hidden underneath the fabric.

Spreepark Arts Space

Spreepark Art Space is housed within a protected historic building, and is situated between a nature reserve, a public park, and the river Spree. Our audience is projected to exceed 8000 people in total across a 3-month exhibition period (March 15 - June 14).

Early Prototyping

Using field research, textiles, sculpture, sound and music, and motion-based interactivity, we constructed a 'sensory collage'; transferring the environmental features of Spreepark into our artwork. By offering an alternative way of experiencing and knowing the landscape, flora, and fauna of the park we hoped to uncover hidden facets of this space.

What does it mean to walk a pathway through a forest? What is the human experience of that journey and how do we perceive the complex ecosystem that we move through? These were the central questions Rent Collective sought to explore during our residency 3-month residency in the winter of early 2025.