8≠1

8≠1 is a large-scale, site-specific adaptation of Fassbinder’s eight-hour television epic, created inside an abandoned factory that I transformed into a functioning film studio. I designed the set and costumes entirely from found materials—discarded objects, leftover furniture, fragments of the building itself—allowing the architecture of the space to shape the dramaturgy.

The audience experienced the work from a small screening room within the factory. A DJ, embedded among spectators, mixed the live soundtrack as the performance unfolded. The integral version—nearly nine hours long—was performed live and streamed on Sundays. Throughout the week, the five episodes were presented individually, each screened and streamed on a different day. The cast brought together nineteen performers, both professional and non-professional.

At its core, 8≠1 is an intricate in-situ installation built around three narrative cameras that film simultaneously, multiplying perspectives on a working-class and deeply human saga. This device disorients our relationship to space and time, opening a fragmented reality that expands, echoes, and transforms—an approach aligned with Fassbinder’s own celebration of “the anarchy of the imagination.”
The project also demanded an extreme technical and physical commitment: the camera operators filmed continuously, sometimes for nearly eight hours straight. The result was three monumental tracking shots projected live, weaving together layers of real time, superimposition, and lived experience, and challenging the boundaries between theatre, cinema, and documentary.