
The trauma of pandemic isolation stimulates reflection on the transience of life, triggering the need to redefine concepts such as contact and closeness. How did people deal with pandemics in the past? The Renaissance revived the physicality and individuality of the human body. In the face of the experience of 2020, the balcony scene and the masked ball at the Capulets’ gain a new dimension. Drawing on these inspirations, we intend to create an image of a city. Will Traumstadt be a city of dreams or a city of traumas?