Roman Tkachenko (Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 1996) has been investigating the political implications of the built environment such as the design of public spaces, the architecture of public institutions, and domestic environments focusing on their vulnerabilities, misuses and il/legal redevelopments. Neighbours of Zero is a site-specific installation that playfully speculates on predestined futures of post-industrial architecture awaiting redevelopment. Inspired by the odds and probabilities system of Roulette, the algorithm bets on the future of this exhibition space at a former weapon factory in a game of luck. Neighbours of Zero plays with the language and vocabulary of developers, enabling new potential functions to blur and merge. Through creating these alternative futures, the former weapon factory is reframed for potential ambiguous, multi-use developments that manifest other creative or experimental potentials.

Special thanks: Kindly sponsored by Q-lite; Algorithm by Mounir Mallek