Inspired by geographer Yi-Fu Tuan’s statement that “place is security, space is freedom: we are attached to the one and long for the other”, the issue 6 Space/Place of Unknown Quantities presented a collection of written and visual works which examine notions of space and place, which affect our experience of the world. Through the lens of their respective practices, the contributors address contemporary political economies of space and express critical ideas about perception, affect, culture and identity.

Driven by the intention to expend the space of the book to the space of the gallery, Julia Gros, curator and co-author of Unknown Quantities 6, envisioned a second take of the project by giving a spatial turn to the publication. She articulated the work of the contributors in order to broaden the perspective on their relation to space in their disciplines. The space of Magma is then turned into an exhibition that invites you to enter a new dimension of the publication by engaging with films, visual installations, photography and research documents. The visitors and the readers of Unknown Quantities can thus explore further the contributors’ research and practice.