Studio Edgar Arceneaux & Zora Arceneaux
COLORS OF MY HOME
Colors of My Home
What colors remind you of home?
Find your color on the wall and scrap the black away with a coin or tool.
Share your color with the world.
“We aimed to create a billboard that wasn’t just there to be looked at, but to be interacted with. Color is something that always surrounds you, whether you’re conscious of it or not. Colors can represent emotions, smells, memories, and more. But something that color can hold deeply is emotion; when you think back on a memory, it can all blend into a color. A big memory that all people remember is their home and where they are from. With this project, we were curious about what colors remind people most of home. On this billboard, you're able to interact and communicate with others who read the billboard, and find out what color resonates with them most. We also wanted to use different names when titling the colors so people can feel closer to the color and connect, rather than just see a flat color. With colors like wine red, sea foam, and fig purple, we hope to unveil a beautiful mural that blends everyone's home into many memories by the end of this project.”
Edgar Arceneaux & Zora Arceneaux
About the Artists
Los Angeles-based artist Edgar Arceneaux works with drawing, installation, film, and performance. His work explores complex historical narratives, language, and identity. Edgar Arceneaux's works have been shown internationally at renowned institutions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In Europe, he has exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Kunstverein Hannover, and the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, among others. He is an associate professor at the University of Southern California and co-founder of the Watts House Project. Edgar Arceneaux was a Berlin Fellow at Villa Aurora from June to July 2025.
For Art in the City, Edgar Arceneaux has paired up with his long time collaborator and daughter Zora Arceneaux. Zora Arceneaux is an Los Angeles-based artist, currently persuing studies in Themed Entertainment Design at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in California.
About the Project
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Villa Aurora in Los Angeles, the artist residency has invited former fellows to design large-scale posters as individual artistic contributions to Berlin’s urban landscape. Displayed across diverse public locations in the city, the works forge a connection between art, urban society, and international perspectives.
Art in the City reflects the rich diversity of both Berlin and Los Angeles. The artworks draw on the unique character of specific neighborhoods, building symbolic and aesthetic bridges between urban life in Berlin and the Californian metropolis, while also engaging with pressing social and political issues.
The project seeks to make art more accessible to a wider audience and to strengthen the visibility of the cultural scene. Art in the City offers an inviting and unpretentious glimpse into the vibrancy and international relevance of Berlin’s arts landscape: Art for everyone – art in the city.
From May 12 to 25, works by six artists will be on view throughout Berlin. A second edition is planned for October.
Locations
Partners
Art in the City is generously funded by the Senate Chancellery of Berlin.
With the kind support by Kulturplakatierung
Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e. V. is funded by the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
