Against the atmospheric setting of the St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel, the video work “Imagine the shape of the line from above” delves into imaginative scenario based on this location.

The artwork is a one-channel audiovisual installation. The visual imagery consists of a digitally processed super 8 film captured during the crossing of the tunnel, decelerating the moving image, and highlighting the cracks and burns of the hand-developed film by slowing down the projector to 3 frames/second. The imagery has three layers: crackles of the physical film have their own life and rhythm in the moving images while the moment that the film captures is moving on its own. The third layer is the still surface from where the moving images are projected. The soundtrack of the artwork consists of field recordings, digital sound design and recordings from the tunnel and its surrounding. The materiality of the film and its digital manipulation together make a fraction in the linearity of time. 

On September 7, 1911, Europe's first underwater tunnel was opened.

The origins of the St. Pauli Elbtunnel, now standing for over a century, can be traced back to a significant social upheaval: the port workers' strike of 1896/97. This prolonged strike, culminating in defeat for the workers, underscored the mounting tensions within Hamburg, a city experiencing rapid growth.

Following the tumult of the dockworkers' strike, a collaborative effort emerged among various stakeholders. Labor organizations, business leaders, and the Senate united to tackle the city's problems head-on. Housing cooperatives and consumer cooperatives gained traction, aiming to provide solutions to the housing crisis and improve living conditions. Transportation infrastructure also underwent significant upgrades.