"We are not a participle; we are not fully made. We are gerunds, little by little we are becoming."
-Ortega y Gasset
"I think initially bipolarity it's a mental state that goes organic. In the end, you don't know if it's a way of interpreting reality, if it's endogenous or if it's physical because it hurts. It´s difficult to differentiate. It's like a whole that unifies the outside and the organic."
- Sebastián Arce (in the photos)
I started this collaborative documentary project in 2020 along with my second-cousin Sebastián Arce. We are building a long-term visual dialogue on bipolar disorder.
![Firework aftermath. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/c79692b9-eb55-40da-885b-7509642ea1fa/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/b5811952-e028-4c07-a08b-ab61dc04c4fb/1/1/Harboure_005.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037484390~hmac=7cf85341a76f6f342fffa0666098f573ef949fd87e3bbf07b3c1d831e4033b16)
Firework aftermath. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020
![Sebastian exhales inside the swimming pool. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/c79692b9-eb55-40da-885b-7509642ea1fa/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/f25f1f96-f37b-4a11-8cf8-082b53f1940c/1/1/Harboure_002_1_.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037484390~hmac=7cf85341a76f6f342fffa0666098f573ef949fd87e3bbf07b3c1d831e4033b16)
Sebastian exhales inside the swimming pool. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020
![Leaves of plant make themselves visible through a viscous glass. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/c79692b9-eb55-40da-885b-7509642ea1fa/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/7649cb72-a605-4953-b11f-1399e6cd75ea/1/1/Harboure_004.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037484390~hmac=7cf85341a76f6f342fffa0666098f573ef949fd87e3bbf07b3c1d831e4033b16)
Leaves of plant make themselves visible through a viscous glass at Sebastian´s temporary home. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020
![Parcial solar eclipse seen through four radiographies of my brain. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/c79692b9-eb55-40da-885b-7509642ea1fa/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/a059bbfc-93f9-441c-8686-5c73cfa5aa7b/1/1/Harboure_001_2_.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037484390~hmac=7cf85341a76f6f342fffa0666098f573ef949fd87e3bbf07b3c1d831e4033b16)
Parcial solar eclipse seen through four radiographies of my brain. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020
![Sebastian´s medication lying on naked matress. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/c79692b9-eb55-40da-885b-7509642ea1fa/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/b8f59b2c-51cd-4af6-bae1-af0a24808c12/1/1/Harboure_003.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037484390~hmac=7cf85341a76f6f342fffa0666098f573ef949fd87e3bbf07b3c1d831e4033b16)
Sebastian´s medication lying on naked matress. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2020
![Sebastian swims, swimming gives you the chance to lower dopamine levels and to connect to your own pulse. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/c79692b9-eb55-40da-885b-7509642ea1fa/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/e5a835c6-5e31-4541-8ca7-4746ef466fa0/1/1/Harboure_006.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037484390~hmac=7cf85341a76f6f342fffa0666098f573ef949fd87e3bbf07b3c1d831e4033b16)
Sebastian swims. Swimming gives you the chance to lower dopamine levels and to connect to your own pulse. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 2020