Project
New York, United States 2009
Invited by Storefront for Art and Architecture the Spacebuster was developed and designed to explore the qualities and possibilities of public space in New York City. Spacebuster interacts with the architectural and the social space and its conditions. It opens urban space for temporary collective uses. The Spacebuster is build on the basis of a step van and a big inflatable space coming out of the back of the van fitting up to 80 persons in it. People enter the bubble through the passenger’s door of the van walking through to the back down a ramp right into the inflated space. The bubble is supported by air pressure generated by a fan underneath the ramp. The membrane of the bubble is translucent so people on the inside can see schematically what´s going on outside and vice versa. So the membrane acts as a semi permeable border between the public and the more private.
Essen/Mülheim, Germany 2007
“Duismülsen” is a newly founded imaginary linear model city along the underground line U18 from Duisburg via Mülheim to Essen. We offered residents the chance to look at their own home area from an unusual perspective by taking part in a guided tour through Duismülsen.
Urban allure or simply madness? The film “U(topie) 18” throws new light onto a thirthy-year-old utopia: the underground line U18 that has connected the cities of Essen and Mülheim since 1977. This model line that runs along the central strip of the A40 has seven stations. Planners, politicians and actors are asked of their intentions in interviews. These reports confront the everyday realities and hopes of today’s residents and users.
Berlin, Germany 2006
Have you ever entered an exhibition through the back door or been given a tour of a city by non-locals? “Lost strangers”, newcomers to Berlin who don’t know the city too well, present August Strasse to the exhibition visitors. They tell them its history in freshly-learned German and present the 4th berlin biennale to them from their very own personal point of view. The tour ends at the backdoor office at the start of August Strasse where visitors can look up what they did not understand and take it home with them.
Berlin/Duisburg/Giessen/Hamburg/Liverpool/Mülheim/Warsaw, Germany/Poland/United Kingdom 2006
A raumlaborberlin and Plastique Fantastique project,coproduction with the Duisburger Akzenten and Ringlokschuppen, Mülheim download shortdocu The Kitchen Monument is a mobile sculpture which has two states of being. This zinc sheetclad sculpture can be extended into public space by a pneumatic spatial mantle that transforms it into a temporary collective space. Different programmes are staged ...
