Rosario Talevi — Collaborators

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Floating University Berlin

Berlin, Germany
2018

From April to September 2018 raumlaborberlin invites into a visionary inner city offshore- laboratory for collective, experimental learning, knowledge transfer and the formation of trans-disciplinary networks to challenge routines and habits of urban practices – the Floating University Berlin.

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USR session [05] >> AS/IF INSTALLATION: HOT STUFF <<

Witten, Germany
2016

HOT STUFF - an AS/IF Installation conceived and developed by artist Valentina Karga for the Urban School Ruhr.

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USR session [03] >> PRACTICES OF COMMONING <<

Witten, Germany
2016

USR Session III explored the notions of the commons, through theory and practice guided by Juan Chacón & Natalia Hosie (Zuloark), Sofia Dona, Julia Reinermann and Dr. Mary Dellenbaugh.

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USR session [02] >> SPACES OF LEARNING <<

Hattingen/Witten, Germany
2016

Throughout 4 days of intense engagement, USR essentially seek to open up a common space for exploration, improvisation and collective experimentation around the topic of learning and its spaces. With Ethel Baraona Pohl (dpr Barcelona), Antoine Aubinais (Bellastock), Hendrik Sturm, Laura Lovatel & Federica Menin, Isshaq Al-Barbary (Campus in Camps), Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga.

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USR field trip [04] >> LIVERPOOL <<

Liverpool, United Kingdom
2016

The “Market Renewal Plans” in Liverpool have left neighbourhoods empty and decayed. Cultural institutions like the Liverpool Biennale and the 2008 European Capital of Culture, as well as initiatives by artists/architects such as Assemble, have demonstrated an interest in this situation and the opportunities it provides.

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USR field trip [03] >> ATHENS <<

Athens, Greece
2016

In response to the ongoing economic crisis, many self-initiated projects have flourished in Athens. These projects not only offer an alternative way to manage urban commons but sometimes even compensate for the absence of the state and the lack of certain basic services, like healthcare.

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USR field trip [02] >> MARSEILLE <<

Marseille, France
2016

In 2013 Marseille became the first European Capital of Culture to run a parallel, self-organised Off festival. Since then, many cultural initiatives have emerged out of the Capital of Culture’s budget or associated resources. USR looks into the Quartiers Créatifs, an MP2013 project involving artists in residencies in developing urban areas. Meanwhile, ambitions for Marseille to become an economic and touristic hub in Europe have sparked new mechanisms of city-making.

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USR field trip [01] >> PARIS <<

Paris, France
2016

As Paris witnesses fundamental policy changes, projects like “Grand Paris” are redefining the future of the city. Striving for a comprehensive plan for the entire Paris region, this scheme complements strategic planning guidelines as well as new economic, social and cultural policies. USR investigates participative projects in the banlieues and central districts, which deviate from classic top-down urbanism in their approaches to a range of urban topics.

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Urban School Ruhr

Athens/Hattingen/Liverpool/Marseille/Paris/Witten, France/Germany/Greece/United Kingdom
2016

URBAN SCHOOL RUHR 2016 - 'City as Campus' is the Urban School Ruhr's (USR) motto. As a learning platform and a pedagogical experiment, USR investigates participative and artistic practices in urban space. It is envisioned as an independent public institution and an assembly of individuals gathered together around a declared common interest.

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Open Raumlabor University

Berlin/Darmstadt/Istanbul/oberweißbach/Palermo/Witten/World, World
2015

The open raumlabor university is a fictional institution offering workshops, excursions, and open discussions as educational formats. Founded in 2015, it builds upon a long history of learning related formats by raumlaborberlin at the same time offering a new framing for the many participatory and exchange oriented formats of the work. The ORU is part of a wider move to shift from project to practice and essentially seeks to open up a common space for exploration, improvisation and collective experimentation. It focuses on the curiosity and sense of wonder of participants, who will be encouraged to exchange experiences and develop practices together. The open raumlabor university is not fixed in time and space, and its structure and methods will vary with the context of each occurence. The ORU seeks to create a learning environment based on dialogue, deep collaboration and lasting relations. Educational interactions extend beyond the members of the university, to a wider network involving local actors as well as international contacts.

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Limousine Service

Rotterdam, Netherlands
2012

For the 2012 De Wereld van Witte de With Festival entitled “The Street - Live Issue!” the Witte de With Straat is blocked for traffic for the first time. The space usually occupied by parked and moving cars is given to the people for alternative use and program connected to the festivals topic. For the duration of the festival raumlabor surrogates the missing objects by its Limousine Service. It consists of a set of rebuilt cars that turn the automobiles purposes of cocooning/enclosure and individual mobility into interactive configurable mobile objects that interweave with the imagination of an alternative use of urban space that challenges the idea of looking institution's programs and particularly with “The Street – Live Issue”. The forms and functions of each limousine are derived from the cult built around automobiles and the promises made by the huge advertisement apparatus as well as city and environment making connected to the issue that in practice most of the time contradicts it purpose.

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Das System

Heidelberg, Germany
2008

The System is a labyrinthine structure made of 223 doors from buildings that have been demolished in Halle-Neustadt. It opens up spaces to the visitors in unexpected ways, reflecting diverse aspects of our work.

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Wo ist Hoogvliet

Hoogvliet/Rotterdam, Netherlands
2007

An expedition based on field trips and interviews in Hoogvliet between July and September. The outcome was a small photo booklet, a guided tour through Hoogvliet to the discovered places and a city map. Individuals can use this guide to go on their own tours of discovery. This is the profile of the restructuring process of a Dutch suburb.