Kiezwege
wood, nylon wire, chalk
+/- 400 x 400 x 380 cm
July 20th - August 19th 2007
'Planet Prozess', ehemalige Reservespeicher, Berlin, Germany
Urban Grassroots organized this exhibition to give a present overview of 'street art'. They invited 40 artists from all over the world to show their specific work in Berlin. They also asked them not just to show work, but to keep working on them for the first three weeks of the exhibition.
The works had to be in process, keep changing under all kinds of influences, e.g. with participation of visitors, intervention of other artists, etc.
Although my work doesn't really fit the idea of 'street art' it does of course in the idea of the process.
For the installation 'Kiezwege', I changed my observation area though: up into the streets of Kreuzberg.
For this installation, I have been following passers by the exhibition space, through the district around the space.
At certain designated times, I followed the first person that came by, until this person entered a building, a bus, sat down, or turned around.
I transposed these routes that I walked during these followings, back into the exhibiton space and mapped them out in this installation.
I chalked the map of the disstrict on the floor, and drew the first route right into this map on the floor with a wooden board. The second route was mapped again and stacked up onto the first. Continuing up to the ceiling, 129 persons followed, 129 routes mapped.
In the end a sculpture appeared, of which the final outcome wasn't known until it was finished.
More info on Urban Grassroots
wood, nylon wire, chalk
+/- 400 x 400 x 380 cm
July 20th - August 19th 2007
'Planet Prozess', ehemalige Reservespeicher, Berlin, Germany
Urban Grassroots organized this exhibition to give a present overview of 'street art'. They invited 40 artists from all over the world to show their specific work in Berlin. They also asked them not just to show work, but to keep working on them for the first three weeks of the exhibition.
The works had to be in process, keep changing under all kinds of influences, e.g. with participation of visitors, intervention of other artists, etc.
Although my work doesn't really fit the idea of 'street art' it does of course in the idea of the process.
For the installation 'Kiezwege', I changed my observation area though: up into the streets of Kreuzberg.
For this installation, I have been following passers by the exhibition space, through the district around the space.
At certain designated times, I followed the first person that came by, until this person entered a building, a bus, sat down, or turned around.
I transposed these routes that I walked during these followings, back into the exhibiton space and mapped them out in this installation.
I chalked the map of the disstrict on the floor, and drew the first route right into this map on the floor with a wooden board. The second route was mapped again and stacked up onto the first. Continuing up to the ceiling, 129 persons followed, 129 routes mapped.
In the end a sculpture appeared, of which the final outcome wasn't known until it was finished.
More info on Urban Grassroots