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Installative Intervention, Ackerstrasse 81–84, Berlin
15.04.–06.05.2007

There are construction signs installed on two fallow lands of the borough of Gesundbrunnen, that announce the development of fictional buildings with utopian architecture. Autarkic skyscrapers shall be 'built' here, making a luxurious and 'safe' life with integrated social infrastructures (shopping malls, parks etc.) in the metropolis possible. These assumed buildings caricature the representative buildings and city quarters developed by the private business sector that shape the cityscape of Berlin more and more. This artwork deals with the growing gentrification of traditional working class boroughs in the former eastern part of the city and transfers them to the poor area of Gesundbrunnen. It is an ironic comment to the changing relationship between public and private space.

Susanne Jaschko, Curator urban interface | berlin

"urban interface | berlin" is both exhibition and artistic/curatorial research project exploring the interspaces between public and private urban space. In 2007 urban interface takes place in two European cities, Berlin and Oslo. The project deals with the changing notion of private and public space that occurs due to, particularly, the everyday use of communication technologies. The artworks in the context of urban interface convey the idea of public space as an accessible and contributive sphere and call attention to a more sensitive engagement with the private, physical and digital spheres.

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