and things happen

temporary gravitational center

Als Erkundung einer städtischen Umgebung wendet das Projekt verschiedene Methoden von Disziplinen an, die sich ausdrücklich auf Urbanität beziehen oder beziehen lassen. Der Raum der Studie ist der Wiener Kolonitzplatz im 3. Bezirk. Das Projekt beschäftigt sich mit der alltäglichen Lebenswelt dieses eher anonymen städtischen Platzes. Fragen der Repräsentation Wie kann öffentlicher Raum repräsentiert werden? Was bleibt kategorial zu bennen und repräsentativ zu zeigen,wo die Summe öffentlicher Ausstattungen wie Sitzgelegenheiten, Bäume, Gehsteige usw. abstrahiert sind? Eine unbestimmte Oberfläche? Die Aktivität der Benutzer? Eine Leerstelle zwischen Gebäude? Die Untersuchung kombiniert Archivarbeit, Feldforschung, Kurzgeschichten, verschriftlichte und gezeichnete Berichte unterschiedlicher Momente des Platzes sowie eine Rauminstallation.

first proposition Science finds its limits when dealing with an object which cannot be comprehended within one single discipline. The urban question is such an object.Cities do offer “a problem in handling organized complexity”Even the description of a square and the understanding of its functioning, a simple task, a point of detail, is connected to so many fields of knowledge that it is impossible to carry out.The parts of the research lack connections and something is missing. What could it be? The everyday? second proposition Stories and sketeches, immediate representations of the square. A collection of obsessive field work attempting to grasp the everyday, the unnoticed, the nothings. Some inventions, fictions to fill the gaps of observation. Inviting a few dead authors, mostly french, mostly marxist, to discuss the city, the urban, the everyday, alienation and squares. third proposition An installation transposing the square somewhere else. A work in abstraction, reduction and translation. 0º. preamble obsession previous projects 0. introduction program for the project the structure of the text fact, fiction, literature 1. squares what is a square? how does it relate to the urban? are squares useless? exchange value/use value public space and consumption revolts and feasts occupying the squares regarding Kolonitzplatz materials & animals a tale of two squares a letter describing Kolonitzplatz as a friend to a friend 2. borders what is a border? physical borders functional borders spontaneous segregation how does it relate to the urban? regarding Kolonitzplatz elements schedules the story of the ice-cream shop the story of Sinan and his friends 3. the everyday what is the everyday life? how does it relate to the urban? time and space nothing what happens when nothing happens the everyday, doing nothing and how to be an expert of the everyday the square, doing nothing and the everyday hopeful/ no ambitions regarding Kolonitzplatz lost woman, lost cat, lost bag some notes at the beginning of the project 17:10- 17:30 / 23.10.2015 29.10.2015 Kolonitzplatz at 7 during a snowstorm. A report from a friend. 4. authors in conversation Georges Pérec Henri Lefèbvre Michel de Certeau Jane Jacobs 5. conclusions doing something or doing nothing? doing nothing to do something afterwards? list of ideas for the kolonitzplatz 6. and things happen (epilogue) from hanging out to installing transforming elements. sketches for an installation 7. references references (names as i can remember of people who might have had an influence on this project) classes attended in the last three years (relevant to the work)

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