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Concept
For Berlin Flowers I initiated community collaborations among 500 participants in order to decorate three buildings in Berlin with garlands: Schwedenhaus in Hansaviertel (former West Berlin), House of World Cultures (former West Berlin), and St.Johannes Evangelist Church (former East Berlin).
The three buildings were originally intended to accommodate social gatherings. A so-called Gesellschaftsraum (a social room) in the Schwedenhaus was turned into an expensive apartment; House of World Cultures, a former congress hall, is today a museum; St. Johannes Evangelist Church has held no regular services since the 1970s.
This project reconstructed the three community meeting points and represented visual languages interwoven by each neighboring community. Hansaviertel and House of World Cultures celebrated their 50th anniversaries in 2007.
Special thanks for Annette Mächtel, Folke Köbbernig and Martin Kaltwasser. |
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Basic Data |
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Location |
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Location 1 Schwedenhaus, Hansaviertel, Altonaerstr. 3-9, 10555 Berlin, north façade
Location 2 Haus der kulturen der Welt, John-Foster-Dulles Allee, 10557 Berlin, Front stairs
Location 3St.Johannes Evangelist Church, Auguststraße 90, 10117 Berlin, above the main entrance
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Exhibition |
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>>in neuem kontext<< Asien Pazifik Wochen |
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Dimensions |
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700 square meter LED screen |
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Presentation duration |
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Location 1September 22, 2007
Location 2September 23, 2007
Location 3September 9 – 23, 2007 |
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Workshop Period |
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June 15 – July 15, 2007
September 9 – 17, 2007
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Number of participants |
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500 P |
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Ages |
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3 – 80 years old |
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Materials |
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Textile: Cleaning Team, Remo Rollladen; Wool & yarn: Mr. Heinz; Paper: Pinguin Druck, IKEA, Zapf Umzüge, Park Inn; Egg crates: bakeries; Nets: Due Forni, cable binder, plastic |
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Team |
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Astrid, Jana, Elena, Yuri, Norio, Teruyo, Axel |
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Schwedenhaus, north façade Hansaviertel, Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany
Photo: Thomas Bruns |
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//Locations// |
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Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Architect: Hugh Stubbin (1957)
The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures), known to Berliners as the “pregnant oyster,” is a museum, which holds contemporary art exhibitions, films, theatre- and dance-performances, lectures, concerts and congresses. The building used to be a conference hall (Kongresshalle), which was given by the USA as a present during the Cold War. The House of World Cultures was also a part of the exhibition Interbau.
In 2007, the building was fully renovated and celebrated its 50th anniversary.
On weekends, many families enjoy daylong BBQs in the park, right in front of the museum. (Formwer West Berlin)
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//Workshops// |
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Of the 25 days of the workshop period, it rained for 15 of them. Workshops took place in the Hansa Library, entrance hall of the Aalto Haus, in a trailer home “Bauwagen”, an art project by Berlin based artists Köbbernig and Kaltwasser.
Photo: Rachel de Joode
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//Gallery// |
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Detail of a garland
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