2010 / 2012
Social Sculpture
Location: Biedenkopf, Germany in 2010 & Malloca, Spain in 2012
Residency projects in Biedenkopf (2010)* and ADDAYA CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORANI, Spain (2012)*
Drive-in Flohmarkt* (de) / Auto Mercat Rastro* (es)
An action to revitalize a public space that can no longer serve its function as a central square.
Biedenkopf's marketplace had suffered, a consequence of the advanced automobileization of the population. Since most of the commercial businesses moved from the city center to the industrial area, which is accessed by the bypass road, the market place in Biedenkopf has lost its original function original role. I worked with students of European Urban and Architecture and was able to learn from different approaches employed by the architects. Through identifying the urban pattern based on the architectural report, I was able to see the dynamics of the city in a broader context.
In this participatory action, people were invited to participate with their cars, which had their trunks packed with things for sale, to drive into the marketplace.