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| Projects: Evaluation/Watercolours, Cph, jun-aug 09 Backpack Factory, Loughborough, feb 09 Power to the People, Pancevo, sep-oct 08 Harbor Laboratory, Copenhagen, may-nov 08 Peoples Museum, Birzeit, 07-09 Open City Hall, Cph, dec 07 Ideas to better surroundings, Seoul, oct-dec 07 Deluxe/Flux Factory, New York City, sep-oct 07 Flexible Production System, Copenhagen, aug 07 The Tent Show, Copenhagen, jun-nov 07 Cinema, Bethlehem, march 07 Public Hair Department, Vienna, nov 06 Yellow Ladder System, Copenhagen, nov 06 The Living Restaurant, Reykjavik, oct 06 Mimersgade, Copenhagen, aug-sep 06 Parfyme & Malaria, Summer 06 Street Canoes, New York, jun 06 The Cave, Paris, Apr 06 Scooters, Odense, march-may 06 Mountains, Herning, march-may 06 Tutkia Suomi, Finland, nov 05 Banana Factory, Copenhagen, sep 05 Landscape, Copenhagen, jun 05 ServiceSystem, a tool, 01-05 The Office of the Future, Cph, oct-nov 05 Monument, Copenhagen, may-jul 05 Welcome to EU, Warszawa, march 04 Lejre, Lejre, dec 03 - feb 04 Bike Drive In, Copenhagen, aug 03 Decentralized Activities, Liverpool, oct 02 Carpetwalk, Copenhagen, jun 02 Tour de Denmark, winter 00-01 Mobil Scene, Copenhagen, summer 00 |
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Decentralized Activities Our contribution to The Liverpool Biennale 2002. Using two sack wagons as a means of transport we walked around in Liverpool and built/made improvements. Liverpool Biennial, 14.09 - 31.10.02 We went to Liverpool from the 12th to the 20th october 2002 to participate in the Liverpool Biennale, Independent Section. We bought a weighing machine to weigh the bagage, to make sure we could bring everything on the plane. We had two sack waggons and we used them to transported all our materials. We wanted to do daily projects within a longer stretch of time than we had normally done. None of us knew Liverpool so we had to use the first day to look around and see how things were. We arrived on a saturday and immediately went for a walk: A wild nightlife took place before our eyes! Eg. it ought to be mentioned that Pelle saw a girl wearing a salmon-coloured bra. Daily projects: Ideas are realized, at once. Things related to ”place”/”site” become of importance because decisions are made quickly and are realized quickly. The gap between the idea and its realization is shortened. Some basic elements were of big importance for our activities: Our tools, our film-projector, and our generator. In Liverpool we were given a lot of left-over tree, and we also had a garage we could work in. We wanted to fulfil some specific functions and we we had some things we were very keen on building, among others lamp posts and stairs. Apart from the tools we had brought with us from Denmark, we bought tools in Liverpool. As it is well known, England has a long and proud tradition for tools and craftmansship. As the first thing, we build a shed on monday and we used it to present different things we made in Liverpool. When something had been made, we took a picture, printed it and hung it in the shed the following morning. The shed faced the street, and stood within a small overpainted recess. Perhaps the site wasn't perfect, but to get started as quickyl as possible had first priority. To build a seesaw suddenly seemed very obvious. We build it in the garage and found a nice spot on the pedestrian street, where we put it up. One time it had to be repaired, but later it dissapeared without leaving any traces! Surprisingly enough, it showed out that Liverpool was a rather cozy city. It has a lot of space: In 1945 it had two million inhabitants, now it has approximately 1 million inhabitants. Before we went, we had been told it was a rough city, but we didn't experience any of that. There were many small recesses and alleys we could take care of. And strangely enough, many places/sites seemed very untried. To be in a foreign country gives you a more relaxed attitude towards building things in town. You don't know the rules and therefore does not have to worry about which rule you break. That also makes it easier to make excuses. We had found many good places for lamp posts, but chose this fine alley. We arrived at 6 p.m. and at 7.30 p.m. it was already dark. Here we sat with a couple of books and later Fish'n'chips. The place was a bit gloomy so the effect of the light was extraordinary. Earlier we had met some students who now came by to look; later they were very friendly to help carrying the lampposts back. While building the shed passer-bys reminded us not to expect that it would stay where it were. It showed out to be partly true. In the shed we had to benches, ment for graffiti-painters to sit down and have a rest. First one bench dissapeared, we found it at another spot in town together with another piece of so called ”public furniture”. Saturday morning the shed was overpainted, without benches and our printed photos spread casually around. Luckily we had a big bunch of printed photos in our bag and thus, once more, put up twice as many. That we the next day went back to Denmark is a good illustration of the weak position one has in such competitions. Saturday evening we went on a filmtour through town, and on our way we found different kinds of suitable spots. Because of the warning against thieves it seemed perfect to barricade ourselves and our film-projector inside one of the famous English telephone-boxes. Final remarks: The concept involving daily projects was tested on this trip to Liverpool. It showed out to be a good concept for at least one week. But at the same time we experienced that there were big differences as to th effect/usefullness of our constructions; even though we built almost the same things and the sites at a certain level were very similar. Every new situation also demands a new judgement. Daily projects as working-days, involving getting up, fixing photos and drawings from the projects of the previous day, and later on in the day making new projects – this made sense. In this way you can also easily grab a beer afterwards! |
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