Image by Oliver Pauli
Pedestal and Barbed Wire
An Interventionist Portrait of the Construction Site
Research and installation
In collaboration with Maria Schlüter
Königsplatz, München, 2019-2021
In collaboration with Maria Schlüter
Königsplatz, München, 2019-2021
The project explores the construction site as the performative moment of architecture - and the gravest non-military intervention in the urban fabric. It is based on a theoretical discussion on the destabilizing effects of construction works, mitigation strategies, and emerging public controversies. At the same time, we perform an intervention in the construction site ourselves. When the popular seating pedestal of the Glyptothek in Munich disappears behind a construction fence, we kidnap this piece of public space to place it outside of the construction site. The project maps the following months of political engagement with the construction site.
Image by Oliver Pauli