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16.07.2002 Gesellschaftsräume


The theme of kunstprojekte_riem's activities this year is 'Gesellschaftsräume' - social spaces. During the first Munich Architekturwoche, kunstprojekte_riem presents projects developed in connection with this theme. The works are by Kathrin Böhm, Andreas Lang and Stefan Saffer; Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg; Karin Sander and Lützow 7; Sissel Tolaas; and Edward Beierle, along with Dingfest, a project devised jointly by students of art and architecture.

All the projects focus on aspects of newly created urban spaces in relation to the needs of various sections of the population, regardless of whether the works have been developed in association with users or simply with specific social groups in mind, of whether they have been realised in consultation with or with the full cooperation of architects. The artists all have wide-ranging experience of producing art for public places and have long realised that there is no such thing as 'the' public. Even a 'drawing-board' urban environment like Messestadt divides into many different 'social spaces'.






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