In 2007 at Bauhaus Dessau Foundation was formed a research group aimed to deal with the increasing trans-national partnerships between Baltic cities across the Baltic Sea region.
The western (Copenhagen-Malmo), Central (Kaliningrad), and eastern (Helsinki-Tallinn) part of the BSR was studied by a group of about 15 people having different background (artists, social workers, architects, planners, landscape architects, sociologists).
The group dealing with the eastern side of the BSR developed a blog to host the debate concerning the use of Urban Art Interventions for planning purposes.
Today the blog has been re-structured to become a proper tool capable to collect feedback to update urban policies in Tallinn.
Bauhaus Kolleg IX
In-Between Dining or Breakfast ::: our roots
Topic: re-programming the in-between
Purpose: making aware that a lot of private abandoned sites can be used public Location: abandoned or unused in-between sites where a lot of people can see the performance; for example in the green area between the streets separating Old Town from Harbour; the more participants the more sites possible;
Audience: tourists, citizens Timeframe: Friday, Saturday, Sunday Intervention: Having a well equipped, well dressed Breakfeast or Dinner at frequented, unusual locations. Being well dressed. Having tables with table clothes, chandeliers, plates and so on. Food of course. Have a talk about the potentials of unused space over the meal.
Expected outcome for us: getting outside opinions, getting fed and having fun; Expected impact: making people wonder, engaging alternative use of open space;
Bad scenario: it’s raining and nobody has the nerve to look and wonder, we get a cold;
so...
Plan B: panic, no idea;
or...
Plan C: spending our budget for the food with our friends in the next pub :-);
Purpose: making aware that a lot of private abandoned sites can be used public Location: abandoned or unused in-between sites where a lot of people can see the performance; for example in the green area between the streets separating Old Town from Harbour; the more participants the more sites possible;
Audience: tourists, citizens Timeframe: Friday, Saturday, Sunday Intervention: Having a well equipped, well dressed Breakfeast or Dinner at frequented, unusual locations. Being well dressed. Having tables with table clothes, chandeliers, plates and so on. Food of course. Have a talk about the potentials of unused space over the meal.
Expected outcome for us: getting outside opinions, getting fed and having fun; Expected impact: making people wonder, engaging alternative use of open space;
Bad scenario: it’s raining and nobody has the nerve to look and wonder, we get a cold;
so...
Plan B: panic, no idea;
or...
Plan C: spending our budget for the food with our friends in the next pub :-);
interventions
The following urban interventions planned for May in Tallinn address the following topics:
-physical borders within the city
-city development
-potentials of in-between space
-tourist customs
-social and ethnic borders
we welcome your feedback and participation in these projects!
-physical borders within the city
-city development
-potentials of in-between space
-tourist customs
-social and ethnic borders
we welcome your feedback and participation in these projects!
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