Topic: consumption patterns, customs
Purpose: making aware, showing people other parts of city
Location: harbour, in front of terminals
Audience: tourists Timeframe: Friday
Intervention: Using peoples ‘bad’ habits to show them the city. Distributing postcards with announcements. For example: pointing out the cheapest Alko-store in town – in Lasnamae or Mustamae; or the most authentic pub – in Kopli; Small talk about targets, customs, locations, ...
Actors: Kollegues plus voluntary participants
Material: postcards with advertisement, location, description of transport, mail address for responds;
Involve: Linalabor, Uus Maailm people to select places and research traffic connections; Linalabor, Uus Maailm people, voluntary workshop members to distribute;
Expected outcome for us: deeper research of tourist destinations; getting the one or other mail-feedback afterwards;
Expected impact: engaging a few to explore the city, making a few aware of their customs;
Bad scenario: being driven away by private mall security; having no impact at all and people are absolutely not interested;
Plan B: giving up and getting drunk ourselves;
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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