HIRNSEGEL #7
Experiment for program development
time frame: Start Date:
#1: Kunsthalle Karlsplatz - 1992
#2: Ramperstorffergasse 4-6 04.1992
#3: Retensionsbecken Auhof 05.1992
#4: Eisvogelgass 6 - 07.1992
#5: altes Wehr am Donaukanal 08.1992
#6: Wiparkgarage Westbahnhof - 05.1995
#7: Südtirolerplatz - 24.11. - 30. 11. 1995
initiators: Haydn / Harnoncourt / Fuchs users: The space was open for use to the public. Rule of the game: the project had to be presented to the initiators. Criteria for choosing a project: availability on the day. municipal role: No official role
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Over the years the columns underneath the railway bridge were covered in bills and advertising announcing events for various venues throughout the city.
Equal to the technic of attaching bills the columns were wrapped with a plastic membrane thus forming a space. Only this new space enclosed a void as a possibility. Contrary to the venues throughout the city advertised on these bills, no program was set for this new space. The membrane, itself a poster referring to the venue it has created waits for possible programs and use.
Hirnsegel stands for possibilities
Existing sites in the city that are open to suggestions and even ask for ideas of use are included in this project and are marked with the notion of HIRNSEGEL.
The membrane at the Südtirolerplatz is the site HIRNSEGEL Nr.: 7 in the catalogue.
The sites previously marked as HIRNSEGEL were found. HIRNSEGEL Nr.7 was developed from the potential of its site, emphasizing its character. The manifest of its character faces to the outside with reference to its potential.
HIRNSEGEL Nr.7, an exhibition site of around 330 m2 with a circumference of 80 meters and a height of 4,5 meters existed for a week before it was again covered in bills and posters. The initiators did not propose any programs but allowed them to happen. Through the snow ball system the content of the poster was widely discussed in the city.
Here the inversion took place. The initiators defined the space and for each day of its planned existence programs were found.
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legal: The open site belongs to the federal government (Austria). A licence to use the site was applied for, a hearing was held and an official permission was granted by the relevant magistrat bodies.
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