Project Archive // 2007


Spekulationen exhibition series

November 2007 – March 2008

In September of 2007, Skulpturenpark's 800 square meter viewing platform and offices were purchased by an outside investor. The same individual also purchased a...


Daniel Bozhkov – Sigmund Jähn Döner Kebab Stand, Sigmund Jähn Park

SPEKULATIONEN SERIE 2007-2008

On August 26, 1978, Sigmund Jähn flew on board Soyuz 31 to the Soviet space station, Salyut 6, as a participant in the Intercosmos Space Program. Remarkable for...


Kai Schiemenz – The Empty Dwelling, the Vain and the Mad Colonist

SPEKULATIONEN SERIE 2007-2008

A spiraling architectonic sculpture rises from Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum’s lone hill, a mound of WWII building ruins. It consists of three parts, a staircase,...


Ulrike Mohr – Neue Nachbarn

SPEKULATIONEN SERIE 2007-2008

A few blocks from Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum, the Palast der Republik, East Germany’s former Parliamentary and National Culture Building, has stood vacant since...


Sofia Hultén – Auflösung

SPEKULATIONEN SERIE 2007-2008

Sofia Hultén scours Skulpturenpark of discarded objects, finding an old armchair, mattress, bicycle, wood and more. She collects the objects and brings them to an...


Valeska Peschke – Und er kommt nicht allein

SPEKULATIONEN SERIE 2007-2008

Over seven meters tall, a black silhouette of a dog casts its shadow over Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum. It is a visible landmark on one of Berlin’s vacant lots, a...


Etienne Boulanger – Single Room Hotel

SPEKULATIONEN SERIE 2007-2008

The Single Room Hotel is centrally located in the heart of the city. Contained within four windowless walls of exterior billboards and public advertising, it...


Parcella exhibition series

April 15 - September 30, 2007

Propelled by a Hungarian-German partnership, Parcella presents 7 artists' projects which discuss and reveal aspects of the park's historical significance,...


Daniel Knorr – 1 Year Warranty

PARCELLA SERIE 2007

An enamel sign traditionally used to distinguish historical buildings is mounted by Daniel Knorr on the facade of the Modecentrum Berlin Mitte, the building which...


Miklós Mécs + Judit Fischer – 43 Proposals and 1-Month Residency

PARCELLA SERIE 2007

In order to have the chance of realizing the 43 Proposals that Miklós Mécs and Judit Fischer submit for the Parcella exhibition series, they are invited for a...


Hajnal Németh – Truck Facing Eastwards

PARCELLA SERIE 2007

A shiny white tractor-trailer is parked on a vacant lot, facing east, towards the artist’s home in Hungary. Untarnished by company signage, the truck sits on the...


Folke Köbberling & Martin Kaltwasser – Turn It One More Time

PARCELLA SERIE 2007

Folke Köbberling and Martin Kaltwasser excavate 3 large holes in the park. Stairs that lead into the excavations invert the form of viewing platforms, which were...


Wiebke Grösch & Frank Metzger – New Borders

PARCELLA SERIE 2007

A professional security firm is hired to patrol the grounds of Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum. Every day for 4-weeks, from 12:30–1:00 p.m., an officer makes his...


Ayreen Anastas & Rene Gabri – We Draw Our Hope On Berlin

PARCELLA SERIE 2007

Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri project the current struggle against the separation-wall that divides Israel and the areas under the Palestinian National Authority,...


Katarina Ševic – Social Motions

PARCELLA SERIE 2007

From one corner to the other, 120 individuals cross Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum in a slow and ordered synchronicity. Citizens of all ages have been invited to...