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...