Guerilla Architects

mehringplatzen!

  • Dialogue
  • Installation
  • Performance

For ten years, the residents of Mehringplatz lived in a chaotic construction site without access to the central meeting place. Now the construction fence is gone: what will they do first?

Together with residents, Guerilla Architects are designing a series of actions to reclaim the square. Over the course of six weeks, they acted with their mobile project space and a sewing station on site together with local initiatives. What does it take to jointly reclaim the once lost public space after years of long-term construction? What happens with 9 tons of earth?

The installation is open during the entire duration of the festival "Berlin bleibt! #4 Treffpunkt Mehringplatz".

 

Action & Installation

2.5.–2.7.

 

Picnic

18.6., 13:00–20:00

 

Performance

18.6., 13:30–14:00

18.6., 16:00–16:30

18.6., 18:30–19:00

Cast

Performance: Alicia Agustín / Collaborators from the neighbourhood: Al Catzone, Al Sultan Bistro, Café und Bäckerei am Mehringplatz, Café MaDaMe (Karin Lücke, Juan Carlos Polar Zevallos, Manoel Portela Leonico), Ferdinand Föckig, Henry Fust, Moritz Graf, Ina Ravens, Najwa Koussa, Manja Präkels

Dates

HAU3000 / Positions, Projects, Publications

The Glowing Room

Text by Hendrik Otremba.

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