Imaginary Public Spaces
Weimar 2008
I had set up a public exhibition in the windows of a very central empty store. The exhibition consists of reprints of overdrawn photographs, various re-realizations of well-known public spaces of the city, create by the local citizens. The reprints shown the idea of participants, ranging from the practical to the playful. The exhibition was focusing on the way the urban planning process can be changed to include the voices of the populace.
The fact that the exhibition took place next to the problematic spots I am dealing with was an attempt to make it easy for the audience (locals, tourists, City's Authorities) to understand the purpose of the work and be able to make cpmparisons between the actual space and the new proposals.
The exhibition was the result of two month of contacts and private discussions with citizens, ultimately seeking their participation in the work. Through the use of images and discourse, I was aiming to show how the urban planning process can be expanded to include the people who will be the ones for whom urban spaces are created.