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Phase 5 // 2012
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Pic.: zweintopf |
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The
artists’ duo zweintopf, which runs a studio in the Keplerstraße,
has been present with interventions into the public space of the
Annenviertel for years. Early in 2012, it has carried out 3 small
interventions in the Annenstraße. These are comments on individual
buildings and establishments which imply the bigger picture. What
they mean are both changes in the Annenstraße and changes in values
within our society in general.
zweintopf, artist duo, living and workin in Graz
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Pic.: Veronika Tzekova |
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Urban
interventions called "Space Appropriators" are developed
in the shape of outdoors games of simple media, encouraging
spontaneous social interactivity with the urban surrounding.
It turns patterns of various ground covers into ludo boards
by adding color stickers on the relief pattern of the floor
so to form the ludo board model.
In June 2012, Veronika Tzekova
introduced the KD Ludo series in several locations
in Annenviertel in Graz on the occasion of the project
ANNENVIERTEL! The Art of Urban Intervention.
Veronika Tzekova (*1973), lives and works in Sofia (Bulgaria).
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 Pic.:
Petra Varl |
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Petra
Varl recently started a series of drawings that enrich
the public space with unusual 'behaviour guidelines':
"Here you can kiss each other!", "Fathers! Take your
children by the hand", "This is a place for friends!"
- to just mention a few. Those urban signs aim to enrich
public space and bring a playful, loving touch.
In all the pieces, it's about how people are in relation
towards each other, how they communicate and how they
get into contact with their environment. Social behavior
of individuals, couples and small groups, their relations,
their closeness, or their friendships are being focused
on.
Petra Varl (*1965), lives and works in Maribor
and Ljubljana (Slovenia).
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