OUTERPLACE | ALEX VILLAR AND KATYA SANDER
Outerplace, makes use of the language of science-fiction to tap into the immediate reality of Groebelingen, Bremen, a working class neighborhood in Germany on the verge of socio-economic change given the construction of a sci-fi themed mall complex. Two main interventions characterize this collaborative project: a poster and an installation. The poster invites people to 'act normal' in the imminence of an on-themaking sci-fi film; it was posted throughout the city preceding a series of interviews with local inhabitants, community workers and reporters. The installation, a four-flights-tall scaffolding structure, proposed an alternative access to the Lichthaus building; it also hosted a sci-fi themed cinema in the building's bathroom.
Please Act Normal poster, 36 x 48 inches, inkjet print, 2001
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Iris Hetscher, Kein Aliens in Gropelingen (Bremen: Weser-Kurier, June 17, 2001) p.11.
CK, Auch die Zukunft hat eine Zukunft (Bremen: Taz Bremen, June 19, 2001) p.23.