I just had my final presentation at HyperWerk HGK FHNW of my diploma project “unwrapped”… Oh yeah.

Thank you to Raoul and his friends for this wonderful, surprising and amazing unwrapped world echo. I love it!

For the translearn hgk Basel exhibition, each HyperWerk student had to present their diploma project in a small table…

Bench’Mark by Louisa Stathopoulou, 2005:
Bench’Mark is a project inspired from street culture and street art. It is a piece of public seating, a bench on which people are invited to leave their mark. The users can make graffiti on the bench using their finger. The written or drawn mark will randomly appear on the surface of the bench.

via wmmna

Greyworld by Andrew Shoben, since 1993:
In 1993 Andrew Shoben founded Greyworld in Paris. Our goal is to create works that articulate public spaces, allowing some form of self-expression in areas of the city that people see every day but normally exclude and ignore.

The exhibition is running… Your welcome to join.

unwrapped - Aktivierung städtischer Objekte by unwrapped, 2006:
“How can city objects be used as communication or interaction channels by extending them?”
The exhibition of my diploma project “unwrapped - Aktivierung städtischer Objekte” starts on Friday, August 25, and runs until Sunday, August 27th. The entry is free.

A wall is a screen: Cologne by film:on, 2006:
While strolling around in the city, watch short movies projected on different walls. Nice idea.

via Adriana

Berlin Ohne-Scheiss by Alejandro, 2006:
The Ohne Scheiss Project is a grass-roots effort focused on arousing solidarity between pedestrians to help them overcome the dog shit left by some Berliner dog owners.
(lecu.de > blurred)

via Stefan / Wooster Collective

Stolpersteine by Gunter Demnig, 2000:
Artist Gunter Demnig has created a series of Stolpersteine (the word German “Stolperstein” - literally stumbling stone - means an obstacle in your path, preventing you from reaching your desired goal) that commemorate thousands of Cologne’s residents who died in the Holocaust, including 15,000 Jews. His project involves replacing the ordinary cobblestones on the pavements of the city, putting in their place stones bearing a simple inscription - name, date of birth and the date and place of death, if known. The stones are positioned outside the houses of Jews, gypsies and others who were murdered by the Nazi regime.