Place Hacking | InEnArt- Part 2

New Land, New Utopias – Part II: Micro Nations

February 19, 2016May 5, 2019 Josefine Berkholz 0 Comments Autonomous regions, Christiania, commune, Léopold Lambert, Micronations, nation, Sealand, States, utopia

What is a nation? Surprisingly enough, international law doesn’t give a satisfying answer to that. So why not invent one?

Détournement Place Hacking Urban Voices

New Land, New Utopias – Part I: Floating Territory

January 22, 2016May 4, 2019 Josefine Berkholz 0 Comments Blank spots, Chinampa, environmentalism, floating islands, New Atlantis, Richart Sowa, Spiral Island, Territory, uru, utopies

The Guano Island Act, a US law passed in 1856 and still effective, says that every US citizen who finds

Place Hacking

Pre-Visitors on 3rd Bosporus Bridge

November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 Maximiliane Schneider 0 Comments 3rd Bosporus Bridge, Extreme Climbing, istanbul, Marat Dupri, Özcan İpar, Pavel Smirnov, place hacking, Urban Exploration

Istanbul gets a 3rd Bosporus Bridge, connecting the European and Asian side. The construction is still in process but anyway

Events Place Hacking

Critical Art on the Move

November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 Maximiliane Schneider 0 Comments Ken Saro-Wiwa, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Ogoni People, Ogoniland, Oil-Production, Shell, Sokari Douglas Camp, The Bus

Three days ago the Nigerian government impounded a bus, denying its entry to Nigeria. Not its occupants were the reason

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Prophecy on wounded landscapes

November 3, 2015November 3, 2015 Josefine Berkholz 0 Comments art in public space, creating awareness, Ecofund, exhibition, Fabrice Monteiro, Pollution, senegal, The Prophecy

For his latest photography-project Prophecy, Fabrice Monteiro created ten mythological-futuristic statues out of trash, each of them pointing out to

Place Hacking Tightrope Walking

Needled by a Rainbow

July 7, 2015May 4, 2019 Thomas Büsch 0 Comments graffiti, Khaled Jarrar, Qalandiya, Ramallah, street art, urban voices, West Bank

Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar is currently struggeling with his country once again. After not being allowed to exit Israel in

Place Hacking

Graffiti Artists vs. House Owners

June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 Thomas Büsch 0 Comments 5Pointz, art in public space, gentrification, graffiti, Graffiti Art, Maria Castillo, New York City, street art

For decades graffiti has been causing judical issues now. Most of this artworks are being created on walls that do

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Paintings in Trees

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 Thomas Büsch 0 Comments art and nature, dasha bazanova, exhibition, james gillispie, julie torres, nature, New York, palma blank

Some pictures. On plain walls. A circle of exclusively invited guests for an opening. Afterwards some interested burgeoisies passing by

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Arts and Basic Rights

May 1, 2015May 1, 2018 Thomas Büsch 0 Comments bundeskanzleramt österreich, gecekondu, manfred grübl, movie, One Day Home, performance, residency, studio x

Austrian Artist Manfred Grübl in Istanbul Screening of One Day Home, May 21st 7 pm at Studio-X Istanbul

One aspect of Place Hacking can be described as Urban Exploration.

Devotees around the world explore the hidden sides of cities - abandoned buildings, underground tunnels, sewer systems, unused stretches of subway or old industry plants.

The movement uses the potential of existing public space and transform it into a moving environment.

Guerrilla Gardening as a form of Place Hacking is gardening on land that the gardeners do not have legal right to use, often an abandoned site or area not cared for by anyone.

We understand Urban Knitting as well as a form of Place Hacking that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre.

The celebration of May Day around the world is seen also as a phenomena that deals with the relationship between artistic practices and political action.