Place Hacking Archives

Made in Turkiye

April 17, 2017 Thomas Büsch

[widgetkit id=21650] NoLaB presents the exhibition Made in Turkiye until the end of June 2017 at Hasköy Spinning Factory in

Events Place Hacking

Earth Pass

January 2, 2017 Thomas Büsch

[widgetkit id=21444] From Multitude to Participation The exhibition Earth Pass – Visions for Berlin – From Multitude to Participation is the

Events Place Hacking Seen Beyond Voices

Should I Stay Or Should I Go

June 25, 2016 Thomas Büsch

1982 the English punk rock band The Clash released the Song Should I Stay Or Should I Go, and they reached

Détournement Place Hacking

Make America Great Again

May 8, 2016 Thomas Büsch

If anyone is going to be threatened by a small penis, it’s Trump The artist’s pencil drawing by

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Calligraffiti

April 8, 2016 Thomas Büsch

The more you go to the East, the more you reach the West. The Tunisian-French street artist eL Seed has

Détournement Place Hacking

New Land, New Utopias – Part II: Micro Nations

February 19, 2016 Josefine Berkholz

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, 2016 Josefine Berkholz

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, 2015 Maximiliane Schneider

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, 2015 Maximiliane Schneider

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

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.