Interdisciplinary
Projects: Urban Evolution Performance Video |
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| Game | In
order to illustrate the method of Urban Evolution, a game is staged.
The game field is the Theaterplatz in Weimar. The game pieces are
2 x 1 x 1 m boxes made of wood frame covered with cardboard. The
players can lift and move the boxes from within via attached strings.
Nine players are required for the nine boxes. Two persons holding
large yellow balloons symbolize the permanent elements, creating
the game board. |
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The
players are arranged in three different positions with three steps
of movement. Before each movement, each player creates a marking
on the Theaterplatz surface with chalk. For each position there
is a different color of chalk: white, blue, and yellow. |
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In
the first and starting position, the players are completely dispersed
along a grid of 3 x 3 m. In the first movement, they move together
in order to form three strips of three adjoined boxes each. In the
second movement, these strips of three move together in order to
form one block of nine boxes. In the third and final movement, the
players move away from this position to the perimeter of the Theaterplatz,
revealing the markings in chalk created during the entire process. |
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The
chalk markings are traces. In accordance to the positions of the
boxes, they are juxtaposed and also superimposed upon each other,
indicating the history of the process that has taken place. They
are colorful and individual and as such a aesthetic product of the
game of Urban Evolution. |
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The
game process is filmed from two angles with one camera at the surface
level of the Theaterplatz and another at the top floor of an adjacent
building. The resulting video documents the process of the game
in time, the movement of the boxes and players, and the leaving
behind and visibility of traces. |
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During and after the whole process, friendly curiosity of pedestrians
was awakened, who inquired on the nature of the project. The chalk
traces continued to astonish adults and children alike. |
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| Credits | URBAN
EVOLUTION Reflecting Masterplanning: Wien-Aspern Professor W. Christ: Urban Planning and Design Professor Dr. B. Nentwig: Construction Management and Economy Institute for European Urban Studies Bauhaus University Weimar Germany WS 2006-2007 Javier Barona R. - Mark X. Kammerbauer - K. Arne Löper |
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