Present People – Public space only emerges with its use

The project PRESENT PEOPLE has been dedicated to public space in Berlin’s Hansaviertel since 2015. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Interbau, the series of initiatives called JUBILÄUMSSPIELE is taking place at the behest of the Akademie der Künste. In cooperation with the Bürgerverein Hansaviertel and the Bibliothek am Hansaplatz, and together with residents, the Hansaplatz is to become a focus of discussion and a meeting point. The video installation provides an overview of the previous initiatives.

The publication PRESENT PEOPLE - öffentlicher Raum entsteht erst im Gebrauch, Felix Lüdicke and Theresa Schütz (eds.), Verlag Akademie der Künste, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-88331-222-4, also appeared this year. It can be purchased in the bookshops of the Akademie der Künste at Pariser Platz and on Hanseatenweg.

Felix Lüdicke was a fellow at the Architecture section of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, in 2015. He works with Korbindian Lechner in the collective “raumzeug” which is concerned with locating, analysing, and stimulating  public open spaces. 

Theresa Schütz was a fellow at the Architecture section of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, in 2015. She works with Rainer Steurer  in the collective “UNOs I umding+ortsam” at the intersections of socially involved art, cultural mediation, and architecture.