Subway of City of Names
On Marianenplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany
29.07.2005 - 04.09.2005
In July'05 we (Roger, Relax, Ringo + me) take part in the Jazzstylecorner project called CITY OF NAMES, with archictecting and constructing a small subway + tracks. The Berlin based CBS graffiti crew helped us out while building the main station, called "Rosenthaler Platz". This innercity subway line, the CITY OF NAMES north-south connection between "CAF Watchtower"/"Graffitimuseum" and "CBS Chapel"/"Stundenhotel", was one of the main attractions and a big childs-amusement.
Idea:
Writing is unimaginable without a public metropolitan system. Subway trains are owning their special function of transporting graffiti art throuh the urban space. This is the specific impulse in painting subways. A graffiti city like CITY OF NAMES was unthinkable without a Subway for us.
Technical notes:
Train:
- dimensions: 1,70 m heigt, 3,80 m total length
- 2 cars made out 4 caddies and 2 wooden scaffolds
- cars strongly coupled with 2 metall pipes
-exterior walls + roof made out of wood and corrugated iron
- interior lined with fabric and padding
Tracks:
- 30 m total length
- wood, pressboard, grease
- impregnation with bitumen
See also the chapter
Videos/Hartmops1.
In the time of 30.09. - 06.10.2005 the train was part in the CITY OF NAMES show on the art fair "2. Berliner Kunstsalon".
City of Names:
According to a concept by Zasd/Jazzstylecorner, within the timeframe of 3 weeks a group about more than 60 writer and streetartists from 9 different nations constructed the "City of Names" on Mariannenplatz in Berlin/Kreuzberg. A gaudy favela with a footprint less than 1000 m2 made out of wood, scrap, trash and paint, fully equipped with a pond, an
oratory, a watchtower, a subway with 2 stations, a museum, the bus number 126 with bus stop,a post office, city gates, streets, an
hotel, a dream tent, a wellnesscenter, electricity and und light, the "urban jürgen square" and an asian 24 hours security guard.
Open from 29.7. till 4.9.2005, City of Names got converted into a super children's playground. It was one of the main features of the streetart exhibition Backjumps - The Live Issue#2.
City of Names arose in collaboration with Backjumps - The Live Issue#2 and Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien.
participants:
Urban Jürgen, CBS, Ehso, Trick17, Nalk Ivique, Graffitimuseum, Fiona, Dogma,
Cream, 247Crew, Akim, Brom, Nemo, Bus 126, Fiona, Trick, Wax, Try, Jolie,
Mizwa, Mony, Cost, Nick, Krok, Des, Aris, Spin, Monkey, Brom, Ozean, Poet,
Phos, Kripo, Drama, Babbo, Thief, Roger,Pegasus, Angst, Poe, Relax, Bosom, Mika, KHC,
Richard Schwarz, Idee, Danieal Nickau, Hesht, Inka, CAF Crew, Kobolt, Steak, NiceRob, Boe,
Moto, Richard Koch, Christian Marien, Mr. Mucho (NOR), Freaksgallery (DK), Armsrock (DK), Point (CZ), Mind (CZ), Saint
(UKR), Lodek(UKR), Suzi Chang (USA), Meira Ahmemulic (SE), Betty Lang (F),
Zasd (D)
Filmteam: Ariston Anderson (USA), Domink Gehring & Tobias Kaufmann (CH),
Irati (E)
Jazzstylecorner.com
Backumps.org
Flix on Flickr under City of Names.
