Sunday, October 18, 2009

intimate/collective

Intimate/Collective hosted in a big tent in one of the main public space of Bordeaux.
Curated by Cláudia Martinho, Inês Moreira and Marcin Szczelina.
They invited artists, social scientists, architect in order to discuss the concepts: intimate and collectivity.

Cláudia Martinho addresses its political and social dimension, or how an appropriation of public space by people happens through collective actions and intimacy of sharing.
Lara Almarcegui, muf architecture, Jean-Luc Moulène, Pelin Tan, Anne Querrien, Maurizio Bortolotti, Juri Steiner.

Inês Moreira questions whether Collective Intimacy can be clearly stated, proposing it as a ephemeral condition and non-predictive relational moment, occurring beyond declared “intimate collectives”.
Democracia, MAP Office, Doreen Mende, Paolo Plotegher, Marten Spanberg, Maurizio Bortolotti, Dennis Adams, Laurent Tixador

Marcin Szczelina, suggests notions of individual immersion in space and corporeal perception of collective intimacy as a way of understanding architecture of influences, without precise borders.
group 3, Anri Sala, Tadashi Kawamata, Peter Cook, Sam Jacob / FAT, Henry Urbach, Felix Vogel, Joseph Grima

The discussion lasted from 2pm to 7pm. The tent was including a bar that the visitors and public were able to drink, eat and sit to listen, take part of the presentation, discussion. Discussions were centered around these question and topics: the meaning of urban community? occupaying, squatering re-using wasteland, empty slots in the cities, can a city be an exhibition? , border of intimacy, different meaning of public space and usages in diverse cities...







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