- Public Art
stillgelegt / shut down
Gunhild Kreuzer
28 June 2024 19:00 – 30 June 2024 19:00
stillgelegt / shut down
Intervention with handrails from two former escalators from the Gesundbrunnen shopping centre
The handrails are assembled to form a sculptural landscape and rise out of the urban space as a blank black wave.
Escalators are a feature of urbanity, as they are usually only found in places with a lot of public traffic.
In the intervention "stillgelegt", the handrails of a former escalator become a sculpture (landscape) on which visitors can stand.
They form an island in the urban space where visitors can pause and reflect. What does it feel like when movement stops, the city holds its breath and silence sets in?
What visions emerge from this stillness for the city and for living together?
The recycled handrails epitomise sustainability and at the same time raise the question of transformation. How can the city be built, remodelled and decelerated sustainably?
Intervention with handrails from two former escalators from the Gesundbrunnen shopping centre
The handrails are assembled to form a sculptural landscape and rise out of the urban space as a blank black wave.
Escalators are a feature of urbanity, as they are usually only found in places with a lot of public traffic.
In the intervention "stillgelegt", the handrails of a former escalator become a sculpture (landscape) on which visitors can stand.
They form an island in the urban space where visitors can pause and reflect. What does it feel like when movement stops, the city holds its breath and silence sets in?
What visions emerge from this stillness for the city and for living together?
The recycled handrails epitomise sustainability and at the same time raise the question of transformation. How can the city be built, remodelled and decelerated sustainably?
Biography
Gunhild Kreuzer
Gunhild Kreuzer studied cultural studies and aesthetic practice in Hildesheim. She has received various scholarships and project funding.
Gunhild Kreuzer works in the fields of performance, intervention and art in public space.
Gunhild Kreuzer's text performances are poetic, absurd, associative and humorous.
The installations and interventions are site-specific and often bring everyday objects into a new context.
The actions in public spaces are concerned with the social fabric, usually with the involvement of local people. Through conversations or actions using different media, people come into contact with each other and appropriate the public space together. In this way, public space becomes a field of action and discussion.
Gunhild Kreuzer works in the fields of performance, intervention and art in public space.
Gunhild Kreuzer's text performances are poetic, absurd, associative and humorous.
The installations and interventions are site-specific and often bring everyday objects into a new context.
The actions in public spaces are concerned with the social fabric, usually with the involvement of local people. Through conversations or actions using different media, people come into contact with each other and appropriate the public space together. In this way, public space becomes a field of action and discussion.