Three large-scale replicas of SUVs will be placed in the city center – at locations frequented by many citizens on a daily basis: Europaplatz, the corner of Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße and Kreuzstraße, and the corner Schleißheimerstraße 6 and Dachauer Straße. These SUVs are made of compostable composite material, which is produced from renewable raw materials in the artist’s studio. The vehicles decompose over a period of 13 months and commuters have the chance to follow the sculptural process each day. In a subsequent unsealing performance, volunteers and helpers will carry the composted SUVs to an unsealed area in a procession reminiscent of Bavarian Corpus Christi processions. During the procession, the route will be closed to car traffic. The procession symbolizes how cars are worshipped almost religiously and ironically re-enacts this adoration.
Köbberling’s artistic work is to be understood as a commentary on individual automobile traffic as a hegemonic dominant culture and the sealing of Munich.
Folke Köbberling, born 1969, lives and works in Berlin.
Locations of the Installation
– Europaplatz
– Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße / Kreuzstraße, close to Sendlinger Tor
– Schleißheimerstraße 6 / Dachauer Straße
Accompanying program 2025
September:
Talk “Mash & Heal – The De-Sealing! The Boiling Asphalt”
with Elisabeth Endres, Felix Lüdicke and Rafael Stutz
October:
Talk “Mash & Heal – The Healing”
with Adrienne Goehler, Klaus Gutser and Natalija Miodragović
Performances “De-sealing of a Parking Lot” (location: t.b.a.) and the “Procession of the Composted Cars”
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