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
Opening
Thursday, 26 September, 6 pm
Opening remarks:
City Councillor Dr. Florian Roth on behalf of the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich
Anton Biebl, Head of the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich
A Representative of Public Art München
Location: Schleißheimerstraße 6 / Dachauer Straße
Accompanying program 2024
Friday, 27 September 2024, 6 pm
Talk “Mash & Heal – Out of the Comfort Zone! Who Owns the Parking Space?”
with Vanessa Carlow, Henriette Kuhrt, Lars Mentrup and Luise Rellensmann
Location: KUNSTLABOR 2, c/o ehemaliges Gesundheitshaus (former health care center), Dachauer Straße 90
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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