Manipulate reality
To reorder space one needs to redefine space. For this kind of artistic intervention I use the term “applied art”, which means art applied in public context and space. This is to describe an artistic strategy focussing problems in society to then intervene, interact and transcend into another construction of reality. I create tools to create this new reality in other peoples minds…
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BOOK NOWA AMERIKA
After 22 years, a book about Słubfurt, New America, the white zone, Loch Netz, about the ideas and strategies behind it. First of all, I would like to thank the Arsenal Municipal Gallery in Poznań and its director Marek Wasilewski. As partners, they made the book possible and supported me. I would also like to thank everyone who accompanied me with advice and deed during the creation of this book, including: Uta Kurzwelly, Jonatan Kurzwelly, Volkmar Köhler, Uwe Jung, Tomasz Stefański. Nowa Amerika, the New World – what a wonderful promise…
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News
BRIDGE SQUARE
Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Straße 11A, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder) always open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 15:00 to 18:00 FreeShop, Repaircafé, Café BlaBla, Neighborhood Help In the Freeshop you can take your belongings with you or give away those you no longer need. There are tools in Repaircafé and you can fix your broken things. There will always be someone to help. At Café BlaBla you can have a cup of coffee or tea and chat. Neighborhood help means that we help each other. At the moment…
Projects
A country inbetween
Słubfurt 2030. The future is now. Coming here from all corners of the world, the new Słubfurters bring with them their experiences, patterns and perspectives for a today. A scenic installation explored this utopian island in the sea of Nowa Amerika. For now. And here. Future is welcome. The production emerges from the migrants…
Nomadic Garden – the flying Nowa Amerika Uniwersytät
The Nomadic Garden aims to research the cultural needs of the residents of Nowa Amerika and also to recruit new Nowa Amerikans who would like to join the social and cultural activities of our network. The Nomadic Garden is a metaphor for our German-Polish border…
In the land of migrants
In the German-Polish border region you will not only meet Germans and Poles but also migrants. When the borders of Poland were shifted from east to west, one of the largest migration waves of the 20th century took place. Apart from forced removals of people from the previously Polish and German eastern regions, there were many other ethnic groups that had to find a new home in the GermanPolish border region. These topics…
Art saves the world
Nowa Amerika with its capital Słubfurt – what is that? It all began with an artistic idea that became an expansive work of art along the German-Polish border. An autonomous work of art, one that follows its own laws. Reality construction is its leitmotif. We witness the birth of a region that is gradually gaining a foothold in the living world…