Incompleted U10 station at Innsbrucker Platz, Foto: Francisco Queimadela
Open Call for Submissions for art projects in Berlin's Underground Network for 2011
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The name U10 – from here to the imaginary and back again refers to a line on the Berlin Underground which was originally conceived in the 1930s but has never been finished. Today it remains derelict, consisting of fragments of tunneling and abandoned, incompleted stations. During the Cold War, the then West Berlin-owned Underground Company (BVG) had to use part of the East Berlin-owned S1 line. The BVG therefore started building the U10 line parallel to the S1 line in order to be completely independent of the East German regime. Three U10 stations were built but never completed because of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The U10 line’s unknown existance (or non-existance) and its fantastical and historical qualities as a mystical place and a relic of divided Berlin offer the artists a number of points of approach.
www.u10-berlin.de
Evi Kruckenhauser, „Stereo-Sehen“
Evi Kruckenhauser is planning to show her „Stereo-Sehen“ video work on a train on the U2 line between Alexanderplatz and Wittenberg Platz. On a split screen passengers will see the journey they are making both underground and overground simultaneously. While below ground the camera travels the U2 tunnel, above ground it moves through a busy street, a house facade and a living room!
In collaboration with the BVG Department for „Operation and Technical Coordination“.
Grit Ruhland „Sound Choir“
BVG staff and Underground passengers participating in the Sound Choir will work on the perception, reprocessing and interpretation of sounds on the Underground. In collaboration with the artist and a musician, the choir will perform interpretations, pieces, canons and gestures live in station entrances. Participants welcome!
Yuka Oyama and Axel Ruoff „Modern Fairy Tale in Berlin’s Untergrund“
The artists have been collecting experiences, fantasies and thoughts from BVG staff about their work in the underground since November 2009. Based on these stories, Oyama and Ruoff are producing puppets and props for a short film illustrating a magical side to the Underground.
In collaboration with the Underground Drivers’ Training School.
Katharina Heilein „Construction time again – phase II“
As a continuation of her research into the history of the U10 line from 2009, the artist is building a model of the whole line with its planers, with U-Bahn enthusiasts and with locals living along its planned path. The model will be 100 meters long with numerous audio, video and model building contributions by Berliners.
Contributions welcome! Final presentation at U-Bhf Schlossstrasse (U9) on the unused U10 platform.
Dates and Info at www.ngbk.de and www.u10-berlin.de/d-news.htm
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U10 - from here to the imaginary and back again is an NGBK Berlin project, initiated and run by Sofia Bempeza, Ania Corcilius, Jacopo Gallico, Eva Hertzsch and Adam Page. U10 is funded by the Senatskanzlei - Kulturelle Angelegenheiten / Kunst im Stadtraum and supported by BVG, Berliner Fenster and Wall AG