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SCHODY
- Construction workshop with children from Świetlica making 3 tall steps
re-using discarded furniture parts.
For us ‘Schody’(in english 'steps') were a simple way to invite people
to ‘change their perspective’, to temporarily pause their habitual
routine and adopt a different point of view. The idea was partly
triggered by the lack of places to sit especially for older people, the
structure offers a place to sit but is not a bench. We thought the
structure could later be used to ‘test’ other areas outside the
courtyard, it could be imagined as a ‘part - tribune’ and serve a
communal photo collage project. By moving them around the neighbourhood
alongside an accompanying activity we could spread the idea of the
residency and through its slight ‘oddness’ invite people to question
what was going on.
Part 1: Workshop
(children)
Collecting
material from the bin areas (old furniture, wooden boards)
Cutting found
material to size
Painting the
timber boards (the planned themes like bird perspective, catch a shadow
weren’t in the end put into practise)
Help screwing the
structure together (one or two people at a time)
Part 2:
Conversation (passers-by, parents, anyone)
Talking to
passers-by, collection of stories from Mlynow and the courtyard history
Questions asked:
where and what do you do in Mlynow, what do you like in Mlynow, why are
you and what do you do here, what is your favourite dish, what’s your
favourite song?
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