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//Concept// |
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WUNSCH WEAR adapts the principal idea of the Tanabata Festival in Japan, the decoration of public space with wishes.
The Tanabata Festival takes place once a year around June 7th (it differs regionally). During this period streets, city corners, and buildings are fully ornamented with tremendous amounts of colorful decorative elements folded in paper or sewn in fabric, made by the city’s residents.
The festival not only advocates communal meeting and team work, but it also encourages the residents to cultivate their dexterous skills. There are seven basic forms of decorations made in paper and each form refers to a wish. For example, a wallet for financial gain, a human figure for good health, nets for fulfilling dreams, cranes for long life, etc.
Different levels of building complexity for each form ranges from a very simple task, such as writing or drawing on a piece of paper, to a rather comprehensive skill such as folding a paper crane. This traditional ritual suggests that having a diversity of tasks is key to opening up participation to every age group, gender and interest of the city’s residents.
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//Basic Data// |
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Location |
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Kindl-Boulevard Shopping Center, Hermannstr. 214 – 216, 12053 Berlin, Germany |
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Exhibition |
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48 Stunden Neukölln, Kulturnetzwerk Neukölln, e.V., Center Management |
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Dimensions |
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Corridor 12m x 3m
Mobile L6m x B5m |
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Presentation duration |
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June 21 – July 21, 2008 |
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Workshop Period |
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May 15 – June 13, 2008 |
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Number of participants |
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Approx. 400 P |
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3 – 75 years old |
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T-shirts and undershirts brought by participants, paints, paper, steel, aluminum |
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Team |
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Becky, Jenny Johannsenn, Erin, Jan, Kamil, Axel |
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Sponsoring |
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Hertling GmbH & Co.KG, Die Kuriere Eurologistik Berlin, a-media/agentur für kommunikation GmbH, Druckwerkstätten Osloer Straße |
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Kindl Boulevard Shopping Center, Berlin
Atrium
Mobile 6m (hight) x 5m (width)
Photo: Thomas Bruns |
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//Drop-in Workshops// |
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Drop-in workshop concept for WUNSCH WEAR
I visited schools, youth-, senior-, women’s-, and neighborhood-groups with a workshop wagon, which was attached to my bicycle. Participants wrote or painted (sometimes both) wishes on a T-shirt, which they brought.
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//Workshops with Senior Groups// |
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In Germany there is a saying that if one tells what one wishes, it does not come true. For this reason, many people hesitated to openly write down their wishes.
For workshops done with senior groups, several colorful paper strips were handed to each person. We decorated a tree with paper chains made with the strips, where wishes were written, but kept unseen.
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//Gallery// |
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I want a cat.
I want a pet.
I want a Dalmatian.
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