Name: Urban Hosts
Start: 2023-02-07T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2023-02-07T22:00:00+01:00
Location: 34A, Weichsel Str, 10247

Urban Hosts

Teresa Dillon is an artist, researcher and Professor of City Futures, UWE, Bristol.www.urbanhosts.orgwww.polarproduce.org

Teresa Dillon

34A, Weichsel Str, 10247

<a href="http://www.urbanhosts.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Urban Hosts</a> is a salon-style event programme, which provokes and promotes practical approaches to urban life. Addressing topics relevant to the contemporary techno-civic, the programme brings together people who are actively producing alternatives to our given city infrastructures, norms and perceptions. This year 2023, marks the 10th anniversary of the programme. Initially emerging from the HACK-THE-CITY exhibition at the former Science Gallery, Dublin the programme, since 2013 has its roots in Berlin, with sister events in Bristol , Vienna, Aberdeen and Helsinki.With an emphasis on hosting, conversational formats and practical interventions, the opening event brings together visual artists, activists, architects and communication designers who are working on issues relating to housing, financial speculation and hyperreal estate markets.Programme:18.30 // Exhibition opening “How Do You Feel?” with Magnus Bjerk and Fett Burger19.30 // Welcome19.40 // Sandy Kaltenborn 19.50 // Ana Filipovic20.00 // Magnus Bjerk20.10 // Open discussion 21.00 // Thanks22.00 // CloseSpeakers bios: Sandy Kaltenborn [DE]What role does the visual arts and communication design play in articulating social and urban struggles? Sharing his impressions and views, designer, studio director (<a href="https://image-shift.net/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">image-shift</a>) and founding member of the grassroots tenants initiative <a href="https://kottiundco.net/english/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kotti &amp; Co</a>, Sandy Kaltenborn opens the floor for the 10th year anniversary of Urban Hosts.Ana Filipovic [RS/DE]Architect and spatial designer <a href="https://www.ana-filipovic.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ana Filipovic,</a> discusses the outcomes of their research on the relationship between Berlin’s new build housing schemes and the hyper-commodification of our universal right, to have a place to live.Magnus Bjerk [NO/DE]Reflecting on his latest collaborations on the topic of eviction, photographer and artist, Magnus Bjerk shares how the work emerges from the experience of working in Kottbusser Tor, Berlin since 2007.Fett Burger [NO/DE]At the heart of producer, DJ and visual artist,<a href="https://FETTBURGER.COM" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Fett Burger</a> (Peter Mitterer) artistic form is a mode of free-style drawing, that has its roots in graffiti, cartoon and comic forms. For this event, Fett Burger will be creating a bespoke poster, which will be available on the night with accompanying pre-conservation, warm up tunes.How Do You Feel? ExhibitionA fitting opening to our 10th anniversary year “How Do You Feel?” (digital and silk screen prints) explores eviction and real estate speculation in cities. Initially exhibited at the print studio <a href="https://www.trykkerietbergen.no/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trykkeriet</a> in Bergen, as part of Fett Burger’s ‘ONE’ collaboration series, in which he invites one other artist to work together on a project. “How Do You Feel?” is part of an ongoing programme of work in collaboration with photographer and artist, Magnus Bjerk. “How Do You Feel?” will be showing: Every Tuesday (15-19.00 only) from the 14th Feb – 28th March at 34a Weichsel St, 10247.

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