An opinion poll which will be conducted by Department for Public Appearances at Weddinger Platz (intended to represent the whole district of Wedding) will form the basis of the art project Personal view as public appearance.
The residents of an apartment block are invited to express their opinion publicly. On the basis of an initial contact with the residents in January 07, Department has developed the question “How do you look at your future?”. All residents of the apartment block are asked to answer this question. Department provides the residents with three so called “opinion carriers” which show different answers ranging from complete approval through to complete disapproval. These can be hung out of windows and enable the expression of personal views at the threshold between private and public space.

Behind this project is the following consideration: Can private views be expressed in public directly and representatively? Department for Public Appearances offers the residents a way to visualise their view directly and uncensored in public. The project also aims at initiating communication and discussion among the residents.

Site
Müllerstraße 1-3 A / Chausseestraße 72-75

Time
April 15 to May 6, 2007
Department for Public Appearnaces will give an Artist Talk (in German) at the uib headquarters on April 15 at 5 pm where they will present Personal view as public appearance and other works.

Photo: Daniela Friebel

Photos below: Daniela Friebel

Department for Public Appearances (DE)
The group Department for Public Appearances was founded in Munich in 1995. At the moment it consists of the four artists Peter Boerboom, Gabriele Obermaier, Carola Vogt und Silke Witzsch. Department has conducted several actions and exhibitions in Germany and abroad. Selected actions and shows: Easy Vote, Public Dreams, Usti nad Labem 2006; Mobiline, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden 2005; National Gallery of Arts, Tirana 2004; galeria skuc, Ljubljana 2000; Public Appearances Are Unavoidable, Kunstraum Munich 2003; Mobilien 2003, real*utopia, Graz 2003; Eurostreifen, Munich 1995 and New York 1996. The forerunner project to Personal view as public appearance has been Die Messestadt Riem bekennt Farbe, kunstprojekte_riem, Munich 2003.
www.department-online.de

Photo: Daniela Friebel

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