Martina Geiger‑Gerlach

Raumwunder
(Eine einvernehmliche Hausbesetzung mit Hilfe der Kunst)
Room Wonder
(An Amicable Squatting With The Help of Art)

Houses that are to be demolished are often vacant for a long time between the departure of the last inhabitants and the actual demolition. Because of the local housing regulation, they were not rented during this interim phase. But use of the space as an art project allows to habitation, because then individual agreements are possible. In order to present this "Room Wonders" to the widest possible public, the first apartment conquered by art became a habitable Offspace. When residents changed, the inhabited solo exhibition also changed and the district was invited for an evening, featuring an new curated exhibition and a living room concert. Then the flat was again privately used, in this case by refugees who cannot find another place to live.