We are coming!

Opening reception: Friday, 10 October, 4pm
Exhibition dates: 10 October – 9 November 2008
Contributors: Raumlaborberlin (DE)
In connection with the exhibition, raumlaborberlin  will present the performance raumlaborberlin Kocht, a cooking-performance and lecture, which is free and open to the public.
 raumlaborberlin Kocht will take place on Sunday november 2 at 1 pm.
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raumlaborberlin, 2008, installation view, work in progress
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raumlaborberlin, 2008, installation view, vernissage
0047 OSLO presents raumlaborberlin. This is their first show in Scandinavia.
Raumlaborberlin is a group of architects that have specialized in creation of spaces that intervene in the urban texture. They work with city planning, actions, design of public spaces and artistic installations. They are well known for their transformations of the ”Palace of the Republic” in Berlin and other large scale GDR-heritages. Their ”küchenmonument”, a transparent inflatable community lounge, has toured Europe for two years. They are featured at the Venice Biennale this year and will present an exhibition at Storefront Gallery in New York in 2009.
Their latest project is a submarine made out of recycled garbage. The submarine was constructed within a 10-day period in the city of Mannheim together with local people who had no idea about shipbuilding, and then set out on a passage across the Rhine to the city of Ludwigshafen. After having successfully managed to trigger a participatory working process, Raumlaborberlin confidently set out on the next expedition; We Are Coming! – a permanent submarine-line from Berlin to Oslo at 0047.
”We Are Coming!” will present a selection of their many projects divided into the categories ”Relational Fetish Objects”, ”Transformed Urbanity” and ”Urban Narratives”. They also speculate about the hidden futures of the fjord city in an interactive cooking performance and present the newest (and possibly most original) link between Oslo and Berlin; a submarine and a wall-to-wall pool of white water in the gallery.
www.raumlabor.net