[Oberlist] Upcycling Urban Readymades Open Call

[arosiodiana at libero.it]

		30 May – 30 September 2011 
	
	Human Cities Festival 2012
Opening Soon! Upcycling Urban Readymades Open Call.

	

		Opening soon ! Spring is back, it is time to wake up your creative brain cells! 

	
Places To Be : Upcycling Urban Readymades open call will be launched from 30 May 2011.

	Jointly organized by Human Cities network and Esterni – Public 
Design Festival, this open call aims to rethink, re-use and reinvent 
public space by exploring human creativity and existing materials 
through co-creations, performances, installations and hands-on 
experiments.

	
Theme : Upcycling Urban Readymades

	The term Upcycling was first used by Reiner Pilz who described 
recycling as a system where everything is smashed. He used the term 
Downcycling to describe this and called for what he referred to as 
Upcycling, a practice where old products are given more value and not 
less.

	In this sense, Upcycling is about the way we remake things. 
Reinventing or remaking public space does not mean reinventing the wheel
 or erasing what already exists, but thinking about ways to work with 
existing environments, objects and materials

	Projects will be analyzed on their use of the Upcycling concept and
 cross-disciplinary approaches to public space as well as their 
interpretation of Readymade design, referencing Duchamp’s description of
 ‘found art,’ or objects which are slightly modified to take on a new 
social function.

	
What fields are applicable ? 

	Light/temporary architecture, furniture, lighting, sound, public 
visual art and performances, storytelling, food, scent & taste…

	
Who ? 

	Designers, architects, landscape architects, anthropologists, 
philosophers, storytellers… Professional and students are welcome to 
introduce their projects.

	
How ? 

	Creative and interactive Human Centered Design approach, Do It Yourself… 

	
Where ? 

	Context of Brussels City and other European cities part of HC 
Network aiming at a socio-cultural impact in selected places in town.

	
Want more information as soon as it’s available? 

Be on the mailing list ! humancities at promateria.be
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