16 Poles

In the spring of 2009 a worker in a safety vest, added 16 additional poles into the public urban space of Berlin.

Per building site it needed the following material:

1 traffic check post, cylindrical
1 auger
1 mixture trough
1 shovel
1 bag finished concrete
1 can of water
1 warning beacon
   


 










   


 


16 Poles
was exhibited in the exhibition ”urgent urban ambulance/uuuuuuuaaaah!“ in the project room of the German Artists Federation and in public space in Berlin, with support from the curator Georg Winter.

The quotations originate from the following sources:
Fig. 3: Sabine Vogel, Optiker der 3. Dimension, Christian Hasucha, 29th Jan. 1988.
Fig. 4: Ute Tischler, aus: Stadt-Landschaft-Fluss, Christian Hasucha Transfer Kreuzberg-Aschaffenburg, Katalog Neuer Aschaffenburger Kunstverein, 2001
Fig. 5: Daniel Völzke, aus: Über dem Pflaster liegt der Strand. Urbane Insel. Wie der Interventionskünstler Christian Hasucha die Stadt in Stücke schneidet. Tagesspiegel, 7th Jul. 2006.
Fig. 6: Peter Funken, aus: Monografie Christian Hasucha, Art Forum International, Bd. 192, 2008
Fig. 7: Bernhard van Treek, aus: Street-Art Berlin, „Das Modell ‚Produktion-Präsentation-Depot’ hat sich überlebt“, Christian Hasucha, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf-Verlag, 1999
Fig. 8: Jürgen Raap, aus: Implants and interventions, Monografie Christian Hasucha, Art Forum International, Bd. 116, 1991