STORY BOX | C.U.V.O.
PARTICIPATORY INSTALLATION IN THE PUBLIC SPACE WHERE LITERATURE BECOMES PERFORMATIVE
STORY BOX is an interdisciplinary project, in which literature becomes performative in the frame of an “installation-machine-monument” located in the public space.
Inside a cabin made of wood and carton, different people read, one after the other, stories from different places in their mother tongue, for 48 hours non-stop. The project is a human-machine that works without rest, day and night. Placed in the public space of a city, STORY BOX acts as a living monument, activating associations, memories and images in the visitor, only through the spoken word. The project seeks to create a common identity from the difference.
STORY BOX was developed in 2010 in GERMANY. The project relates to the main characteristic of Berlin ́s district Neukölln: the coexistence of different social and ethnic groups. Situated in the square in front of Neukölln ́s city-hall, over 40 participants read in 18 different languages during 48 hours non stop, in the frame of 48 Stunden Neukölln Festival.A second edition of STORY BOX was presented in the city of Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA in november 2012, under the name C.U.V.O. | caja urbana de voces otras (urban box of other voices). In this opportunity, the cabin was located in Parque Mujeres Argentinas square, in Puerto Madero district. 70 participants read in more than 25 different languages during 30 hours non-stop, over the Night of Museums in Buenos Aires. Native languages like quechua, aymara, guarani and nahuatl (México) were represented, and we had more than 1000 visitors.
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PROJECT |
STORY BOX |
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CONCEPT |
Participatory installation in the public space |
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LOCATION |
Cityhall square Neukölln, Berlin, GERMANY |
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DATES |
25-27 June 2010, in the frame of 48-Stunden Neukölln Art Festival |
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WHO |
CONCEPT: Valeria Schwarz. DEVELOPERS: Betiana Bellofatto, Natalia Blanco, Lune Léoty, Jan Fischer, Valeria Schwarz. ASSISTANTS: Fany Montero and Eva Solana. PARTICIPANTS: Florencia Almirón, Céline Andreoli, Iulia Anghelescu, Ion Arbelaiz, Maider Armentia, Petra Benková, Camille Boichot, María Cano Caunedo, Ismaele Cattaneo, Judith Feige, Betty Fox, Alan Gargo, Ulf Hermann, Maylïs Husson, Jeons Hyun, Maik Kerner, Claire Kurylowski, Alan Layton, Barbara Marcel, Arturo Martínez, Emma Moreno, Christoff München, Kaan Özger, Marlene Pfau, Ibon Quintano, Klara Reitberger, Klara Reitsma, Jeni Ringland, Ivi Roberg, Martin Shamoonpour, Stanley, Nuria Viladomat & Rosa Teixidor, Diana Toledo, Shuang Zhang, Diana Zolotarova, a.o. PHOTO DOCUMENTATION BY: Steve Braun THANKS TO: Weser 191, Anna Busdiecker, Matthias, Natasha Pradman, Victoria Plum, Steve Braun SUPPORTED BY: French Embassy, Instituto Cervantes, Argentinian Embassy, Kulturnetzwerk e.V. |
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PROJECT |
C.U.V.O. | caja urbana de voces otras |
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CONCEPT |
Participatory installation in the public space |
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LOCATION |
Parque Mujeres Argentinas, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
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DATES |
November 2012, in the frame of the Night of Museums in Buenos Aires |
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WHO |
TEAM: Valeria Schwarz, Jan Fischer, Betiana Bellofatto and María José Trucco. PARTICIPANTS: Elna Eriksen, María González Rouco, Ramón Suárez O Muxo, Jan Magne Eriksen Bae, Erika Karlsson, Ignacio Baez, Mariana Andrusiak, Natalia Panyuk, Vendula Vlková Hingarová, Eliška Špatenka, Ana Souchop, Dana y Cristina Turecek, Renee Šumická, Carlos Horacio Bembibre, Patricia Llamas, Aldana Solimo, Irene Solimo, Nora Schamo, Diana Flores Mendy, Irma Podzun, Sergio Muñoz, María Lina Cirone, Anne Gauthey, Carlos Xavier Rodríguez Brandeiro, Matías Gonzalo Almeida Souto, Cecilia Jacqueline Álvarez, Florencia Belén Conversano, Rocío Mariana Gallo, Joaquín Manuel González Vega, Giovanna Rosina Grispino Peiteado, Paula Yael Maldonado, Sofía Montserrat Mezzina Iglesias, Florencia Aldana Mouriño Vodopiviz, Alina Hadjian, Emma Yeritsyan, Antonia Salerno de Bellofatto, Teresa Perinić, Ever Román, Carlos Marré, Alexandra Jamieson Barreiro, Marilyn Dieguez, Valerio Zanna, Päivi Niemelä, Angela Lunario, Zulmi Paradeda, Brenda Lupe Fernández Fernández, Zulma Romero, Jorge Florín, Edit Weber, Verónica Endres, Mana Laterrade, Germán Andrés Gómez, Débora Lowi, Michele Porfiri, Rossella Beraldo, Susana Blanco, Cecilia Martínez Salvatierra, Philip Webb, Octavio Fernández, Zulema Rodríguez, Jan Fischer. SUPPORTED BY: Fondo Metropolitano de la Cultura, las Artes y las Ciencias del Ministerio de Cultura del G.C.B.A. and Buenos Aires Capital del Libro THANKS TO: cheLa |