Stefan Saffer
Public / Social Projects
Public / Social Projects
Mobile Porch (2000)
A collaboration between the artists Kathrin Böhm & Stefan Saffer and
architect Andreas Lang.
A collaboration between the artists Kathrin Böhm & Stefan Saffer and
architect Andreas Lang.
MOBILE PORCH started in Nov 99 as a temporary site-specific proposal for the public art program of NKAT, coordinated by Georgia Ward. Its initial idea was to create a tool that allows links between contemporary art practice and a local audience. During 2000 MOBILE PORCH developed also into a prototype for public sites. It was designed in order to create an appropriate object for a public sphere that was multifunctional in its use and flexible in its purpose. MP is very clear and very ambiguous, in both its design and its purpose. Its full meaning and definition will be developed over time.
MOBILE PORCH can be a shed, a reception desk, a stage, a bench, a lamp, a screen, a catwalk, a workshop, a vehicle, etc. MOBILE PORCH is a flexible structure that fulfills different functions according to the varying situations. It is both a physical structure but also a social one. It is an offer which provides a range of new possibilities.
During the two months residency at North Kensington Amenity Trust MOBILE PORCH was used by a large number of people on Trust land to create short term activities, organize social events or to drop ideas for further projects on site. MOBILE PORCH´s presence created a strong feeling of curious interest from its first day on site, "whatsthatallabout".
The information and experience gained during this projects is now being discussed as a possible relevant matter at NKAT, concerning further planning. MOBILE PORCH finished it´s visit underneath the Westway on 01.01.2001.
For more informations visit www.mobileporch.net or watch the computer animation of Mobile Porch.
MOBILE PORCH can be a shed, a reception desk, a stage, a bench, a lamp, a screen, a catwalk, a workshop, a vehicle, etc. MOBILE PORCH is a flexible structure that fulfills different functions according to the varying situations. It is both a physical structure but also a social one. It is an offer which provides a range of new possibilities.
During the two months residency at North Kensington Amenity Trust MOBILE PORCH was used by a large number of people on Trust land to create short term activities, organize social events or to drop ideas for further projects on site. MOBILE PORCH´s presence created a strong feeling of curious interest from its first day on site, "whatsthatallabout".
The information and experience gained during this projects is now being discussed as a possible relevant matter at NKAT, concerning further planning. MOBILE PORCH finished it´s visit underneath the Westway on 01.01.2001.
For more informations visit www.mobileporch.net or watch the computer animation of Mobile Porch.
