For a week, we set up a camp in the gallery Ladøns as durational performance. Through a large shop window, we made our everyday collective work of sustaining life together visible, in a place explicitly used for the exhibition of art. Our working and living conditions served as a starting point for a collaborative project.
With our project, we transformed the gallery Ladøns into a living space and developed a needs-oriented spatial concept. We jointly formulated and designed our requirements for the space. Sleeping areas, a rudimentary kitchen, material collections, and seating were created. Through the shop window, we, as participants, and the space in its process, were visible to passersby. Our presence was often understood as an invitation for people to approach us and share information or thoughts.
In this way, we became part of the microcosmos of Valentinskamp and Gängeviertel for a week. On two evenings, we used the kitchen facilities of our neighbours and prepared meals for guests. Our stay in the exhibition space took on the character of a long-term performance when we performed everyday tasks and became an intervention when we started to dry handmade papers on the sidewalk or plant herbs along the roadside.