sophies garten

PHOTOS: PATRICIA LAMBERTUS

Patricia Lambertus site-specific installation "Sohies Garten" is a world grown from wallpaper, inhabitating a swanlake, a palace garden and a meadow.





The motives were inspired by wallpaper found in the apartment. Several other wallpapers from Sproutbau and elsewhere completed the energetic montage. Here the wall fabrics of former residents come together to form the garden of an imaginative person. You set your foot in like into a delicate dip and spend a visual fest in patterns, structures, colors and shades.

rueckaufbau, so so so

Removing, moving, building, adding, subtracting...

rooster in gold

The Grups Studio has contributed 3 hens and 1 rooster to the Sproutbau - meaning there were three fresh eggs daily!



Read more here.

numbers and facts

45 Projekte
79 Teilnehmer
1 regulärer Bewohner
15 Nationalitäten
3 Ziegen
3 Hühner + 1 Hahn
2 Hunde
4 Goldfische
12.000 m2 Fläche
110 Wohneinheiten

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45 projects
79 participants
1 last resident
15 nationalities
3 goats
3 chicken + 1 rooster
2 dogs
4 goldfish
12.000 m2 area
110 apartments

the goats

PHOTO: CATHRIN EISENSTEIN

In her short career as a "Zen-Ziege" (zen goat) Heidi has gained immense popularity not only among kids. Her naughty, nosy character wins you over. She loves to climb up people in search for food. Infact: in search of food Heidi has been caught in strange and rather hilarious situations.


PHOTO: CATHRIN EISENSTEIN

She has been the focus of media attention and will also be starring in a short movie about stairways. Here you see her pictured in the BILD Zeitung:



Heidi is so popular and called after that we tend to think all the goats believe they are named "Heidi". Not that they would listen anyway.


PHOTO: CATHRIN EISENSTEIN

Less popular but well liked is Mordechai. His cuteness factor is high. More down to earth than Heidi, Mordechai usually waits patiently for his turn. You often find him sitting on the radiator catching sunlight. One of his obsessions are cats. He dislikes them. Everytime he sees a cat he blows his nose like a trumpet. Then he jumps away and hides.


PHOTO: CATHRIN EISENSTEIN

Ingmar is named after the late director Ingmar Bergman. Coincidentally he has a torn soul and split character. Shy with humans Ingmar nonetheless bosses his colleagues around to make sure he gets his food. Never afraid of a good fight he and Mordechai are wrestling partners. Poor Mordechai never wins.



The three of them share a 30 m² basement apartment with an attached garden. One side of the apartment is filled with wooden pieces and an armchair, where visitors get to go into a swing mood and relax. The palettes are where they sleep at night and rest at day. They have an area in the back filled with straw that they like to use for sanitary purposes.



The other half of the apartment has been decorated with a huge poster showing a Swiss alpine landscape. We do not know whether that makes them feel more at home but occasionally Mordechai likes to chew on the wallpaper.




PHOTO: MARY IVY MARTIN

Only two weeks after taking territory in the garden there were no bushes left. Here Heidi and Ingmar are sneaking out noses waiting for someone to bring them fresh branches.



If they are not sneaking their noses out in the garden you will find them doing the very same thing up at the front door...


PHOTO: MARY IVY MARTIN

... but truly, we are trying to keep the spoiling within limits.

program

The amazing, inconceivable program is out! Now come on and sprout! Thanks to the hard work of Yannick Radeke who was not only plagued by slow computer hardware but a giddy whirlwind of team, we now have the program in print. For those who can´t wait to hold it in their hands on Friday: here it is to download.

Enjoy!

betonale... soon.

GESTALTUNG: KATRIN MURBACH & YANNICK RADEKE

Einen Monat lang haben 65 internationale Künstler/Gruppen in einem der Abrisshäuser Tenevers gelebt und an der Gestaltung individueller Wohn- und Lebensutopien gearbeitet. Auf der Betonale präsentieren sie nun ihre Ergebnisse des Sommers im Beton:

Kunst, Konzepte, Kommunity.

31. August bis 02. September 2007

Come as you are,
pay what you like.

info@sproutbau.de

Mehr Infos zum Programm in Kürze.

treppenphobie

Mysterious things happen in the hallway of House Nr. 46. The voice of a woman screaming eaks around the corner. Between level one and two a hole has appeared in the wall. Peeking through it, you can watch a short film of a white clad man doing business while staircases are collapsing.

The Scalaloge Hartmut Vogel is the creator of this darling project. Look out at the Betonale for his upcoming talk on the use of staircases in films.

Hartmut also created this little gem:

aerobic

PHOTO: YANNICK RADEKE

Right on time for the Betonale the Sproutlings are shaping up! A behind like Claudia Schiffer? All doable with Dennis formidable Workout Video. Some people were especially talented keeping up the steps while others, oh well, let´s leave them dignity. Costumes all original 80ies. Spandex, headbangs, pink and such.


PHOTO: YANNICK RADEKE

Yeah. Soon you can order the SproutMadeShapeUp Video via Internet. We believe.

spielraum / playground

PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

Yannick preparing the final touch in his playground. Tonite big kicker match!

film crew on the roof

PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

The twilight film crew. Door frame on the roof.


PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

sonnendeck

PHOTO: YANNICK RADEKE

Artists Silvan and Julie have created this roof top spot night bar named "Sonnendeck" and offer various cocktails for reasonable prices. Last night Dan & Trish from the Happy Band took the roof stage and performed a few songs while everyone else went Cuba Libre. Call us Hippies, but night moods like this rock the heart.

capoeira

PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

Sproubau dancer and choreographer with crew during one of his capoeira sessions on the roof.

goats

The goats are doing fine.

dirt digging

Our visiting archaeologist Sonja led a group of Sproutbau residents and local children on a simulated dig on the Sproutbau grounds. First the area was secured by the "Kampfmittelräumungsdienst" to make sure we are not going to hit into war remains, but who also located interesting spots to dig for us.



The findings were collected in bags and catalogued on paper. What do these wacky little things like chewinggum paper and plastic tell us about former residents? That and the whole collection of findings you will see presented at the Betonale, 31.8.-2.9.

sunday out in the sprouthouse

PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

Sundays are workdays here at the Sproutbau. Not divide between day and night, no divide between weekdays and weekends.


PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

Children looking.


PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

We get a lot of visitors on Sundays also. This Sunday we had planned ahead and lead a tour through the Sproutbau.


PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

From one wilderness into the other.

concert

PHOTO: OCCAM

Apart from being the sweetest couple Dan & Trish from the Happy Band are superb musicians who stunned the audience with a delightful performance. They were charming, they were goofy, they were rocking the crowd. With the support of a laptop (normally the Happy Band of Japan is a group of 5!) and self-created instruments from Sproutbau findings they managed to show a great diversity. We are planning on bringing them back onstage for the Betonale. Don´t miss that!

More photos --here--!

messpainting

PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

On Saturday Cettina Franchella was giving a messpainting sesssion. Before the action started participants tuned themselves in with stress-relieving movements.


PHOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

Seemingly it seems to be a painting method where people bridge the gap between painter and canvas.

reminder: concert tonite

DESIGN: MICHAEL ZIEHL

Place: Neuwieder Straße 48
Time: 8 PM
Costs: 5 Euros

armsrock was here

PHOTO: OCCAM

For more photos of this visit go --here--! For all who are interested in Armsrock´s work, Woostercollective has published his first book: All my friends are made of paper. You can order the book Online. Highly recommended by the very Sproutbraut C. !

vokü (vokue)

Vokü tonite and it will be noodles.
:)

tour de sprout

For all your curious souls out there: the AAA will tourguide you through the Sproutbau on Sunday afternoon. Meeting point is the Neuwieder Straße 48 at 3 PM (15 Uhr). If you´d like to join either stop by on time or write us an email: info@sproutbau.de

telenovela

FOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

Emma. Justin. Mike. Steffi. ... Tenever. Weekdays on the Café terrace Sönke Busch reads his daily telenovela. On the first four days we got an introduction to the characters and their history before dipping into their first meeting and will follow their fate.

meanwhile in buffalo

PHOTO: DOUG

Linda Anderson is participating in Sproutbau in spirit. While we are working inside and outside the building Linda prepares her paintings in her garage in Buffalo. She designs the Outdoor Gallery where the paintings will be attached to pillars and walls. People can walk through the pillars and when passing by the compositions change with the movement.



We were giving Linda measurements to the walls and pillars and in return she will send us in the paintings and directions how and where to install them.



There is a surprise included in each painting: come and see yourself at the Betonale! (31.8.-2.9.)

hallway comic

FOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

Anne and Silvan began drawing a comic that is going to move up from first floor to several levels. You can watch the ongoing work on Occam´s site: here!

soli concert

DESIGN: MICHAEL ZIEHL

We are proud and happy to announce our very own Dan & Trish will be entering the Sproutstage on Saturday to give a benefit conert for the Sproutbau. They will be joined by Mania from Hamburg.

Place: Neuwieder Straße 48
Time: 8 PM
Costs: 5 Euros

See you there!

postoffice

PHOTO: ALEXANDER KUTSCH

On Saturday was the grand opening of the Sproutbau postoffice, the walkable mailbox. Riikka and Katrin created this important spot as a communication center where people leave each other messages and notifications. This room is for introductional purposes of the participants. Here you let people know where you live and what you do in Sproutbau.


FOTO: KAI-UWE KAUP

Reusing old kitchen drawers you can post special events in one of the daily boxes.


PHOTO: ALEXANDER KUTSCH

On windless days you can enter the postoffice from both sides, from the garden and from the entrance level of Sproutbau. This makes it an ideal place for hot and spicey news, gossip and important notes.