grete aagaard :::
grete aagaard :::
SEVEN DAYS IN CORRIDOR - my favourite place
Site specific - intervention
Gewapend behang’ - Bijlmer, Amsterdam 1999
The text written on the pillars in the long corridors in the social housing area Bijlmer, Amsterdsam South East is based on recorded narratives - told by residents in A-dam - narratives on their ‘favourite places’ The narratives are recorded in the private sphere - on the residents request -
The transcripts create the basis for the text written on the pillars Appears amongst the huge amount of graffiti made in the area.
Biljmer was at the time I made the project a ‘NOT DESIREABLE’ place to stay and live - but as often the...the rumours were worse than reality