Moving Bench
THE CONNECTING SEATS Street art directors adapt years of experience into interactive urban design.
Hosted by Close Act DesignThis project is now archived and was part of DDW20
Event type
Exhibition
Location
Strijp T+R
Piet Hein Eek
Halvemaanstraat 30
5651BP
Moving bench at Chamberlain Square Birmingham (UK)
Background picture: Jimmy Dustpan
NOT JUST FURNITURE
This is a physical event: 17/11 - 31/12
Perron Piet Hein Eek
You eye catches up a colorful bench and you try to find a place to sit. It may feel uncomfortable to sit close to a stranger but moving your seat away from the other can be unpleasant as well.
What will you do?
SELECT YOUR SEAT.
Can you step into the blue seat and so I can swipe over the green one? a curved line are seats on a rail who can slide to the left and the right. 15 seats make 4 couples, 4 singles and a group of 3 people who want to sit together. Ca
About Close Act Design
DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS: Imagine performing artists utilize years of experience for urban design.
FROM STREET PERFORMANCES TO STREET DESIGN: The creative team of Close Act Design lean on many years of experience in creating and shaping large-scale street theatre performances.
For years, this company wanted to immortalize their art and install it on streets or squares Since 2020 they started to create new material for urban spaces.
Colofon
Art Director
Hesther Melief
Art Director
Tonny Aerts
Similar projects
Grow Your Own Cloud
The Data Garden
Florius
La vita’lo è bella
K.Fund, GoLocal, Urban Mill, Creative Brussels
European Design Upgrade: transnational capacity building
(Non)Depleted Curatorial Team
(Non)Depleted
MAD. Home of Creators
Transitions
Enri Pujadas
Sustonable, the sustainable engineered stone.
LINK
LINK Journal
bogaerts label
WORKPLACE VISIONS
Dutch Digital Design
Dutch Digital Design
Willem de Kooning Academy & Voedselbank Nederland
Food for All