At the Bodensee, a border between Germany, Austria and Switzerland never has been officialy defined. This is unique for Europe.
From the former military baths „Mili“, located at Bregenz, people could visit the refugee Abdoulaye by rubber boat. He himself came close to the austrian coast by motorboat. We met him a few days before the opening in Lindau (germany) and due to his residence obligation he couldn’t come to the exhibition in Bregenz (austria) although he wanted to.
People could talk to him, listen to his story or take a selfie together with him. The photo was printed onshore and sticked on a photo wall.
„meeting Abdoulahaye in no mans land“, R-R, Raphael Weilguni/ Viola Relle, KUB Arena Kunsthaus Bregenz, Kamp KAYA, 2016
O.T., R – R, Raphael Weilguni/ Viola Relle, Bardo National Museum Tunis, 2015
„Krieg – artistique„, with Viola Relle 2015, Tunis
In Nova Hutta, a planned city nearby Krakow, which was built during the time of socialism. We performed an intervention with the residents.
The symmetrical buildt, bombastic architecture didn’t change since decades. The symmetrical main square is lined with 26 pedestals. Today they remain empty. We asked relatives to turn one pedestal by 30 degrees with us, to provoke a change in the inner architecture.
other plinths were signed with the sentence „change me“ written in polish.
„Plinth“, with Viola Relle, 2015, Nova Hutta, Krakow
„Ich selbst liebe mich so, wie ich bin und ich lasse auch zu, dass andere Menschen mich so lieben, wie ich bin„, with Francois Huber 2015, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Photo: Vlado Velkov
Cambium, Raphael Weilguni and François Huber, 2014. Video, 20 min 6 sec.
