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Passage

YEAR : 2007
EXHIBITION : Karriere, Copenhagen, DK
MEASURES : Adaptive
MATERIALS : Public toilet, plasterboards, metal laths, doors, door handles, withches, neon tubes, fire alarms

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EXTERNAL LINK : www.karrierebar.com

Passage is located in the far right restroom section of Karriere and consists of 4 identical corridors (A1-A4) each with 6 identical doors. When a guest at Karriere decides to go to the restroom he/she enters through a door which connects the bar area with the end of a narrow anonymous corridor (A1) with 6 white unmarked closed doors, one door in each end wall and two on each side walls (see layout beneath). The 6 unmarked doors in each corridor connects to a restroom, to another corridor completely identical to the first corridor (A1) or is permanently locked. The unmarked doors creates a performative space which forces the subject(s) physically to examine the potential of the doors. Dependent on the number of persons and their actions the spatial setup will continuously transform creating a spatial disorder.

 

Bar installation view


AVPD: Passage (2007)
Installation view, corridor A1 and A2 (left) / corridor A1, A2 and A3 (right)

- - - - Door markings with dashed line indicates permanently locked doors
–––– Door markings with black line indicates functinal doors

The layout discloses the position of the 4 identical corridors (A1-A4) and the adjoining restrooms and door to the bar/restaurant area of Karriere.



AVPD: Passage (2007)
Installation view, corridor A1 (left) and corridor A2 (right)
AVPD: Passage (2007)
Installation view, corriodr A4 (left) and corriodr A3 (right)
Potential movements in Passage #1
The illustration opens as a Flash movie.
The black dot represents a person
Potential movements in Passage #2
The illustration opens as a Flash movie.
Each black dot represents a person
AVPD © Copyright 2007 / Photography by Anders Sune Berg © Copyright 2007