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Type of Work: Open Air Gallery

Differdange’s Commonplace will make virtual creativity physical.

An open air gallery, situated on top of the Wash House, will showcase cultural content produced by social media users, tagged #commonplacedifferdange and projected in real time.

The gallery is composed of suspended fabric screens, inspired by the clothes drying lines and washing of the past on this site. It is a simple, lightweight assembly that will create a translucent landmark on top of the historic structure.

Content will be uploaded from multiple locations; a photo booth in the wash house below, from similar installations in the other culture capitals, or from anyone’s device.

Commonplace will create a democratic environment to experience interactive dialogue between neighbours.

The installation can also be used for live streaming of the events related to the E22 – Esch sur Alzette – European Capital of Culture.

Commonplace will engage the circular economy, constructed using recycled scaffolding tubes, recycled fabric and fixed with the minimum impact on the existing plaza. Used technical equipment will be sourced from local companies.

Start tagging your pictures #commonplacedifferdange and see your photos included as the project emerges.

Estimated time: 1 year

Estimated cost: 15000

Andrew PHILLIPS
02/10/2021

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Conradin Mach-Sonnenberg says:

12/10/2021 at 08:58

Dear Andrew,
interesting thought to connect the space above the Waschbuer with the Waschbuer space itsself and even with other locations – other culture capitals or maybe also partner cities of Differdange?

Would be lovely if you complete your profile so we can learn more about the artist behind this work.

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Gabriela says:

19/10/2021 at 20:23

Looks amazing! I totally see it there

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Re Interprete a historic wash house

Clean clothes are an important asset of a modern society. While today thousands of washing machines do their job spread all over town, once the act of washing clothes was an important public event. Mainly women gathered in washing houses even up to the seventies of the last century to wash the clothes for their families – and of course to chat about the latest news in town. The person of the “wash woman” is so archaic that she still lives in our memories and in childrens songs although the chatting today takes more and more place in the digital...

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DIFFMIX is a project co-financed by the Esch2022 European Capital of Culture and the City of Differdange with the creation of artistic interventions in the public space transforming them to community spaces with the participation of the residents. “Diff” is for “difference” and for “diffussion” of space, art and people and “Mix” is for the mixture of the needs of the inhabitants with the possibilities of art creations.

ESCH22 with the motto “Remix Yourself” offers a space of freedom and recreation that encourages us to bring new perspectives to our lives in order to strengthen this sense of common identity and trust and thus create a legacy of which we can be proud. Esch2022 encourages cultural diversity to foster personal growth. Inspire others and let others inspire you.

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