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Organised by the architects raumlaborberlin and the Hebbel am Ufer theatre, “The World is Not Fair – The Great World's Fair 2012” was probably the first DIY Expo ever. Fifteen artist groups – mostly from Berlin – build fifteen strange structures spread generously over the vast, flat emptiness of the former Tempelhof airfield in Berlin, throughout the month of June 2012. Some participants used existing structures on the site: a bunker was turned into a cinema, for example, and a former kennel for security dogs became a small performance theatre. Others were built new, from scratch, using low-cost and recycled materials. The “pavilion” pictured here and titled 52.4697°N 13.396°E, was made by artists Branca Prlić and Tamer Yiğit and intended to act as an “assembly point for people without permanent residence”.
This very unofficial “World’s Fair” was as funny, experimental and passionate as it was educative, thought-provoking and political; questioning the meaning, the ambitions, and the aftermath of all the other Expos in a manner that had it punching well above its low-budget weight. I (fh)
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