21.600 METER COLORFUL GUIDING STRINGS
IN NORDHAVN FreePORT, CPH, DK
Citizens Meeting, September 11, 2007

Approx. 500 citizens of Copenhagen attended the Citizens Meeting on FreePORT cityspace development.

How does Copenhagen avoid yet another city area, with no feeling of life, when development of Nordhavn city space begins?

21.600 meters of COLORFUL GUIDING STRINGS were tracked by CREATIVE ACTIONS through FreePORT Nordhavn, Copenhagen, DK on September 11 2007 as 11 hours ritual transformation of the architectural city space, before and under the Citizens Meeting.

The colorful string tracks worked as visual metaphoric manifest for The Human Factor*, stubbornly insisting on The Human Factor* as most important measurement in relation to city space development.

*The Human Factor = Human flesh, blood, veins, body scale, movement, perspective, perception, conception and consciousness flow through out a specific city space over a long period of time.

CREATIVE ACTIONS
Djawed Kimouche, Bülent Dilek, Maiken Thorsen, Karoline H. Larsen

DOCUMENTATION Thanks to Tina Louise Hunderup

Thanks to Trevor Davies and 2+1 for inviting Creative Actions.



Sundkrogsgade, entrance FreePORT






Entrance to FreePORT area. Strings enhancing the 20KM speed traffic sign and transforming it into a new shape of Human Factor(body,flesh,blood,movement).



      
Strings connecting to the Railway Track traffic sign and to the street light enhancing it and unfolding more ways to interpret the meaning of "Track". Bloodvein track, Rosebud track, Butterfly track....




string track.






Djawed and Maiken tracking strings.


citizens arriving through the Hall Construction area.


Strings enhancing the existing shape of the iron fench and unfolding a new depth perspective as opposite to the flat fench.


Strings enhancing the existing shape of the iron fench and unfolding new shapes and functions, making a giant color string fire.








Left side: Plastic bottle hanging from the string structure.


Mike Lippert from 2+1 introducing Workshop I, and Karoline H. Larsen giving 3min presentation of Guiding Strings.
The strings in the Hall were tracked through space, within the limits of one persons' capabilities (HUMAN FACTOR), throwing the string (tied to a plastic bottle filled with sand) high up and around the top roof construction to attach the string and let it fall down again, and to move on to the next point in the hall and throw the string again towards a new perspective. Stubbornly insisting on the HUMAN FACTOR not using electric lifts.




Strings connecting architectural elements, both enhancing, contrasting and vanishing space at the same time.


strings on the way down. transforming architectural space into soft space.


strings interweaving and connecting the brick wall and the grid fench, transforming into an entity and a diversity at the same time.

strings connecting street lights and crossing railway track, mirroring different directions for movements in the city space.


strings connecting to street light and transforming into a new 3rd shape.






strings connecting outside FreePORT and the entrance, also guiding to pedestrians' route.


Strings connecting speed sign and light post, also imitating Human Factor (blood, veins, flesh).


Strings connecting speed sign and light post, transforming them into one shape imitating Human Factor (blood, veins, flesh).