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Intervention Inevitable

‘The birth of modern town-planning did not coincide with the technical and economic movements which created and transformed the industrial town; it emerged later, when these changes began to be felt to their full extend and when they began to

Intervention Inevitable

‘The birth of modern town-planning did not coincide with the technical and economic movements which created and transformed the industrial town; it emerged later, when these changes began to be felt to their full extend and when they began to

Conflictual Participation

In the 1930s the Danish landscape architect C.T. Sorensen found that children would rather play with junk and rubbish than in the playgrounds designed by him. The logical conclusion from this observation was that children find it fun to design and build their own playground equipment, and in so doing manipulate their environment.

Conflictual Participation

In the 1930s the Danish landscape architect C.T. Sorensen found that children would rather play with junk and rubbish than in the playgrounds designed by him. The logical conclusion from this observation was that children find it fun to design and build their own playground equipment, and in so doing manipulate their environment.

Pirates and Heroes

On ‘The Economy of the Imaginary: Pirates and Heroes’ by Minerva Cuevas, featured in Untitled Magazine spring 2008 Salvia: Knowledge is power, but I cannot stand on my head!!!! Oscar: The nature of fantasy is like that, uncontrollable, irrepressible… It

Pirates and Heroes

On ‘The Economy of the Imaginary: Pirates and Heroes’ by Minerva Cuevas, featured in Untitled Magazine spring 2008 Salvia: Knowledge is power, but I cannot stand on my head!!!! Oscar: The nature of fantasy is like that, uncontrollable, irrepressible… It

Counting Favours

Swop Network was initiated in 2003 by visual artists Andrea Creutz (Copenhagen) and Lise Skou (Aarhus), as a platform for the production and dissemination of materials and ideas surrounding contemporary political, economic and social debates.

Counting Favours

Swop Network was initiated in 2003 by visual artists Andrea Creutz (Copenhagen) and Lise Skou (Aarhus), as a platform for the production and dissemination of materials and ideas surrounding contemporary political, economic and social debates.

Squatting Frequencies

A man, dressed in nothing but a pair of boxer shorts, is watching television in his living room. Piled into a chair – your average TV consumer – he is flipping through the channels on his TV set. The rather

Squatting Frequencies

A man, dressed in nothing but a pair of boxer shorts, is watching television in his living room. Piled into a chair – your average TV consumer – he is flipping through the channels on his TV set. The rather