High Tension
Raising a banner to move mental bounderies in the commune of Anderlecht, Brussels in 2000.
For years an arch reading “Welcome to Anderlecht” has been standing at the entrance to the Rue Wayez, Anderlecht’s high street. This isolated the poorer and mainly migrant part of the commune, called Kureghem, from Anderlecht. This was a thorn in the side of the people who lived in Kureghem, and who decided to take matters in their own hands.
Different interest groups gathered together under the name of Foundation High Tension. On 5 April 2005 they raised their own banner to welcome people to Anderlecht. Only this banner was placed on the real edge of the commune, where Anderlecht borders the City of Brussels. Passers-by were offered soup, and the press was invited to celebrate this momentous occasion.
When the local police threatened to take the banner down, a special council meeting had to be called. Eventually permission was granted to leave the banner up.
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Bunker Souple Repertorium 1998 & 2000: available at Citymine(d) offices.
Generalized Empowerment. Uneven Development and Urban Interventions, 2006. Download here.
MapRAC. Plannen voor het RijksAdministratief Centrum. La Cité Administrative de l'Etat en cartes & en question, 2004: available at Citymine(d) offices.
Micronomics scanning: DVD online soon.
Networkbook for Urban P/Arts. 42 initiatives capturing London's Public Space, 2004: available at Citymin(e)d offices.
Towards. Cartes Subjectives d'interventions Urbaines à Bruxelles // Subjectieve Kaarten van Stedelijke Internventies in Brussel: available at Citymine(d) offices.