| Place: Madrid (Spain). Date: 2010. Time: One month. Space: Urban void. Cost: - Public actors: Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Private actors: Exyzt Collectif, citizens, volunteers, Basurama. |
The French collective Exyzt set up a temporary public space reusing the site of a dismissed swimmin pool, 500m away from Plaza Mayor in Madrid. City Island was built in two weeks with the aid of volunteers who lived in the camping site placed for that period and worked together with the community colleting common desires and needs. All the materials were recycled stuff then reused by other collectives or associacion (in collaboration with Basurama). The installation was opened during the Madrid White Night 2010. City Island was created like a rain forest made of planks and raw wood, providing shaded areas, some spaces hosting sunbathing zones, a bar and a 2 foot high swimming pool, a symbolic quotation from the previous use of that space. The result was the recreation of certain social relationships and a fertile ground for a month.
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Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfJL-vEiOBE
References:
http://www.exyzt.org
http://www.flickr.com/photos/exyzt
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Collectif-Exyzt/177921258975494?fref=ts
