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| T.P.E.S. 06 (Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Space 06) intervention 2011 The T.P.E.S.'s are site-specific interventions that occur in vacant disused spaces. Like many cities in Belgium, Oostende has many derelict, vacant buildings and spaces. These spaces are sometimes inhabited by the homeless. As a result these buildings are typically demolished by developers and city councils as quickly as possible. What is not generally acknowledged is that these deteriorated spaces serve an important function in the memory and social landscape of the city and in a way possess a beauty of their own. The rapid measures taken to demolish these unused spaces are a way to exclude everything that is irrational, chaotic and seemingly unreasonable in urban planning. T.P.E.S. 6 was made for the Exhibition Freestate II - Splendid Isolation. The location got penetrated and temporarily re-opened for public in June 2011 and is still visitable until its demolition in August 2011. More information and images on this work will be posted soon. |