Mobile Research Station no.1
2009, SKULPTURENPARK BERLIN_ZENTRUM

In a wilderness at the heart of Berlin a strange apparition has landed. Mobile Research Station no.1 is a curious hybrid – half hi-tech Antarctic Research Station / half rusty-broken-dumpster. Using a standard building-waste container as its basis, the station nevertheless forms a luxurious designer-pod provided for an eccentric set of researchers. Rather than researching the frozen wastes of Antarctica or the moons of Saturn, the invited artist/researchers have begun their investigation into the surrounding wilderness and urban zones of uncertainty that still lie at the centre of Berlin. There initial findings and questions can be found in this blog as and when they happen.

The research station is commissioned by SKULPTURENPARK BERLIN_ZENTRUM ( www.skulpturenpark.org ) for their project Wunderland. The station can be found on the open ground between Seydelstr and Beuthstr in the centre of Berlin.

Researchers include:
Esther Polak (Amsterdam) 18th aug – 22nd Aug
Annika Lundgren (Gothenburg/Berlin) 17th – 21st Aug
Martin John Callanan (London) 24th – 30th
Katie Paterson (London) 31st Aug – 6th Sep
Nick Crowe & Ian Rawlinson (Manchester/Berlin) 5th – 10 Sep
Simon Faithfull (Berlin/London) 11th – 14th sep
Tim Knowles (London) 15h – 19th Sep

The first iteration of the project will end with a Research Communications Day where the investigators will present their findings (at the research station itself at 8pm on Sunday, September 20, 2009)