New World Summit 01: Berlin
1:1 Model / Parliament
Project | New World Summit Berlin
Commissioned by | Studio Jonas Staal
Type | 1:1 Model / Parliament (Assembly + Exhibition)
Date | 4-5 May 2012
Location | Sophiensaele
Event | 7th Berlin Biennial
Architecture | Paul Kuipers
Graphic Design | Remco van Bladel
Project Coordinator | Younes Bouadi
Construction | Kasper van Oostergetel
Photograpy | Lidia Rossner
Images process | Paul Kuipers
Text | Jonas Staal
New World Summit Berlin
The New World Summit is an artistic and political organization that develops parliaments with and for stateless states, autonomist groups, and blacklisted political organizations. The first edition of the New World Summit hosted four political and three juridical representatives of organizations placed on so-called international designated lists of terrorist organizations.
Situated in the Sophiensaele Theater – where Rosa Luxembourg once held her speeches – the visual design of the parliament connects the performative history of politics with that of the theater. Its circular space creates an egalitarian assembly where speakers and audience are seated amongst one another. Flags of organizations placed on designated lists of terrorist organizations are placed all around the parliament, organized not by geography or political organization, but by color: creating a color prism that formed the horizon of this alternative political space.
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