unitednationsplaza
unitednationsplaza was a twelve-month project involving more than a hundred artists, writers, and philosophers in a program of public seminars, lectures, screenings, performances, and various projects. Located behind a supermarket in east Berlin throughout 2006-2007, the project traveled to Mexico City in 2008 and then was reconfigured as Night School in New York's New Museum for Contemporary Art in 2008-2009.
A comprehensive archive of the project exists online here.
unitednationsplaza was developed by Anton Vidokle in collaboration with Boris Groys, Jalal Toufic, Liam Gillick, Martha Rosler, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Nikolaus Hirsch, Tirdad Zolghadr and Walid Raad.
the building was organized by Julieta Aranda, Magdalena Magiera and Anton Vidokle.
With contributions by:
Adam Carr, Adrienne Goehler, Angel Nevarez, Anselm Franke, Artemio, Ashley Hunt, Avery Gordon, Aykan Safoğlu, Bibiana Beglau, Carey Young, Christian Jankowski, Christian Nagel, Chus Martínez, Daniel Birnbaum, Daniel Bozhkov, Diedrich Diedrichsen, Eduardo Abaroa, Elena Filipovic, Fia Backström, Florian Göttke, Florian Schneider, Francois Bucher, Gabriele Horn, Hadley + Maxwell, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Haris Pellapaisiotis, Hila Peleg, Hu Fang, Ines Schaber, Inke Arns, Jan Verwoert, Jennifer Allen, Joerg Heiser, Joseph Cohen, Julieta Aranda, Karl Holmqvist, La Stampa, Maria Lind, Mediengruppe Bitnik, Mete Hatay, Mikhail Iampolski, Molly Nesbit, Nanna Heidenreich, Natasa Petresin, neuroTransmitter, Nina Möntmann, Oksana Bulgakowa, Okwui Enwezor, Paul Chan, Pavlina Paraskevaidou, Philip Scheffner, Rana Zincir Celal, Raqs Media Collective, Regine Basha, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sepake Angiama, Stefanie Wenner, Steven Wright, Tom Holert, Vasif Kortun, Xu Tan, Yoshua Okón and Zhang Wei
The Building by day in East Berlin, 2006
Seminar room at unitednationsplaza, Berlin, Germany, 2006
The Salon Aleman bar at unitednationsplaza, Berlin, Germany, 2006
Participants in the seminar room at unitednationsplaza, Berlin, Germany, 2006
Martha Rosler in conversation with Stephen Wright at unitednationsplaza, Berlin, Germany, June 19, 2007
Performance Herd Instinct 360° by Fia Backström, at unitednationsplaza, Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2007
Martha Rosler Library at unitednationsplaza, Berlin, Germany, 2007
Making of the Martha Rosler Library garden at unitednationsplaza, Berlin, Germany, 2007
The Martha Rosler Library garden at unitednationsplaza, Berlin, Germany, 2007
Lecture “Calling Hegel” by Joseph Cohen at Hegel’s grave, Dorrotheenstädtischer Friedhof Cemetery, Berlin, August 4, 2007.
The Building by day in East Berlin, 2006
