510
Arte Útil archive nr:
510
Initiator:
Vito Acconci
Location:
France, Spain, Italy, Austria.
Category:
urban-development, economy, social
Users:
Citizens, artists, museum's visitors
Maintained by:
To Acconci's disappointment it is now dismantled and storage in Vienna.
Certification:
prototype
Duration:
1991
Vito Acconci
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Mobile Linear City
Description:
The artist built portable housing that can be replicated to become an entire 'city'. A semitrailer truck carries six self-contained housing units that can be telescope down into one compact module for hauling, to be set up wherever housing is needed. There are five living units, each essentially a studio apartment with a last unit housing shared utilities.
Goals:
The artist had hoped it would become a lived-in 'traveling city', but soon he realized that it was not possible due to problems of legal responsibility, permits etc.
Beneficial Outcomes:
People could live in a 'traveling city'.