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Minttu Esantytär Koponen: Asiaton oleskelu sallittu
The basic idea of this project is to explore the concept of free public space – or rather the lack of it. The environment of a urban individual consists of economical and technical terms that leaves wellbeing as a secondary factor. Free, non-commercial space is hard to find nowadays and is even a strange concept to some. Is the development heading to the right direction, if one feels pressured to consume and has to seek justification for existence, which can be forgiven by buying something?
In my photos people are posing in movable swings in unusual places around the city, for example an escalator or a bus stop. With this I want to bring out how easy it would be to enjoy the public spaces that are already there. We are surrounded with acres of potential for general wellbeing, but it´s unfortunate how often our ideas and actions are held back by bureaucracy. I find it odd, that using these free spaces for social purposes is considered as loitering, in a worst case, something to be punished for.
The main goal of the project is to raise a question: why are we forced to fit in certain spaces or forms defined by the system? Why can’t we try to make the spaces more suitable for individuals instead? Movable swing on behalf of free urban spaces has been travelling around Finland in 2014.
In my photos people are posing in movable swings in unusual places around the city, for example an escalator or a bus stop. With this I want to bring out how easy it would be to enjoy the public spaces that are already there. We are surrounded with acres of potential for general wellbeing, but it´s unfortunate how often our ideas and actions are held back by bureaucracy. I find it odd, that using these free spaces for social purposes is considered as loitering, in a worst case, something to be punished for.
The main goal of the project is to raise a question: why are we forced to fit in certain spaces or forms defined by the system? Why can’t we try to make the spaces more suitable for individuals instead? Movable swing on behalf of free urban spaces has been travelling around Finland in 2014.
