2. URBAN PLAYGROUND

For the London and Berlin based art-collective, the re-discovery of the city as urban playground and the creative examination of urban life is one of the tasks and responsibilities of the contemporary artist. For this project, Luna Nera has chosen the Drawing Offices of the former Harland &Wolff Headquarters as magic focal point for their artistic exploration. The multi-media documentation will be shown at PS2, Donegall Street.

In a Special Event on Saturday 27.08, Luna Nera will work in the Drawing Offices with site-responsive installations and film-projection. In this once world leading creative powerhouse for the design of ships (including the Titanic) in Belfast, the project will analyse its dormant potential and the relationship between the remains of the area, its buildings and waterfront, with the grand structures and remarkable overlooking landscape of the city.

BIOGRAPHY

Luna Nera is an international collective of artists, who aims to stimulate interest in the environmental and architectural heritage of localities. Their creative position is to reclaim disused or abandoned "forgotten" spaces in direct response to the environment, transcribing histories, memories, textures and functions into art.

Since 1997, Luna Nera has made site-responsive projects in the UK and abroad and screen their video works worldwide. Selected projects: Optica Festival- Gijon, Spain 2005, Art/Concept- Helsinki, Finland 2005, Interconnections Naval Base- Kronstadt, St.Petersburg, Russia 2003/4, The Derelict Sensation- St.Pancras Hotel, London 2003, Dada Festwochen-Zuerich 2003, Helden der Arbeit- Batteriefabrik, Berlin 2002.

Participating artists:

Gillian McIver
Valentina Floris
Ben Foot
Julian Ronnefeldt
Nazir Tanbouli
Agnes Domke
Derek Szteliga