In summer 2023, “The Wolpertinger Project” by artist Gabi Blum took place in the Neulustheim neighbourhood as part of Annuale 2023 on the subject of open spaces. The central component of the project was the backdrop of a fake house façade, which was erected on one of the vacant properties at Menzinger Straße 118 and provided a temporary meeting place in the neighbourhood for six weeks. The project questions and comments on the controversial situation in the housing estate, where properties between Waldhorn-, Lechel- and Menzinger Straße have reverted to the state of Bavaria after 100 years of leasehold and have been empty for several years in some cases, and also addresses and discusses the social and historical situation of this particular neighbourhood.
In addition to the audiovisual research that Blum has been conducting in the neighbourhood since 2021, tours with guided tours, screenings and hearings with other guests took place in the summer of 2023, during which the former Wolpertinger forest economy, which gives the project its name, was revived. Visitors were able to learn about the neighbourhood, residents opened up their gardens and houses and told their stories. At the end of each tour, there was a pub situation in front gardens. Guests included artist Irene Bauer-Conrad, who lives in the neighbourhood; Munich musician Federico Sánchez, who led a tour about Sam Spence, the former resident of Menzinger Straße 118; Dieter Rehm, photographic artist and former president of the Munich Art Academy, who had his first room in Munich in the estate; and Sandra Hauser, who made forays into the neighbourhood with her project „I would prefer not to“ and horse Don Orèo.
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 6.00 pm
Gabi Blum presents the Wolpertinger project at the VerhandelBar and the setting of the Wolpertinger once again.
The publication on the project will be presented and is available on site.
Sunday, 13 October 2024, 4.00 pm
Mapping walk through Menzing, recording vacancies and talking to residents.
Starting point: Menzinger Straße 118
Only in good weather, current information at: gabiblum.de/WOLPERTINGER.html and on Instagram instagram.com/the.wolpertinger.project/
The ‘VerhandelBar’ is a low-threshold contact point and public negotiation space in the urban space on Sandstraße and is organised every Thursday by the Munich artist collective Tam Tam with a bar and sometimes performative, sometimes discursive events. The daily programme can be found on Instagram and the website.
