Artistic Direction: Akira Takayama / Port B / With: Wael Alafandi, Alaa Alsobh, Bashar Alrefaee, Alina Amer, Eman Chaker Azm, Mylène Damaris Ntolo, Omid Feroozi, Keith Kelele King, Napuli Paul Langa, Raji Salam / Dramaturgy: Hannah Baumann, Aljoscha Begrich, Caroline Brendel, Marcus Dross / Exhibition and Interior Design: Keigo Kobayashi / Project Coordination: Caroline Brendel
Akira Takayama / Port B
McDonald’s Radio University / www.mru.global
Part of “Claiming Common Spaces”
- Dialogue
- Installation
For the McDonald’s Radio University (mru) the Japanese conceptual and theater artist Akira Takayama adapts the Utopian plan for a decentralized and mobile university once designed by the British architect Cedric Price. Takayama uses these plans to develop a model that transmits knowledge and enables an education for refugees and migrants. In a three-day lecture series, teachers from non-European countries deepen and expand on the traditional academic canon of knowledge by drawing on their own life experiences and research interests. So far, the McDonald’s Radio University has been held in restaurants of the fast food chain by the same name. Berlin will be the first city where a boat is converted into a temporary mru-restaurant. While this boat will move back and forth between the Spree river and Landwehrkanal, the McDonald's Radio University will also present a research center at HAU, which the Japanese architect Keigo Kobayashi designed. The installation-like exhibition offers insights into reference points used by the University and will also showcase the next steps of the unfolding project.
The detailed curriculum of the McDonald's Radio University with further information on all events, the departure times and stations with routes as well as all participants and lecture titles can be found at www.mru.global.
McDonald's Radio University Archive & Research Center
21.6., 18:00-22:00, 22.+23.6., 12:00-22:00, HAU2, Admission free
McDonald's Radio University River Tour Berlin
21.-23.06.2018, for departure times and stations please see respective tour, ticket per section 3 €
The event is not accessible for wheelchair users.
Cast
Dates
Past
Credits
Production: Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media of Germany within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses, the Saison Foundation and the Terumo Foundation for Life Science and Art. Supported by: CCA Canadian Centre for Architecture, Keigo Kobayashi Laboratory, Dept. of Architecture and Waseda University.
“Claiming Common Spaces” – A project by the Alliance of International Production Houses, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
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Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
Travelling to HAU2 via U Hallesches Tor:
If you are coming from Hallesches Tor underground station, you will have to use an alternative footpath from Wilhelmstraße / Hallesches Ufer junction, which is separated from the carriageway by a construction fence – the actual footpath is currently closed. Please note: the alternative route is also used by cyclists. Pedestrians should keep to the right. We therefore currently recommend that visually impaired or blind visitors come to the HAU with an accompanying person.
Arrival HAU2 via U Möckernbrücke:
When you leave Möckernbrücke underground station, please stay on the footpath on the canal side until you reach Hallesches Ufer / Großbeerenstraße junction – the opposite side is currently closed due to construction work.
