Exhibitions / 06
A day that belongs to us
Rest, movement and the hours that are not for sale.
The clock is not neutral
Working time is organised by shifts, bells, schedules and deadlines. The demand for a shorter day drew a line around the hours an employer could claim. Read the Trabant, the bicycle and the radio as objects that make the rest of the day possible—or that keep the day organised around work.
Leisure needs infrastructure
A kiosk, a milk bar and a radio are small pieces of public infrastructure. They make a pause possible without requiring a private living room or an expensive purchase. This history of leisure concerns making time usable for people who do not own much.
The democratic planning of time
Cybersyn raises the question at the scale of an economy: who sees the whole, and who can reply? A just allocation of time needs the same test. Can care workers, night-shift workers and people outside paid employment describe what they need and change the schedule? A day that belongs to us allows people to negotiate work and time.
Things in this room
K67 kiosk ↗
A room on the pavement
Sternchen transistor radio ↗
A room of sound, carried
Trabant 601 ↗
Cotton becomes a car
Dederon shopping net ↗
A bag made mostly of air
Flying Pigeon bicycle ↗
A machine for a slower morning
Project Cybersyn / Synco ↗
Who gets to see the whole?