The School of Walking by artists Bik Van der Pol (NL) sheds light on the investments of citizens, democratic questions and questions of the law. For this walk, Bik Van der Pol invite the architects and urbanists Lina Streeruwitz and Michael Klein to lead a walk to a site that speaks back to these urgencies, taking into account promises imbedded in the language. Studio VlayStreeruwitz is responsible for the masterplan of the urban development area Nordbahnhof and it's park »Freie Mitte«. Michael Klein works at the Wohnbauinstitut (TU Wien) and lives as one of the initiators of the co-housing project »Kohlenrutsche« in the new urban development area.
School of Walking is commissioned by KÖR Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien (Public Art Vienna) in cooperation with dérive - Society for Urban Research and kex—kunsthalle exnergasse as part of Urbanize! Int. Festival for Urban Explorations, Vienna, October 2024. Urbanize! 2024 explores the possibilities of an environmentally and socially just energy transition and its potential to democratise energy production and use.