About
Mobile Exhibition of the Project ‘Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities: Narrating, Experiencing, Contesting’ (PUTSPACE)
How often do you take a bus or a tram or use some form of public transport? Have you ever thought about why it is called public transport? And what makes it public? Is public transport a public space and how is it different from other places in the city which we use collectively?
Similar questions have been asked in the project Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities: Narrating, Experiencing, Contesting (PUTSPACE). The project unites academics and artists who have worked together for three years, from 2019 to 2022. Their work resulted in research findings and artworks which form two sections of this exhibition. The first section, ‘Rabbits’, asks how different publics (users and providers, passengers and staff) interact with each other on public transport. The following section, ‘Rails’, using the example of trams, asks how and in what ways public transport takes in peoples’ lives and in cities.
As the exhibition comes in the shape of a vehicle, you can take an imaginary journey and explore stories from different European cities. Thanks to the universal character of public transport, you can relate to these stories and reflect on your own trips whereve you live. Whether you are a regular or occasional public transport user, this exhibition may change the way you used to think about public transport before.
Have a good journey!
The exhibition Rabbits&Rails has been on display in these locations:
7 April – 22 May 2022
Les Halles Saint-Géry, Brussels, Belgium
1 June – 31 August 2022
The Estonian Road Museum, Varbuse, Estonia
21 September – 23 October 2022
The Museum of Geography, Padua, Italy
February – July 2023
Verkahrszentrum, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
Contributors
Tauri TUVIKENE
PUTSPACE Project leader and Professor in Urban Studies at Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia.
Jason FINCH
Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Silja LAINE
Cultural Historian and Project Researcher at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Frédéric DOBRUSZKES
Transport Geographer at Brussels University (Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
Wojciech KĘBŁOWSKI
Critical Urban Geographer at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Wladimir SGIBNEV
Senior Researcher at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL), Leipzig, Germany.
Tonio WEICKER
Senior Researcher at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL), Leipzig, Germany.
Louise STRÄULI
Junior Researcher at Tallinn University and Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Anton POLSKY
Activist, Artist and co-founder of Partizaning.org. Based in Moscow, Russia.
Natalia Irina ROMAN
Artist and city researcher. Based in Berlin, Germany.
Sonia RINGOOT
Filmmaker. Based in Brussels, Belgium.
Indra LUKOSIENE
Anthropologist at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
Giada PETERLE
Comics Artist and Cultural Geographer at the University of Padova, Italy.
Curator
Aleksandra IANCHENKO
Artist and junior researcher at Tallinn University, Estonia and Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
Production Team
Peeter BÕSTROV
Technical Supervision
Moonika MAIDRE
Design
Aleksandra IANCHENKO
Design
COMDECOR
Production
Adam BORCH
Web Version
Jason FINCH
English
Nola N’GUESSAN
French
Melvin COLLIN
French
Frédéric DOBRUSZKES
French
Maia Van LANGEDONCK
Dutch
Partners
The project “Public transport as public space in European cities: Narrating, experiencing, contesting (PUTSPACE)” is financially supported by the HERA Joint Research Programme which is co-funded by AKA, BMBF via DLRPT, ETAg, and the European Commission through Horizon 2020.
Contributors
Tauri TUVIKENE
PUTSPACE Project leader and Professor in Urban Studies at Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia.
Jason FINCH
Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Silja LAINE
Cultural Historian and Project Researcher at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Frédéric DOBRUSZKES
Transport Geographer at Brussels University (Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
Wojciech KĘBŁOWSKI
Critical Urban Geographer at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Wladimir SGIBNEV
Senior Researcher at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL), Leipzig, Germany.
Tonio WEICKER
Senior Researcher at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL), Leipzig, Germany.
Louise STRÄULI
Junior Researcher at Tallinn University and Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
Anton POLSKY
Activist, Artist and co-founder of Partizaning.org. Based in Moscow, Russia.
Natalia Irina ROMAN
Artist and city researcher. Based in Berlin, Germany.
Sonia RINGOOT
Filmmaker. Based in Brussels, Belgium.
Indra LUKOSIENE
Anthropologist at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Giada PETERLE
Comics Artist and Cultural Geographer at the University of Padova, Italy.
Curator
Aleksandra IANCHENKO
Artist and junior researcher at Tallinn University, Estonia and Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
Production Team
Peeter BÕSTROV
Technical Supervision
Moonika MAIDRE
Design
Aleksandra IANCHENKO
Design
COMDECOR
Production
Adam BORCH
Web Version
Jason FINCH
English
Nola N’GUESSAN
French
Melvin COLLIN
French
Frédéric DOBRUSZKES
French
Maia Van LANGEDONCK
Dutch
Partners
The project “Public transport as public space in European cities: Narrating, experiencing, contesting (PUTSPACE)” is financially supported by the HERA Joint Research Programme which is co-funded by AKA, BMBF via DLRPT, ETAg, and the European Commission through Horizon 2020.
