{"id":7256,"date":"2009-10-16T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=7256"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:20:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:20:50","slug":"wwii-damaged-buildings-being-patched-up-with-lego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/10\/16\/wwii-damaged-buildings-being-patched-up-with-lego\/","title":{"rendered":"WWII damaged buildings being patched up with Lego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Jan Vormann Dispatchwork photo by Martin Deutsch\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2481\/3704616908_f07fcae907.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Berlin artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janvormann.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Jan Vormann<\/a> is transforming World War II damaged buildings around Europe with his version of a quick patch job.\u00a0 The project, called &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchwork.info\/\" target=\"_self\">dispatchwork<\/a>&#8216;, uses colourful lego pieces to fill in holes left by bomb and shrapnel damage and plain neglect.\u00a0 Similar to the idea of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarajevo_Rose\" target=\"_self\">Sarajevo Roses<\/a>, the small interventions remind us of a history, which in some cities, is not that distant.\u00a0 Cities that have been &#8216;patched&#8217; include Berlin, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Belgrade and St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Jan Vormann Dispatchwork photo by Marc Phu\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2475\/3646511495_6fd96e8135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Berlin, Vormann was spontaneously joined by tourists and Berliners who helped to fill in the gaps in buildings and monuments.\u00a0 The project, while obviously not a permanent repair, provokes thought on the history of war in these cities and of societies ability to heal and move forward.\u00a0 It is a bit of modern colourful fun against the stark masonry brickwork of the past that encourages people to look twice at the world around them.<\/p>\n<p>Check our the Dispatchwork <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kiwa-one\/sets\/72157617734425892\/\" target=\"_self\">flickr set<\/a> for more photos.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/teflon\/sets\/72157604169589271\/\" target=\"_self\">Martin Deutsch<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marc0047\/sets\/72157620092048032\/\" target=\"_self\">Marc Phu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin artist Jan Vormann is transforming World War II damaged buildings around Europe with his version of a quick patch job.\u00a0 The project, called &#8216;dispatchwork&#8216;, uses colourful lego pieces to fill in holes left by bomb and shrapnel damage and plain neglect.\u00a0 Similar to the idea of the Sarajevo Roses, the small interventions remind us<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/10\/16\/wwii-damaged-buildings-being-patched-up-with-lego\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;WWII damaged buildings being patched up with Lego&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4077,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21757,4],"tags":[336,315,13374,532,1128,5302,25,13379,13378,13377,21,2440,13375,13376],"class_list":["post-7256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-culture","tag-amsterdam","tag-artist","tag-belgrade","tag-berlin","tag-europe","tag-freemasonry","tag-intervention","tag-jan-vormann","tag-marc-phu","tag-martin-deutsch","tag-other-cities","tag-st-petersburg","tag-tel-aviv","tag-wwii"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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