BULGARIPLATZ, a ROUNDEL (and former POLYGON) in the south of LINZ's CITY CENTER that DISTRIBUTES INDIVIDUAL TRAFFIC over the entire SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY, is not only a TRAFFIC JUNCTION whose OBSERVATION makes one DIZZY because of the many FLASHES MOVING in ALL DIRECTIONS, but it also plays a weighty ROLE in Linz's and even AUSTRIA's HISTORY. Here, WORKERS ORGANIZED in GROUPS of the SOCIAL DEMOCRATC “SCHUTZBUND” erected BARRICADES in 1934 to PREVENT an INVASION of the city by AUSTROFASCIST TROOPS. In an GUN-INCIDENT at the barricades, three members of the Austrian ARMY were killed, and ANTON BULGARI, a BREWERY WORKER on the side of the Schutzbund, was SENTENCED TO DEATH for this by a SUMMARY COURT MARTIAL. In 1946, the square where the barricades stood to COMMEMORATE him and his FELLOW FIGHTERS "for FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY in Austria" was RENAMED Bulgariplatz.
Of course, Victoria Holzinger doesn't want to threaten anyone with a gun or even use it. Nevertheless, she is of the opinion that it is time to counter the developments that are emerging on Bulgariplatz, such as excessive private transport and speculative real estate projects.
This project is a result of the studio “Interregnum I: Urban Agencies & Dei Ex Machina”.
Concept and teaching: c/o now - Andrijana Ivanda & Tobias Hönig + Markus Rampl, Paul Reinhardt, Duy An Tran, Ksenija Zdešar