About the Open Call:
“Living at the Urban Seafront" is an exhibition project that explores the impact of sea level rise and corresponding flood protection architectures on urban landscapes, people and public spaces. We aim at initiating a visual dialogue between Jakarta and Bremen that fosters an exchange on the consequences of climate change for coastal metropolises. These moments of awareness-raising are needed to draw on the experience of globally shared challenges to develop local options for dealing with the consequences of climate change and to generate new ideas for possible adaptation.
Living at the Urban Seafront is conceived and implemented by Bremen Centre for Building Culture, Goethe-Institut Indonesia, Fotoetage Bremen, and the international POLIS-SEA Network. It follows on from an earlier exhibition on flood defenses and their value as public spaces in Bremen. The project is financed with the support of City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, and Goethe-Institut Indonesia.
