Overview of

Temporary Submersibles

project-spaces which will figure in the development of the Bureau's identity and itinerary...

BO-46

in fact the back-office of the former Bureau Gruzemayer in the Bleekhofstraat, (it has become a mind's-eye-area instread), this structure is in fact the studio/atelier-office in which the pre-F44 archives are kept and which houses much of the memorabilia and 'ponderabilia' on which most of the bureau's research is based. Though not initially the 'former offices of F44 (FOoF44) it has become the lingering overhang-hangover between F44 and B.G. and continues to serve as a conduit.

Œ-29 a more personalized and delicate operation in which a given environment is slowly converted into a virtually public space, though to what extent still has to be considered... orininally inteded to be a very temporary transitory abode situation, it has turned out to be the most stable of the series. There were considerations entertained to use it as a temporary office-meeting place but it remains a consideration in limbo.

BN-51 again a personalized space that functions mainly theoretically and attempts to form a bridge between the current and historical aspects of the origins and workings of Bureau Gruzemayer. Originally considered one of the more stable submersibles, it turned out to be one of the least definate and has been abandoned with haste. This does not mean that there is not still a large body of work to originate here, but the physical space is no longer in use.

P-18

this temporary operations-base was developed at the end of 2007/beginning of 2008,- a more abstract and generalized approach to similar concerns as BN-51, but hopefully in a more structured manner... based on a similar history, it should develop into an overview of various current concerns... in fact even though very temporary it created the baseline on which to hang the other concerns thoughout... and has also become more of an abstraction, a state of mind rather than a place.

UB-14

A newcomer, or rather a new slant on a known situation... still to be arranged, but promising to be a definitive venue for all sorts of activities in the foreseeable future...

(historical references to be addressed at a future date)

CO/I as a reference; site of the (to be revisited gates project)...

more soon