Mitgenommen(2014) is a collaborative project by Kaho Abe with Caro Blaim, Elia Tomat, Eszter Némethi, George Sinclair, Ramsey Nasser, Lilli Unger, Martin Kroll, Mascha Fehse, Sandra Panzer, and Tom Clowney. These people were a group of game designers and architects!
The group crafted hand-made wooden boxes with found materials and made each of them function diversely(some move, some light up, and some make noises). Every box utilized solar power to function. They designed these boxes in hopes to invoke curiosity and playfulness into a park that stood in the middle of the city they were in Witten, Germany.
I think the most important aspect that I admired about this project is the fact that those who interact with it(the park-goers) are allowed to rearrange the boxes as they please. They can be taken away, stacked, or even hidden! The people who visit the park have agency in what the artwork can end up looking like for other later viewers.
