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Does architecture create solid structures, or are they constantly being changed, scratched, remodelled and rebuilt? Are cities and buildings judgments in stone - or more like an organic shell made by society?

"Flying Buildings" look at the world as a constant work in progress - and whoever wants to is invited to participate.
By mail, a building kit goes from hand to hand. The parts measure between 2,5 X 1,2 m and 2 x 3 m - and they consist exclusively of nets, made from string. At every stop, starting at Budapest University, the parcel is unwrapped, the nets taken out, and knotted into a building.

"Building" here has a wide meaning; it is enough if there are an inside and an outside. The recipients decide, where and in which shape the building comes into being. Of course found object and eveything else of interest can be included. This can happen in the course of a picknick, a seminary, in a private home or in an artspace.
Part of the kit is a Logbook, in which everyone can write, draw or paste their commentaries, proposals, or critique.

At the end, the structure is unpicked and sent on, to the next stop : A building mutating its way around the world.