Florentina Holzinger unveils 'CRASH PIPE' in the streets of Hannover

With CRASH PIPE (2026), the Austrian choreographer and performance artist Florentina Holzinger realizes a new halfpipe installation in the public space of Hannover. The work is developed in collaboration with the architectural collective raumlaborberlin and was initiated by Kunstverein Hannover. Constructed from around eight tons of metal, the halfpipe has first been installed on Sophienstraße in the Kulturdreieck, in front of Künstlerhaus Hannover, and will subsequently continue on Raschplatz Hannover. The installation understands itself as a form of temporary architecture and, at the same time, as a performative instrument: a rideable structure that enables movement, encounter, and use in public space. Skaters are invited to appropriate the halfpipe and use it for two months in the heart of the city. The metal construction, supported by