Carwalking
Carwalking or over-Car Walking is a form of protest against the negative impact of car traffic in urban areas, especially where cars irrespective of pedestrians on the sidewalk were parked. A pedestrian engages in carwalking when, with a few quick steps, he crosses a parked vehicle that is hindering him on his way over the hood, roof and trunk.
The appearance of the footwear can very likely cause dents on the roof and bonnet while “car walking”. If these do not spring back or other permanent damage occurs, this constitutes property damage .
History and dissemination
The Munich action artist Michael Hartmann is considered to be the inventor and theorist of artistic carwalking; In 1988 he is said to have run over a car for the first time in Munich. In 1998 Hartmann processed his artistic engagement with wild parked cars and the appropriation of public space as well as the subsequent judicial processes in a book that was published by Unrast-Verlag .
In France, there was a lawsuit for carwalking because a German engineer in Prévessin-Moëns in 2011 stepped over a car that was illegally parked on the side path and that he did not want to squeeze past. At that moment, the owner of the car came and sued the Carwalker for damages.
In Mexico City , Jorge Cáñez has been disguised as a superhero under the name “Peatónito” since 2012, walking over cars or moving them when they block pedestrians.
literature
- Michael Hartmann: Der AutoGeher: AutoBiographie of an auto opponent . Unrast, Münster 1998, ISBN 978-3-928300-81-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Berlin Regional Court : Small Criminal Chamber. 56/137 PLs 2939/95 Ns (44/96); NStZ-RR 1997, 362.
- ↑ Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns: The man who goes about cars . In: Die Zeit , October 28, 1994
- ↑ 250 Cs 951/95 Tiergarten District Court
- ↑ Une affaire de “car walking” jugée à Lyon , In: Lyon Mag, 23 October 2012.
- ↑ Unmasked! The Mexico City superhero wrestling for pedestrians' rights . In: Guardian, November 9, 2015
- ↑ Peatonito, el superhéroe enmascarado que lucha ferozmente por los peatones en México . In: RT Espanol, 25 July 2015