{"id":1907974,"date":"2026-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1907974"},"modified":"2026-04-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:00:00","slug":"lina-lapelyte-fills-hamburger-bahnhof-with-400000-wood-blocks-for-communal-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1907974","title":{"rendered":"Lina Lapelyt\u0117 Fills Hamburger Bahnhof with 400,000 Wood Blocks for Communal Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"an installation of wooden blocks by Lina Lapelyt\u0117 in a cavernous building\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All images \u2018We Make Years Out of Hours\u2019 installation view at Hamburger Bahnhof \u2013 Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart (2026). Photos \u00a9 Lina Lapelyt\u0117 , courtesy of Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Lina Lapelyt\u0117 Fills Hamburger Bahnhof with 400,000 Wood Blocks for Communal Building<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-28T16:35:23-05:00\">April 28, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/gebert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Grace Ebert<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F04%2Flina-lapelyte-we-make-years-out-of-hours%2F&amp;title=Lina%20Lapelyt%C4%97%20Fills%20Hamburger%20Bahnhof%20with%20400%2C000%20Wood%20Blocks%20for%20Communal%20Building\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#efd09c9a8d858a8c9bd2a386818ecadddfa38e9f8a83969bcaacdbcad6d8cadddfa98683839ccadddfa78e828d9a9d888a9dcadddfad8e8781878089cadddf98869b87cadddfdbdfdfcaddacdfdfdfcadddfb880808bcadddfad83808c849ccadddf89809dcadddfac8082829a818e83cadddfad9a86838b868188c98e829fd48d808b96d2a386818ecadddfa38e9f8a83969bcaacdbcad6d8cadddfa98683839ccadddfa78e828d9a9d888a9dcadddfad8e8781878089cadddf98869b87cadddfdbdfdfcaddacdfdfdfcadddfb880808bcadddfad83808c849ccadddf89809dcadddfac8082829a818e83cadddfad9a86838b868188cadddfcaaaddcad7dfcad6dbcadddf879b9b9f9ccadcaecadda9cadda9989898c19b87869c869c8c8083809c9c8e83c18c8082cadda9dddfddd9cadda9dfdbcadda98386818ec2838e9f8a83969b8ac2988ac2828e848ac2968a8e9d9cc2809a9bc28089c287809a9d9ccadda9\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"473459\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Inside the cavernous former train station that now houses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smb.museum\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamburger Bahnhof<\/a>, 400,000 wooden cubes stack and topple into piles. Conceived by Lithuanian artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linalapelyte.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lina Lapelyt\u0117<\/a> and commissioned by Chanel, \u201cWe Make Years Out of Hours\u201d is a large-scale installation that invites the public to remake structures from these 10-centimeter blocks made of pine and spruce.<\/p>\n<p>Lapelyt\u0117 often combines sound and performance and collaborates with both professionals and novices. This participatory work continues the artist\u2019s interest in collective making and caretaking, particularly as it relates to shared authorship and how we might amend and reshape what currently exists.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-8.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-473459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-8.jpg\" alt=\"people work on an installation of wooden blocks by Lina Lapelyt\u0117 in a cavernous building\" class=\"wp-image-473462\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A trio of weekly performances on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays will feature a libretto with the words of 15 writers, including Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong, Lebanese-American painter Etel Adnan, Iranian filmmaker <br \/>Forugh Farrokhzad, and Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. Centered around community, love, and loss, these songs create another dimension in the space to consider agency and hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe Make Years Out of Hours\u201d opens on May 1 and is on view through January 10, 2027, in Berlin. Explore more of Lapelyt\u0117\u2019s multi-disciplinary works on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linalapelyte.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/linalapelyte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-7.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-473459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-7.jpg\" alt=\"a man works on an installation of wooden blocks by Lina Lapelyt\u0117 in a cavernous building\" class=\"wp-image-473461\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-9.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-473459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-9.jpg\" alt=\"a woman works on an installation of wooden blocks by Lina Lapelyt\u0117 in a cavernous building\" class=\"wp-image-473463\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-10.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-473459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-10.jpg\" alt=\"an installation of wooden blocks by Lina Lapelyt\u0117 in a cavernous building\" class=\"wp-image-473464\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-11.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-473459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-11.jpg\" alt=\"people work on an installation of wooden blocks by Lina Lapelyt\u0117 in a cavernous building\" class=\"wp-image-473465\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-12.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-473459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-12.jpg\" alt=\"people work on an installation of wooden blocks by Lina Lapelyt\u0117 in a cavernous building\" class=\"wp-image-473466\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-13.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-473459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-13.jpg\" alt=\"a woman sits on an installation of wooden blocks by Lina Lapelyt\u0117 in a cavernous building\" class=\"wp-image-473467\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-14.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-473459\" title=\"Portrait of Lina Lapelyt\u0117\" data-rl_title=\"Portrait of Lina Lapelyt\u0117\" data-rl_caption=\"Portrait of Lina Lapelyt\u0117\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lina-14.jpg\" alt=\"the artist poses with an installation of wooden blocks by Lina Lapelyt\u0117 in a cavernous building\" class=\"wp-image-473468\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portrait of Lina Lapelyt\u0117<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"after-entry\" 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