Christine Hill is an artist, musician and certified NYC tour guide .
Throughout the summer of 1999, a shop front was the centre of operations in New York city. Christine Hill's and her Tourguide? participants provided an entertaining and humorous alternative to the common and regular commercial tours of New York City.
They engaged in dialogues, acting as catalysts for new experiences in the city, aiming at creating an experiences that would could not achieve from a guidebook or the regular tour guides made available.
Volksboutique
Volksboutique began in the early 90's in New York. Hills store was open underground and welcomed the public with a cup of tea, a selection of cheap/thrifty clothes to browse through while engaging in a creative dialogue on various topics about society, culture and anything the heart desired.
Volksboutique projects kept on evolving, surprising and questioning the audience and the art world. Hill franchised the Volksboutique for Documenta X in Kassel in 1997, then abandoned her role as a salesgirl and mutated into a late-night talk show host, a tour guide, a masseuse, a handbags and retro-looking stamp kits designer, etc. Turning everyday life into an artistic activity that could either be presented inside galleries or activated as a regular everyday practice.
Tourguide?
Throughout the summer of 1999, a shop front was the centre of operations in New York city. Christine Hill's and her Tourguide? participants provided an entertaining and humorous alternative to the common and regular commercial tours of New York City.
They engaged in dialogues, acting as catalysts for new experiences in the city, aiming at creating an experiences that would could not achieve from a guidebook or the regular tour guides made available.
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