Square There, Hold it

PLATZ DA, HALT – difficult to translate due to multiplicity of meaning. As an imperative it addresses itself to the people (in the film), the passers-by in an ambivalent fashion: "Go away (,make room’), stop (stay)!". As a declamation about the space which the film explores, the title asks: "Square (as a public gathering space etc.) here?, (or just a tram-) stop?". Then the title's meaning becomes a general question about space (in a city, in a country), whom it belongs to, who it is open and available to, and if and how it is possible to get some...