Fluid Bodies: Methods for Casting New Esthetics
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Author: Rupert Zallmann, Quirin Krumbholz (eds.)
Cast materials become solid, yet they originate as fluid that can take on any imaginable form. This simple yet radical paradigm allows for the exploration of volumetric formations through process-oriented casting and experimentation with alternative ways of manufacturing, presenting and shaping casting moulds. This title presents a variety of objects created using alternative casting methods, documenting experimental artistic research and showcasing surprising sculptures in concrete and plaster. Working with hardening bodies fundamentally challenges the notion of formal rigidity; conventional formwork models are reconsidered, and a new aesthetic emerges.
ISBN 9783035625868. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 192 pages. 30 b/w, 223 colour ills. 27 x 21 cm.
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Cast materials become solid, yet they originate as fluid that can take on any imaginable form. This simple yet radical paradigm allows for the exploration of volumetric formations through process-oriented casting and experimentation with alternative ways of manufacturing, presenting and shaping casting moulds. This title presents a variety of objects created using alternative casting methods, documenting experimental artistic research and showcasing surprising sculptures in concrete and plaster. Working with hardening bodies fundamentally challenges the notion of formal rigidity; conventional formwork models are reconsidered, and a new aesthetic emerges.
ISBN 9783035625868. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 192 pages. 30 b/w, 223 colour ills. 27 x 21 cm.
available