SBKT190508, 2008; marble, high-grade steel, 140 x 900 x 600 cm
SBKT190508, 2008; marble, high-grade steel, 140 x 900 x 600 cm
Draft drawing SBKT190508, 2008, ink pen on paper, 21 x 30cm
Symposium Pathfinder, Krastal, 2008
Symposium Pathfinder, Krastal, 2008
Symposium Pathfinder, Krastal, 2008
Symposium Pathfinder, Krastal, 2008
Symposium Pathfinder, Krastal, 2008
SBKT
, Symposium Pathfinder no. 41, Krastal, 2008
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"In the preparation work I focused intensively on the documentation of meteorites. These are often named after the place where they were found and designated with the date of their discovery. SBKT thus refers to the stone quarry Krastal and 190508 is the date, May 19, 2008, when we found the erratic block for my piece."
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"From the outset it was clear to me that I would not carve out a form from the stone as it is generally done in sculpture. I thus looked for an erratic block. I had first developed a concept in a drawing and then I looked for a stone with which I could implement my idea. The stone had to have corners and edges so that I could mount the metal pipes. It is from here that the stone flows at as it were, creating puddles. I wanted to juxtapose the pathos I had associated with the material until then, with something full of humor, and this on an exceptionally large scale."
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Julie Hayward in conversation with Silvy Aigner (excerpt)
Published on the occasion of the symposium Pathfinder no. 41 (30 June to 26 July) in: catalogue Pathfinder 08, [Kunstwerk] Krastal 2008, p 7–8 (excerpt)
"SBKT190508" by Julie Hayward
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"In the preparation work I focused intensively on the documentation of meteorites. These are often named after the place where they were found and designated with the date of their discovery. SBKT thus refers to the stone quarry Krastal and 190508 is the date, May 19, 2008, when we found the erratic block for my piece."
(...)
"From the outset it was clear to me that I would not carve out a form from the stone as it is generally done in sculpture. I thus looked for an erratic block. I had first developed a concept in a drawing and then I looked for a stone with which I could implement my idea. The stone had to have corners and edges so that I could mount the metal pipes. It is from here that the stone flows at as it were, creating puddles. I wanted to juxtapose the pathos I had associated with the material until then, with something full of humor, and this on an exceptionally large scale."
...
Julie Hayward in conversation with Silvy Aigner (excerpt)
Published on the occasion of the symposium Pathfinder no. 41 (30 June to 26 July) in: catalogue Pathfinder 08, [Kunstwerk] Krastal 2008, p 7–8 (excerpt)
"SBKT190508" by Julie Hayward
read entire text
