Welcome to th 5th #ShelterChallenge wednesday update:

Today I write about inspiration for my planned public "Shelter Art Construction Site" and about a 3D shelter model I created.

"Shelter BiePal v001": A sustainable and cheep shelter plan...

The 3D model is based on the geometry of wooden beams (trash of a company) I collect in Bielefeld and with 4 Epal palettes as groundplane to sleep on. Laths of dissassembled oneway palettes can be used for the roof and the sides. For a water resistant rooftop many options are thinkable, e.g. old lorry tarps, gifted old solar panels, or bought foil for plantroofs with soil on it (I don't want to use tarred felt). My modell is a bit smaller than the danish 7.1 model (see update 4). Here you may download my file (8.8M big) for the free-to-use, open source, 3D software Blender 5.x: https://shelter.apgw.de/files/shelter_biepal_v001.blend

Inspirations for Building as Art and Community Artworks...

I want to build shelters in public space. To experience the feeling while building with ones own hands is an important part of the artwork. There are examples for it:

The italian designer and university lecturer Enzo Mari first published his manifest-like collection of furniture plans with the title „Autoprogettazione?“ in 1974. He wanted to make people feel the process of making art while building their own furniture. [ https://corraini.com/en/autoprogettazione.html ]

A big inspiration is the german artist Joseph Beuys and his concept of the "social sculpture". In 1982 he started his project "7000 oaks - city forest not city administration" at Documenta 7 in Kassel (The city still uses it on their website for city marketing). Many citizens helped planting "Beuys trees". It also inspired other cities like Bielefeld to also plant their own "Beuys" trees. [ https://www.kassel.de/buerger/kunst_und_kultur/eichen-von-joseph-beuys.php ]

In 2011 the artist and university lecturer Judith Seng invited the audience to enter the theater stage in Berlin and be part of „Acting Things I / Production Theatre“. People found several sets of wooden material and tools to build a table. The process of building was documented with cameras. [ https://user-ljspb4pp.vsble.me/works/acting-things-i/ ]

See you soon!

#Shelter #Blender #Bielefeld #BiePalv001 #Art #Documenta #EnzoMari #Autoprogettazione #JosephBeuys #SocialSculpture #JudithSeng #ActingThings

A Monument to Maternity by George Wyllie on the the site of the former Rottenrow Maternity Hospital in Glasgow. It was originally created for Mayfest in 1996, and was permanently installed at its current site in 2004. Born in Shettleston in 1921, Wyllie was a self-taught artist and pioneering social sculptor. He created a number of Glasgow's quirkiest and best-loved public sculptures.

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#glasgow #sculpture #publicart #socialsculpture #rottenrow #strathclydeuniversity #georgewyllie

The Last Supperstar:

What happens when a microphone is installed in a public space and messages can be sent into the ether via the microphone without any further barriers? With his performance THE LAST SUPPERSTAR, Karl Schönswetter has created the setting to answer precisely this question. Let’s listen to what can happen in an hour:

This is a recording of the Performance THE LAST SUPPERSTAR by Karl Schönswetter at the Media Commons Camp 2024 at Dartington Hall hosted by Soundart Radio.
The Recording took place on Saturday the 5th Oct at 2pm somewhere outside at the Estate.

Permalink: https://karlender.net/4816/

#dartingtonHall #live #performance #radiaFm #radioart #socialSculpture #soundartRadio