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Water Bodies
2019-25
Glass, wire
Percent for Art (Kunst und Bau),
Amt für Hochbauten Zürich, Switzerland
Awarded: 2019
Production:
Kunstbetrieb AG, Münchenstein
Glass production:
Matteo Gonet, Glassworks,
Münchenstein
Dimensions:
4 m x 3 m x 16 m
pro light well
Conceived for the building hosting the Department of Construction and Civil Engineering of the city of Zurich, Switzerland, the project consists in a multipartite glass sculpture loosely reproducing what could be called an ‘exploded hydrography’ of the city. Each molded glass is hung in the light wells of the house, representing a resized fragment of the city’s water arteries. The length of each piece is determined by the mapped bridges and dams interpreted as cuts of the body of water. The installation presents splintered rivers frozen in glass and scattered in the vertical shaft of the building as a meditation on the historical development of the urban fabric and the symbiotic fantasy of water and city dwellers.
