Location
Lago Iseo, Italy
Scale
1:1250
Task
- The Exhibition Model should convey the interplay between the artwork and the landscape from a bird’s-eye view.
- The Model should give a sense of the art project’s dimensions.
- The starting point is a predefined section of the topographical map.
My solutions
- On the basis of work models I stepwise developed scale, representation, and degree of abstraction, so that the striking landscape would be clearly evident. The Model’s height gradients build an angular surface which emphasizes the play of light and shadow.
- The six-meter long Model can be dismantled into transportable sections so that the junctions of the sections, which are embedded in the landscape, are thereby barely visible.
- Painted tissue paper draped over Perspex is used to replicate the fabric covering of the original artwork.
Fabrication process
abrasive techniques (laser, 5-axis milling cutter, manual woodwork and plastics processing)
In cooperation with
Eggimann Holzfertigung, Ramsei, Switzerland
Testimonial
«He is my model maker.»
– Christo