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Vadim Kosmatschof
1938 born near Moscow
lives and works in Wiesbaden and Vienna
Unfolding Square, 2006
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The works of Russian sculptor Vadim Kosmatschof are concerned with one of today’s most pressing problems—how to sustain an ecological balance. Nature’s undisturbed equilibrium can only be maintained through a complete revision of our ideas so that only clean energies are sourced and employed in all areas of life. For almost 20 years the artist has made a deep study of how to visualize this theme. In analogy to the biological cycles of living organisms, his solar sculptures follow a diurnal rhythm, changing their forms in the process and drawing their energy according to the principle of photosynthesis.
In this way they manifest one of the central concerns of the 21st Century—an emission-free energy cycle. In the exhibition the artist together with the Viennese architectural practice veech.media.architecture present a model of a large-scale sculpture intended for public space. This prototype, developed on a scale of 1:3 in polished stainless steel, unfurls and folds back in again in a three to five minute rhythm, while all the time changing its shape. A special dynamism is
brought into being from the interaction the artwork elicits from its immediate surroundings: through its movements, its visitors and the space around it are mirrored in a square and thus made an integral part of its outward appearance. While the model in the exhibition is driven by means of an external electricity supply, the actual 8 x 8 metre sculpture will generate sufficient energy to move of its own. Latest researches in the field of solar technology have meant that it can be coated in a thin layer of organic photovoltaic cells that produce their own current. With this work, Vadim Kosmatschof has transposed his convictions and the employment of clean energy into the language of art, and visualized its way of working. Both the conception as well as the production of this project was funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt [Federal German Environmental Foundation]. |
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