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Fluid Bodies

Methods for Casting New Esthetics
  • Edited by: Rupert Zallmann and Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2023
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From casting to sculpture

Cast materials become solid, yet they originate as fluid materials that can take on any imaginable form. This simple yet radical paradigm allows for the exploration of volumetric formations through process-oriented casting and experimentation with alternative ways of manufacturing, presenting, and shaping casting molds.

Working with hardening bodies fundamentally challenges the notion of formal rigidity; conventional formwork models are reconsidered, and a new aesthetic emerges.

Fluid Bodies presents a variety of objects created using alternative casting methods. The book documents experimental artistic research and showcases innovative and surprising sculptures in concrete and plaster.

  • Alternative ways of manufacturing, presenting, and shaping casting molds
  • Concrete and plaster sculptures, parametric designs, and the further development of conventional formwork models and casting processes
  • With numerous large-format photographs

    • Author / Editor information

    Rupert Zallmann, Quirin Krumbholz, graduates Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna; MADAME Architects ZT, Vienna

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      Frontmatter

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      CONTENTS

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    • INTRODUCTIONS
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      METHODS FOR CASTING NEW ESTHETICS

      6
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      TWO FROM ONE CAST

      12
      August Kocherscheidt, Rupert Zallmann and Luca Conte
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      HF WELDING—A LOVE STORY

      18
      Ursula Klein
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      FLUID BODIES— FWF PEEK Artistic Research Program

      22
      Quirin Krumbholz
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      FORMED BY FORCE— FLUID STRUCTURES

      28
      Adam Orlinski and Moritz Heimrath
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    • SOLIDIFYING AIR
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      PARROT TRIPLETS

      39
      Rupert Zallmann
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      STONE PLASTER NET

      42
      Rupert Zallmann
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      INFINITE SURFACE

      44
      Rupert Zallmann, Michael Tingen and Ursula Klein
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      NETWORKING TABLE

      46
      Catherine Hu and Rupert Zallmann
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      HULK HUG

      48
      Rupert Zallmann and Michael Tingen
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      SPIDER SURPRISE

      50
      Rupert Zallmann and Michael Tingen
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      SHELL DELIGHT

      52
      Bence Pap, Quirin Krumbholz, Adam Orlinski and Rupert Zallmann
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      CAST “KAFFEEHAUS”

      60
      Stefan Diez, Ursula Klein, Adam Orlinski and Rupert Zallmann
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      CACTUS LAMPS

      64
      Rupert Zallmann
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      RARE CACTI

      66
      Rupert Zallmann
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      LIGHT BULB PLASTER

      70
      Rupert Zallmann
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      STALAGLIGHT

      74
      Anton Defant and Rupert Zallmann
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      STALAGLIGHT AT GALERIE B-98

      78
      Anton Defant and Rupert Zallmann
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    • WEAVING CONCRETE
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      WOVEN CHAIR

      81
      Moritz Heimrath, Quirin Krumbholz, Adam Orlinski and Rupert Zallmann
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      WEAVING CONCRETE 1:1

      84
      Anna Heimrath, Moritz Heimrath and Adam Orlinski
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      WEAVING VERSAILLES

      85
      Anna Heimrath, Moritz Heimrath, August Kocherscheidt, Quirin Krumbholz, Adam Orlinski and Rupert Zallmann
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    • TWISTING CONCRETE
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      WOTRUBA TWIST

      101
      Moritz Heimrath, Quirin Krumbholz, Adam Orlinski and Rupert Zallmann
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      TWISTED CHAIR

      108
      Paul Clousier and Rupert Zallmann
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      TWISTED ARMOR

      110
      Paul Clousier and Rupert Zallmann
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    • DRAPING CONCRETE
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      CEMENTIPEDE AT WU CAMPUS

      113
      August Kocherscheidt and Rupert Zallmann
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      CEMENTIPEDE WALKS THROUGH VIENNA

      120
      August Kocherscheidt and Rupert Zallmann
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      CEMENTIPEDE AT GALERIE CHRISTINE KÖNIG

      126
      August Kocherscheidt and Rupert Zallmann
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      OUT OF THE WOODS

      132
      August Kocherscheidt and Rupert Zallmann
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      VIU VIENNA

      146
      August Kocherscheidt and Rupert Zallmann
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      FLYING CARPET

      148
      Judith Freund, August Kocherscheidt and Rupert Zallmann
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      CHAIRS

      150
      August Kocherscheidt and Rupert Zallmann
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    • CASTING INTO REINFORCEMENT
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      MUSHROOMS

      153
      Anton Defant and Rupert Zallmann
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    • ELASTIC CAST
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      CONDOM CAST

      157
      Rupert Zallmann
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      UNDER PRESSURE

      160
      Marco Dessi and Rupert Zallmann
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      CONCRETE IN GLASS

      162
      Rupert Zallmann
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      PRINZ EISENBETON

      164
      Giulio Polita and Rupert Zallmann
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      GRAZ CAST

      166
      Zallmann Rupert
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    • DISSOLVABLE FORMWORK
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      ÖTZIS

      171
      Rupert Zallmann
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      BETON BOLLINGER

      174
      Quirin Krumbholz and Rupert Zallmann
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      METAMORPHOSIS

      176
      Rupert Zallmann
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      SANDBOWL

      178
      Rupert Zallmann
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    • MAGNETIC CAST
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      THE KISS

      181
      Quirin Krumbholz
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      ONE ON TWO

      184
      Quirin Krumbholz
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      HEDGEHOG

      186
      Quirin Krumbholz
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    • ANNEX
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      RUPERT ZALLMANN

      188
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      190
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      IMPRINT

      192
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    Publishing information
    Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
    eBook published on:
    December 19, 2022
    eBook ISBN:
    9783035626070
    Paperback published on:
    December 19, 2022
    Paperback ISBN:
    9783035625868
    Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
    Main content:
    192
    Illustrations:
    25
    Coloured Illustrations:
    344
    https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035626070
    eBook ISBN: 9783035626070
    Paperback ISBN: 9783035625868
    Keywords for this book
    Sculpture; artistic research; design; concrete; casting methods
    Audience(s) for this book
    Readers interested in architecture, design, art, and artistic research; students, teachers, engineers
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