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