The artworks in this book are mostly models for space, defined by movement
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Artist Alvaro Urbano, former participant at Institut für Raumexperimente:
My Boy, with Such Boots we may Hope to Travel Far

In several locations in Tirolo and on the Tiroler Steig reaching Merano, Alvaro Urbano has placed a series of 15 concrete sculptures in the shape of the rune symbols of the cryptogram of Jules Verne’s famous book Journey to the Center of the Earth. During the spring of 1863, Professor Otto Lidenbrock, the main character of the novel – who believes in the existence of volcanic tubes that connect to the centre of the Earth – discovers a mysterious manuscript entirely written in runic alphabet, which offers an important key to unveil the path to the centre of the Earth. Considering how important the runes are as a pre-historical relict in the area of Tirolo, an interesting interchange between fiction and reality emerges. The sculptures are scattered along the path that leads from Merano to Tirolo, and in different locations of the village, as the main park and the market square. Visitors and passers-by will discover the sculptures while walking, becoming, almost by chance, the characters of Jules Verne’s famous novel. The sculptures are made in concrete and other local stone material. Moss will slowly grow on them.

Alvaro Urbano is a former participant at Institut für Raumexperimente.

www.alvarourbano.com

Elise Eeraerts, former participant at Institut für Raumexperimente: Fire Pit (Blocks)

The video fire pit (blocks) by Elise Eeraerts shows the firing process of blocks through the traditional method of a fire pit. A hole is dug, filled with sawdust and within it the objects are placed to be fired during the course of a night. During the firing process a humming/singing performance took place around midnight, performig artists are Jeremias Holliger and Christian Holliger. The live sound recording of this performative ritualistic act is included in the sound sequence of the video and produced by Annelien van Heymbeeck.

Most recent works by Elise Eeraerts that reflect the process of brick production tested and realized by the artist during the last months in Senegal are currently shown in the context of the exibition Our Mathematical World at Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussels.

Elise Eeraerts is a former participant at Institut für Raumexperimente.

www.elise-eeraerts.be

Check out more projects: www.raumexperimente.net