isochrone
a process that captures time and pace within a object
year 2016
category Processes / Machines & Their unique Results
commissioned by
Alice Stori Liechtenstein
for
We were invited by Schloß Hollenegg for Design to stay in this special castle for a week and develop a site-specific design project to the theme of SLOW. The resulting installation is called isochrone and was presented during the SLOW- exhibition curated by Alice Stori Liechtenstein.
The project tries to capture time and pace within a process and an object. It is a constant movement representing time and continuity, to be observed in a calm meditative manner. A multilayered tabletop, representing the various layers of Schloß Hollenegg’s history, is made by carefully piling colourful strata, each hand-made out of pigments, glue, sawdust and paper, onto each other. Once dried, the finished tabletop is placed underneath a big pendulum. Slow and constant, the pendulum swings circularly back and forth, abrading a sectionof the tabletop.
Through the monotonous, steady and continuous movement, a bowl is formed on the tabletop, and the layers of which the surface is made out of, are unveiled. The finished object is a hybrid between a flat surface table, and a bowl; it enriches and complements perfectly the collection of special, unusual and occasionally strange objects, that decorate the rooms of Schloß Hollenegg.
finished table at 'slow' exhibition
detail of the various layers
the pendulum at the Vienna Design Week in 2016
Through the monotonous, steady and continuous movement,
a bowl is carved in the tabletop, unveiling the different layers of which the surface consists.
table no.4 in 'light refraction' colours
table in light refraction colours
detail of the emerging bowl shape
each tabletop is made and coloured at our studio. In a slow process - beginning with mixing the dough, the single layers are coloured individually, rolled out, dried and arranged in a unique composition.
rolling the 'dough'
small single layers model of the first table
colour composition for the table no.3
exhibition setup showing various development stages of the project and a short making of movie. The colour compositions displayed, show the colours for the first two tables made.
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material
tabletop: wood-glue, pigments, sawdust, paper
pendulum: metal, motor, weight, grinder -
dimensions
high table: Ø 60 cm x 85 cm (height)
low table: Ø 72 cm x 45 cm (height) -
material development
Eva Ohrhallinger
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team
Katharina Mischer, Thomas Traxler, Maria Bauhofer, Elisa Polner