The children’s research submarine
In the summer of 2013, a submarine docked at the Karmeliterplatz, Graz and the Museumsquartier, Vienna; bringing an atmosphere of experimental research and playfulness to the public space. Its extradisciplinary crew merged artistic and scientific processes to observe, record and discuss our daily relation to water and the related plastic waste production. Preparations were made in a research project and in teaching activities throughout the academic year. Excursions followed the paths of fresh water supplies and sewage systems of the cities of Graz and Vienna, and out of field notes, artistic installations were developed and an illustrated logbook displaying the Grazer and Viennese water cycles in a comprehensive way for children was produced. In parallel, the IZK Halle became a dockyard where architecture students built the actual submarine (11x5x4m) from materials sourced in junkyards. The submarine's outer skin was made out of 2000 disposable plastic bottles, collected and worked in cooperation with local schools and the TU Graz cleaning staff. The interior was furbished
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Project duration:
2012 – 2014 Project partnerships
Institute of Contemporary Art, TU Graz
Kinderbüro Graz
ZOOM children´s museum Vienna
2012 – 2014 Project partnerships
Institute of Contemporary Art, TU Graz
Kinderbüro Graz
ZOOM children´s museum Vienna