Oase 5, 2023
Tiled digital print, laminated on wood
Plexiglas cover
Sheet size (H x W): 60.0 x 80.0 cm
Frame dimensions: (H x W): 61.0 x 81.0 cm
unique piece
Lot number 48
Minimum bid: 400,- EUR / estimated price 800,- to 1.200,- EUR
Something Fantastic
- What connects us to the Flussbad project? The Flussbad idea is actually a perfect example of what we call 'inclusive urbanism', a planning approach that sees the urban space as one in which everything comes together, from which nothing is (any longer) 'outsourced'. This idea forbids simply banning 'dirty' functions such as production or waste disposal from our field of vision (out of sight ...), but aims to integrate them into the city and make them compatible with the city accordingly (in this case 'clean', or quiet, low-emission ...). The reintegrated functions become better as a result (because they have to), the city becomes dense (also denser in terms of conflict), diverse, productive, inclusive and resilient. We think: liveable. An inclusive city simply can't afford a river that you can't swim on at least some of the time. That's why we support Flussbad Berlin. (This text has been automatically translated with DeepL.)
- Über das Werk: In summer 2021, Something Fantastic, together with Niklas Fanelsa, Ludivigne Gragy and volunteers, installed a circular oasis in a former pig fattening silo in Orion near Kremmen, Brandenburg. Oases are clearly defined places that confront the status quo with an alternative reality. The projected Oasis 5 on the Ligurian coast near Genoa, depicted in a rendering by Lennard Weski, puts both the original, forested state and a possible future afforestation of the mountain slopes above the city up for discussion. (This text has been automatically translated with DeepL.)
- Something Fantastic
- Something Fantastic was founded by E. Schütz, J. Schubert and L. Streich based on the conviction that architecture is related to everything and the resulting social, ecological and political responsibility demands a different practice. The work of the “undisciplinary” office includes research and teaching in addition to the conception of books, exhibitions, furniture, buildings and urban planning. Since 2019, after having taught the MAS Urban Design at ETH Zurich, the partners are heading the Space Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam; In 2021/22 the three lived and worked as fellows of Villa Massimo in Rome, where they founded the alternative gardening firm Lascia Vivere together with Erika Mayr.
