Steinkugel

Description:

Steinkugel is one of Egill Sæbjörnsson early works using self generative video projections. The 3D visuals of an ever changing surface of the ball in the middle of the concrete slab, are produced with a computer game engine. They are constantly different and never repeat, underlining the living qualities or agencies of artworks. The half ball, or stone in the middle of the slab also reminds us of the small drop on the plate under the magnifying glass, which is something that many of the scientists inside the Robert Koch Institute look at every day.

More about the work:

Following the decision of relocating the main premisses of The Robert Koch Institute at Seestrasse 10 in Berlin, a closed competition for a public art commission was concluded. The work Steinkugel, by Egill Sæbjörnsson, won first price in the competition.

Steinkugel is a massive concrete block was an extruding half sphere standing out in it’s centre, standing outside the main entrance to The Robert Koch Institute. At dusk, the sphere takes on new formations as surfaces that remind of viruses, single cells, rocks, minerals or planets, with funny details of airplanes, buildings, human faces, and a variety of shapes, appear. The formations are projected onto the concrete slab from a projector placed in a climatized housing on a 5 meter tall mast across the parking and entrance area of the institute. 

Artwork Information:

Title: Steinkugel

Materials: Self-generative video projection with a Unity3D game engine, steal mast, climatized projector hub, computers anc a concrete sculpture

Dimensions of sculpture object: 630cm x 530cm x 120 cm

Duration: endless

Accessibility:

The work is accessible 24/7 at this address:

The Robert Koch Institute

Seestrasse 10

13353 Berlin

Germany

It stands outside the main entrance of The Robert Koch Institute at a car park. It’s easily accessible with a tram, bike, car or walking.

NOTE: The video is turned on at dusk and projects until midnight, then it’s turned off for the night and the following day until dusk breaks again.

Categories:

Public Art Work

Self Generative Work

Sculpture

Animation