#geo-dome

[wernerkraeutler]

Der Geo-Dome aus Stilfs

Dies ist eine Geschichte, die mich von der ersten Sekunde an faszinierte. Ein ‘kleiner’ Tischler aus Stilfs wird gefragt, ob er ein futuristisches Gewächshaus aus Holz fertigen kann. Während all seine Berufskollegen ablehnen nimmt er die Konstruktion als Herausforderung an. Er hat sich damit ein neues, zukunftsträchtiges Geschäftsfeld erschlossen: das der “Geo-Domes”.

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[sjassa]

How the Sauna landed

[ Summer 2015 ]

above: ‘S’ and I at the sweat-lodge in rural Friesland.

For Sfear fan Ynset in Friesland the build up of the SWEAT VII Temporary Autonomous Bathhouse went very well thanks to the dedicated and essential help of ‘S’ (photo above) who is a young performance artist from Ohio that came over to assist. Also the everlasting care and attention of farmer Gjalt won't be forgotten. S is more than a help on the deck; he is a very playful if not perfect energetic attribution to the sweat lodge. 

What remains with me mostly after wrapping up the exhibition is the experience I have now of what it means to be building something in the outside. No artspace walls, no electric sockets, no lighting to install - rain, machines, logistics, etc. Working on the land is very different, very hard and very pleasing. While building the wooden platform for SWEAT VII in the grass I realized how I long for my a counterpart to my performance works - something that has a more (semi-)permanent footing in the earth. Something that remains and works without my physical presence. 

With the farmer I developed several versions of a land-installed sauna. We tried working with Frisian Clay and contemplated a construction that could stay in the land even after the exhibition would have ended. In this envisioning I was reminded of my work in Peru, where together with three inspiring architect-designers I helped build a adobe and river-stone women-lodge at a Lakota community in the Andean mountains. For the exhibit in Friesland though, we had to opt for a wooden construction in the end because of a shortage of time and the endless rain that didn’t make room for clay building. 

Special thanks goes out to Apart Interieurbouw for finding the time and willingness to labor & sweat alongside of us - without their professional eye and the love for carpeting the floor would have not been here. 

[tinychamps]

Geo-Dome in Flagler Beach FL.