a temporary skateable sculpture
Schmiede Hallein For ten years in a row, Schmiede Hallein served as a creative playground for innovation in a very unique environment. The annual 10day-workshop is a melting pot for experiments, both digital and analog. Called „The Return“ to celebrate a decade of bringing artists together, a lot of the participants knew they had to be there in 2013. The return challenged a lot of people, including the adhocrates collective to create something truly unexpected!
sketching ideas Over the years, Lilo Krebernik has created a very diverse range of projects, a lot of them involve skateboarding. His goals for Schmiede 2013 were simple:
no boring bullshit pay tribute to Schmiede make people think you are nuts
sustainable materials are nice go skateboarding
learning by doing The adhocrates collective gets its name by creating things ad hoc. Bringing together diverse characters the members share a passion for action: no one is afraid to take action, to step up and to work hard to get things done. Adhocrates don’t like depending on third parties, they don’t believe in „it can’t be done“. There’s always a way to make things happen …
we can build cool stuff from recycled material The basic idea was to build a skateable version of the Schmiede logo! To begin, Lilo put a clear focus on lightweight construction and recycling. Nick from Rawstudio is a wizard when it comes to sustainability, so they brought PET (plastic) bottles and cardboard to the mix. Usually concrete skateparks will be made of dirt and gravel with a solid layer of concrete on top ‌ we skipped that, using 100% material that can be re-used and/or recycled if needed. Big sheets of cardboard from bike boxes, different sized plastic bottles and some bits of iron mesh did the trick!
a good mix With three guys working on the concrete structure it shaped up nicely. As the project was very experimental, 3 different segments were built, so the concrete could cure and one could get a good picture about the strenght and stability of the structure. After the first day of of working with cement everyone got more confident, making it easier to finish the remaining construction.
the waiting game It was 3 days to let the concrete cure. At this point everyone was already stoked about how it turned out, and the shape looked promising! It wouldn’t be an adhocrates project if this was it … … so Kathi from sixxa installed some of her lights in the space!
skateable sculpture Six days after starting to work on the anvil, Saturday, Sept. 28th, at around noon it was time to give it a first try. When you build something you have the benefits of the first go ‌
bs noseblunt >> mac krebernik got used to the shape pretty fast! pic>> lilo krebernik
bs hurricane >> deadlemming in his natural habitat! pic>> mac krebernik
the session Phil, Max, Simon and Gerry joined the next day to skate. With more people in the mix, additional lines and different approaches to the obstacle led to new tricks ‌ the Anvil Session was on! Manuel Peric took care of photography. Enjoy the following impressions from the session!
bs disaster to feeble to fakie transfer >> mac krebernik playing with the spine ‌ pic>> manuel peric
<< fs hurricane lilo bringing a twist to skateable sculptures! pic>> manuel peric
blunt kickflip out >> philipp josephu has some tricks up the sleeve! pic>> manuel peric
<< fs bluntslide philipp josephu with a creative lineâ&#x20AC;Ś pic>> manuel peric
<< fs nosebluntslide simon fraissler going up! pic>> manuel peric
bs flip >> simon fraissler with a banger over the hip! pic>> manuel peric
call it a day We had a blast skating the Anvil, the session made up for all the work put into it! Having this crew testing our project proved us right: recycling and skateble sculptures work together quite well!
leaving the scene #temporary For about a week it was „fingers crossed“, hoping the anvil could stay in the location . But everyone knew it was supposed to be taken down …
over and out Thanks for the session, it was a blast. Now back to work, someone needs to clean up the mess!
thanks for nothing â&#x20AC;Ś and then it was time to take it down. The work of 6 days of building (including the days to get material) disappeared in 6 hours!
bs lipslide >> mac had a last go â&#x20AC;Ś pic>> lilo krebernik
last tricks Every now and then someone would grab his board and skate the Anvil one last time â&#x20AC;Ś and again â&#x20AC;Ś and again.
bs blunt >> this was the final trick done on the anvilâ&#x20AC;Ś pic>> mac krebernik
obsolete artsy bullshit Temporary projects have a bitter aftertaste, especially in this case, people questioned the project: Why would you build something with longlasting, solid material if you plan to take it down immediately? Why would you waste a week working on a sculpture that will never be seen be the public?
it was an experiment indeed There are talkers and do-ers. We have seen a lot of people coming up with concepts, collecting money for their ideas â&#x20AC;Ś and in many cases the projects never make it to the final stage. But of course thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no need to be comissioned to create. Some people will always go out there and make things for the joy of creation. This projects was an experiment, a best practice benchmark with no budget in a low brow environment.
14,2% 0%
PET bottles Around 200 plastic bottles (mainly 1,5l) were used for the construction!
100%
cardboard We had approximately 15m2 of 3-layered cardboard from bike boxes and other trash we found!
cement Portland cement is the stuff to use, we had 20 bags, a total of 500kg!
sand Mixing 1:2 for our project â&#x20AC;Ś 40 bags of sand which is 1000kg total!
0%
20%
facts and figures0% One of the main goals for the project was to come up with reasonable figures â&#x20AC;Ś how many bottles were used, how much concrete mixed. Which percentage of money invested was reusable, what part where costs of dismantling the structure? Please note: A lot of material came from the trash and/or was supplied by friends. Some bits like an old bathtub were used to speed up things, but could be replaced by plastic bottles! Also work was voluntarily, nobody made a single cent, that kept costs low! One a final note, the % would stay about the same for bigger/smaller projects!
100% other costs (transport, etc.)
32,8%
VAT (tax)
20% 14,2%
0%
recycleable/reusable
7,4%
costs of dismantling tools
<< lilo krebernik skateboarder, artist, â&#x20AC;Ś pic>> mac krebernik
credits I’d like to thank everyone who helped to make this project possible, especially:
Kathi Macheiner, Mac Krebernik, Ingeborg Krebernik, Christina Macheiner, Nick Rawcliffe, Stefan Mertl, Rüdiger Wassibauer, Michi Hackl, Matt Wiegele, Manuel Peric, Gerry Grünwald, Philipp Josephu, Simon Fraissler, Max Buttinger, Darren Culley, Philipp Schuster, Clemens Zehetner, Martin Eizinger, Jakob/show2go team, Wirtschaftshof Hallein and anyone I possibly forgot … Published by: Lilo Krebernik Kienmayergasse 22 1140 Wien Austria hello@0717.at
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The Anvil Session was a temporary, one-off sculpture with a focus on recycling, created by Lilo Krebernik and the adhocrates collective
@2014 Lilo Krebernik All rights reserved!