Skulpturen

2006

Kaiserslautern

Our intention is to provide the Institute with a number of sculptures/objects/works of art which contribute to an atmosphere of delight and inspiration for the employees and their clients and visitors. These works should have a significance designed to resonate for this particular audience in this particular context. Just as the Institute specializes in abstract mathematics applied to real scenarios, our work might be seen as abstract art applied to the reality of the Institute – Applied Sculpture meets Applied Science.

A brief History of Doug Fitch and Florian Borkenhagen:

Both of us were invited to participate in an international exhibition of art-furniture held in Munich´s foremost design space, Wunderhaus, in a somewhat ironic celebration of Columbus´ “discovery” of the New World which took the form of an auction, the proceeds of which would benefit the Yamamami – an indigenous people of the Amazon River Basin. The ironic element was to use the 500th Anniversary of Columbus´ landing in America to raise money for the kind of peoples he helped destroy. We were invited to create works that were funcitonal, yet also expressive of this history.

Florian and I made pieces which seemed very different but essentially kindred in spirit. A friendship developed as well as a promise to work together at some future moment. In spite of good intentions and occasional contact, this hasn´t happened until now.

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