Examples

The book that “blew you away” or changed your life, photo of someone who passed away, a diary you don’t ever want anyone to read, postcards, posters, favourite record sleeves, a phone book from the 1940´s, archive data, national statistical records of something important to you or your cultural history, prints, newspaper articles, speeches, a picture of the place of a first kiss/orgasm/fight,historical/political publications that stirred or motivated your heart/soul, love letters (never sent?), work of art; a drawing, painting, photograph.

Explosions

A maximum of ten items will be chosen to explode. The explosions will take place during the Ars Electronica festival 2016 where you will be able to watch the artist at work.

Display

Objects will then be exhibited at the Ars Electronica Center for the duration of up to one year with a brief explanation. You can choose to refrain from having the reason for submission or your name on display if you wish.

The reason for submitting he piece can be obvious or private. It is entirely up to each individual. Although any information will help the artist to decide how to approach the piece when blasting it. When the exhibition is over items will be returned to the owner so you may continue your relationship with the object in its new form.

Deadline for submissions

Submissions will be accepted up until 4th of September 2016. We will let you know if your submission is accepted by 12 noon on the the 5th of September or earlier. The items should then be delivered to POSTCITY Linz by the 7th of September 2016.

Submit your item

REX|LAB (UIBK)

The Institute for Experimental Architecture/Hochbau is part of the Faculty of Architecture at Innsbruck University and headed by Prof. Marjan Colletti. Since the establishment of the Robotic Experimentation Laboratory—REX|LAB in 2012, robotic fabrication methodologies have been a pivotal research trajectory for the institute. This engagement, at the increasingly fuzzy borders of the physical and the digital, allowed for a wide range of experiments that emphasize the relation between the material and design world.

Since the establishment of the REX|LAB, many international researchers and artists have collaborated with the institute. Currently, in cooperation with the industry, the Institute of Experimental Architecture/Hochbau is developing 3D concrete-printing processes—finally 3D printing should become relevant for large-scale building elements. This research cooperation is the continuation of previous activities at the institute, which have already shown reasonable success in a construction methodology that offers some obvious benefits compared to contemporary solutions to building concrete structures. While small-scale 3D printing has meanwhile become an easy-to-access technology, we aim to use industrial robots in combination with concrete to engage with architecture beyond printing mock-ups. Large-scale concrete printing has to challenge the influence of gravity caused by its own weight at a high level, since the material needs to provide initial stability as well as low cure times. The material itself, the extruder, the robotic choreography and the path planning, greatly depend on each other and therefore demand precise control of all aspects. As this research on large-scale printing with concrete continues we are confident we can actively shape this technology for commercial applications in the future and consequently allow architecture itself to be part of this development and embed all its creative potential in it.