Page 61 - Studio International - November 1969

Eventstructure Amsterdam, Summer 1969. Sites chosen were all thoroughfares. At this
Three locations, six events. moment, the art of real consequences is insitu-
Research Group September 17, Frederiksplein, PNEUTUBE tangential to the ecological and environmen-
tal status-quo.
and BIG-PILLOW.
September 20, Sloterplas, WATER-
TOTEMS and WATER-WALK.
Theo Botschuiver and September 22, Museumplein, GRASS-LOG
Jeffry Shaw and BRICK-HILL. 1
This series of events was financed jointly by Water-totems
the Amsterdam Arts Council and 'The Street' 4 metre diameter, 7 metres long, air-inflated tubes.
Reinforced PVC skin printed with image of water.
Foundation. The Stedelijk Museum under- Ballasted with water and concrete pylons. The totems
took the documentation. float freely and can be manipulated by swimmers.
As it seems, the lake rising in columns.
The scheme was not pre-publicised. The pro-
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jects were intended to be addressed to those Water-walk
people who happened to be on the spot. 4 metre high, air-inflated tetrahedrons.
Transparent PVC skin. A person inside can 'walk on
No context was desired other than the juxta- water', progressing by revolving the balloon around
position of the structures within the everyday himself.
Prototype for walking from England to France.
routine and expectations.
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Once placed on site, all the structures were Brick-hill
given over to any process of public usage that 10 metres diameter, 7 metres high, air-supported
cone. Reinforced PVC skin, semi-inflated, printed
happened to develop. with brick image.