歐洲激進派 Coop Himmelblau - 《超級空間》

Coop Himmelblau, Super Spaces, ca. 1969. © Coop Himmelb(l)au. From the Collection of the Alvin Boyarsky Archive.

藍天組
維也納,1968年成立

《超級空間》,約1969年
彩色照相膠印平版印刷、絹印

Coop Himmelblau
Vienna, established 1968

Super Spaces, ca. 1969
Color photo-offset lithograph and screenprint

藍天組創辦人沃爾夫.狄.普瑞克斯(Wolf D. Prix)、海默特.斯維茨斯基(Helmut Swiczinsky),與其合作夥伴瑞納.米夏埃爾.霍爾澤(Rainer Michael Holzer),在自給自足、游牧式實驗性建築(如大衛.葛林〔David Green〕的《原木插件》〔Logplug〕)方面,有深入的研究。此作中的運輸載具類似《雲》(The Cloud,1968-1972)中用來操縱兩個可充氣房間的設計——他們在1972年,於當時的西德舉辦的第5屆卡塞爾文件展中所提出的計畫,但最終未能實現。他們的許多平面作品跳脫傳統建築繪圖的思維框架,以求對字型設計、平面設計和拼貼美學的講究。藍天組後來拼寫為 Coop Himmelb(l)au,同時指涉blau(藍色)與 bau(建築)。

Wolf D. Prix and Helmut Swiczinsky, the founders of the architectural firm Coop Himmelblau, and their collaborator Rainer Michael Holzer explored self-contained, nomadic experimental architecture (like David Greene’s Logplug). The transport vehicle portrayed here is similar to one they designed to manipulate two inflatable rooms for the project The Cloud (1968–1972)—an unrealized installation for the international exhibition Documenta 5 in Kassel, West Germany, in 1972. Much of their graphic work extended beyond traditional architectural drawing to encompass a finely honed concern for typography, graphic design, and a collage aesthetic.