Brigitte Kordina
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Bridge-Building Outpost Zwettl
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The project for the bridge-building outpost (completed in 1991) was conceived as an installation for the space. In the switch room of the first upper level four piers have been clad with elongated stripes of mirror glass to reflect the Perspex elements set into the wall, which are also composed of coloured stripes. The piers are intended to symbolise the uprights of a bridge in this bridge-building facility, and the reflected light from the Perspex to symbolise reflections on the water.
The completed piece had to be redesigned in 1993 when they wanted to use the walls of the bridge-building outpost differently. I selected a free form in the entrance zone for the underside of the steps as a symbol, made with the help of the dismantled Perspex elements. This form follows the line of the stairs upwards to provide orientation, it can also be associated with the water and its movement.
(Brigitte Kordina)
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