in context of room, building and city

>6 holes

installations, competition on invitation, art at buildings, Berlin 2002; Contractor: the City of Berlin. Architect of the building: Staab Architekten, Berlin; technical realization: Interzone, Berlin, winner, realized 2002

Fritz Balthaus: 6 holes

>Idea and realization

 

Six different sized core drillings were taken. Each of the six holes are then prepared in a different way. The peepholes are located at spots appropriate for children to look at and through.

 

1. bottle hole

An empty bottle lies in this hole. It can be used like a fixed peephole; one can see what is happening in the next room through the streaky glass.

 

2. hole hole

This hole is bored from the inside to the outside of the building. It opens a view onto the street and courtyard.

 

3. floor hole

The floor hole offers a view through the floor of the common room to the two empty floors below. Glass flooring seals the hole.

 

4. mirrored hole

The walls of this cylindrical hole are made of mirrors. When one looks through it, the mirrors distort what one sees.

 

5. stuffed hole

This hole, stuffed with colored construction foam, can be looked at from both sides. The insulation foam fills the entire space of the hole up to the glass of the porthole.

 

6. as-if holes

These holes are core drillings that were not completed. All of the signs of measurement and work that are necessary to prepare the core drillings remain visible at the as-if holes.