F60: A Machine Too Big To Operate Series

2009-2011

 

4-piece series

 

Graphite and coal on canvas

 

70 x 100 cm each

F60 is a conveyor bridge which is 502 metres long, 202m wide, 80m high and weights 11,000 ton.

 

Located in the Elbe-Elster county south of Lichterfeld in Germany, this conveyor was finished in March 1991 after 3 years of construction work. Up to 1.000 people took part in the erection of the bridge. But then after only 13 months, the bridge was taken out of operation due to new energy policies.

 

This bridge is not only a symbol for the industrial history of the region but also a sign of a political and economical change. Is one of the world’s largest movable machines, but due to its high operation costs, it is now a stationary machine converted into a tourist attraction.

 

Exhibited at:
– 2010, Glass Crash Feeling– GOLDRAUSCH group show, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany

– 2011, Salon K, Berlin, Germany

F60 #1 - Exhibition overview, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, 2011
F60 #1 (detail)
F60 #1, exhibition overview, Perlini gallery, Padua, Italy, 2012
F60 #2
F60 #2 (detail)
F60 #3
F60 #4
F60 #4, exhibition overview, Perlini gallery, Padua, Italy, 2012
F60, exhibition overview, K Salon, Berlin, 2011