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MOCMOC 2003
In a competition for art in the built environment, the town
of Romanshorn on Lake Constance entrusted the artist duo Com&Com
with the creation of a design for the Bahnhofplatz. In the search
for an appropriate solution, research on the history of Romanshorn
led to surprising results. With the help of scientists, they
were able to discover evidence of MOCMOC, whose twisted horn
is immortalized on the town’s coat of arms. An interpretation
of the heraldic animal they rediscovered is installed on the
Bahnhofplatz as a large-scale sculpture. The model of MOCMOC
was produced according to a computer-generated design in “Rapid
Prototyping”. In the stereo-lithographic technique, the
data for the 3D construction is transferred by laser to the
liquid resin, which solidifies in layers during the process.
When complete, the figure is removed from the resin bath. Using
this technique, a 1:10 scale model was produced. In order to
create the large-scale sculpture, the information from the resin
layers was used to cut Styrofoam plates with water jets, which
were then glued to an internal skeleton and covered with plaster
using the conventional method. The end result is a reproduction
of the 2.6-meter model in coloured epoxy resin.
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Press Commentary: St.
Galler Tagblatt, keyword Mocmoc in the period 9.2003 to
10.2003
Institut für Rapid Prototyping of the Ingenieurschule
(Engineering school) St.Gallen |
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