Absurdium

Bench of Ferdinand Vaněk, visualization of bench, material: corten, 2016.

This bench depict absurdity of person Ferdinand Vaněk. Paradoxes and absurdities are the main theme of Václav Havel theatre plays, such as Audience, where is the main character Ferdinand Vaněk. The bench is paradoxical in sense that we can not sit on it. The main idea of the whole project is to stretched the shape to the height of eight meters. The bench is made by simple geometric shapes, for aesthetic and practical purposes. It emphasizes the size of the personality of Václav Havel. The bench also plays with the idea of how far we can go. The bench would be made by corten because of the revolutionary as the character of Václav Havel himself. Corten was elected not only for the idea but also for practical reasons. The place where the bench would be built is park of the National Technical Library in Prague, Dejvice. The park itself lacks any accent and the bench would be the dominant element. This place emphasizes the absurdity of the bench that we can not sit and read a book.