daisy photographed from below

Grand Prize

Vasile Rata, 1966, Romania

In the beginning, I thought it was my original invention: a mechanism as a fantastic ship, submarine/subterine which would navigate as well as underwater as under any terrain.

The work, an installation, would have had only the upper part: the visual surveillance part and the antennas which can appear anywhere: from under the water or from under the ground.

Researching, I found that the Germans invented the subterine around 1914. The Soviets took it over later in 1933. The Germans developed it further until 1945, then the Soviets restarted the project and abandoned it till 1962 when they built the first subterines factory in Crimea. There the first and last subterine was finally manufactured. It had a speed of 15 km/hour.

The project was abandoned in 1964 in favor of the Moon colonization project.

I abandoned my project and transformed it into a relaxation space.

Winning work:

Organizers:

National Art Museum of Moldova
Union of Fine Artists of Republic of Moldova
Art Center AMPRENTE

Contacts

31 August, 1989 str., nr. 115, Chisinau, MD-2012
Republic of Moldova

bip.chisinau@gmail.com

Phone: (+373) 79 54 85 11 (Curator)

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