Bohuš Kubinský
The Danube Flowers, 2024
STEEL
220 X 220 X 100 (EACH PROPELLOR)
While sailing past the Romanian town of Drobeta-Turnu Severin, located near the Iron Gate strait, Bohuš Kubinský caught the eye of an unusual sight. On the other bank of the Danube, in Serbia, he noticed a lot of old ship propellers. Some still glistened in the sun's rays, others were already corroded by rust, but they all looked like huge flowers. Instead of an industrial cemetery, a blossoming meadow spread here – the harsh cold of metal transformed into the fragile beauty of vegetation.
This scene became the inspiration for the creation of the Danube Flowers project, which is a system of three kinetic interactive objects resembling gigantic steel flowers.
An important aspect of the Danube Flowers project is its ecological dimension - emphasis on recycling materials, transporting objects over the shortest possible distances, using a local workshop for the final treatment. Discarded parts - ship's propellers, which once powered river tugboats sailing on the Danube, were condemned to the scrap yard.
At Mona Farm, The Danube Flowers have been given a new life on the land.