A SPOT OF URBAN CULTURE
(AND A PERFECT PLACE TO CELEBRATE)
This much is clear: Graz 2003 was of great benefit to the city and its people. The Island in the river Mur, as a breathtaking example of innovate architecture, design, decorative arts and object design, is proof of this.
The internationally acclaimed designer Vito Acconci has created an organic, intertwining construction. It is composed of different areas in the shape of shells, each of them seeming to merge into one another.
Each part of the Island serves a different purpose according to its specific design. This has resulted in there being a small café, an amphitheatre and a children’s playground. AND A PERFECFT PLACE TO CELEBRATE
(A SPOT OF URBAN CULTURE)
See it this way – the Island can be compared to a fantastic painting, like the Mona Lisa, or something like that. If you choose the Island for your next product presentation, then it will take place on a true work of art.
| Just imagine a reading in stylish surroundings, a rousing concert or an exciting theatre performance. All these events won’t just take place anywhere, but at a place created by an artist.
TECHNICAL DATA
COVERAGE
left river bank: lift / access ramp
right river bank: access staircase / ramp
DIMENSIONS
Length= 46.60 m
Widht= 16.60 m
Height= 6.00 m
Height of pontoon = 1.25 respectively. 2.57 m
CAPACITY
|
AREA |
Maximum number of people |
Café |
160 m2 |
100 |
Amphitheatre |
240 m2 |
200 |
Stage |
60 m2 |
|
Backstage |
40 m2 |
|
Playground |
40 m2 |
|
| TECHNISCHE EQUIPMENT
Café
Soundsytem,
power supply
(2 x 220 V / 16 A)
Amphitheatre
supply points in the backstage area
(2 x 63 A und 2 x 32 A)
Not that it’s dangerous, yet we would like to warn you: Under certain conditions, you could get addicted to the Island. The southern flair in the middle of Graz will tempt you into coming again and again. Be it as it is: You are always welcome.
Concept and project development:
Vito Acconci / Acconci Studio
Design and architectural layout:
Robert Punkenhofer / Art & Idea
CONTACTHerwig Hofstätter GmbH
Liebenauer Hauptstrasse 2-6
A-8041 Graz
M:+43 660 5566771
F: +43 316 695860
E: murinsel@tele2.at |
