Monumental and subtle

Natural and human

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About

Aerial

The statue Na Horu ('Aerial') by Czech-Argentinian artist Federico Díaz is, like the design of the Bořislavka buildings, a reference to the historic trade route that led through the location. In the past we built roads and paths in ravines or mountain passes created by glaciers and rain.

The shapes of Aerial are a reference to the shale and rocks formed through sedimentation under Bořislavka millions of years ago, and which continue to shape the contours of the city to this day. At the same time, a regular, wrinkled structure formed by machine can be observed on the statue with close inspection. The work thus evokes the tension between Nature and humanity, and reminds us of the permanence that will outlive us, as well as the ability of humans to modify both themselves and their environment

The statue Aerial weighs 57,000 kilograms and is 7.5 meters tall. For its realization, the Federico Díaz Studio specially developed the So Concrete robotic production technology, and its chosen material was UHPC (Ultra High Performance Concrete), allowing them to create a work that is both subtle and monumental.

Author

Federico
Díaz

The works of Federico Díaz reveal elusive senses and immaterial elements. Díaz is a systematic observer of the people of today, with and for whom he seeks to reveal things that we have stopped perceiving, or are losing the ability to perceive. In seeking that which is lost he uses state-of-the-art technologies that are normally perceived as something that estranges us from our essence. The result is a feeling of tension between the natural and the artificial, between intuition and reason.

Right from the first meetings at Bořislavka I knew I wanted to create something exceptional for the piazzetta and for all the donors who had contributed to fund the work. To realize Aerial, my team and I developed a completely new type of production technique using robots, with special modifications to UHPC concrete. This process took nearly two years, during which we had to overcome many obstacles. However, we couldn’t have wished for better partners than the Karel Komárek Proměny Foundation and KKCG Real Estate, who believed in and supported our ambitious vision.

Federico Díaz

Foundation

Karel Komárek
Family Foundation

We believe that the installation of a work of art in a public space should be conducted based on a tender, under the supervision of an expert jury, with respect to the site and surrounding space, and should bring new qualities to the location.

About

We give individuals and entire communities the courage to develop their potential so they can turn their ideas and visions into reality.

Karel and Štěpánka Komárkovi

Gallery

Thank you to all our generous donors, whose donations helped create this work of art.

Markéta a Pavel Šarochovi
Jiří Radoch
Květoslava a Karel Komárkovi
Elias Neocleous
Massimo Cusimano
Deban & Tom Flexner
Lenka a Mirek Jestřabíkovi
Ivana a George Grubr
Ivo Valenta
Jaromír Jágr
Jiří Bartoška
Jiří Kejval
Katarína & Vaško Kohlmayer
Lukáš Trojan
Martin Doleček
Ivana a Robert Chvátalovi
Anastasia Teynorova
Milena a Kamil Zieglerovi
Martin Škopek
Martin Grigar
Pavel Švarc
Damian Cope
Dorda Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Robert Kolář
Pavel Turek
Dana Dvořáková
David Koláček
Monika & Florian Krenkel
František Komárek
Ivan Langer
Jan Aulík
Jan Kovář
Jiří Jelínek
Martin Bláha a Petr Toman
Michael Struempl
Michal Tománek
Milan Sameš
Otakar Hora
Patrik Skála
Petr Gál
Petr Krčil
Petr Luňák
Veronika a Petr Pujmanovi
Stanislav Pros
Iva Dlouhá a Štěpán Dlouhý
Tomislav Procházka
Andrea a Vladimír Stančíkovi
Irena a Zbyněk Kalinovi
Michal Zahradníček & Family
Bára a Petr Hrubých
Dagmar Grossmann
Jana a Petr Strnadovi
Štěpánka Komárková
Martina a Tomáš Otrubovi
Dimitrios Melisanidis
Gabriela Pecićová
Jaroslav Biolek
Jiří Palan a Radim Neuman
Josef Cupka
Marek Chmiel
Jonathan Zimmerman
Petr Sikora
Jan Simon
Jiří Ječmen
Zdeněk Sendler
Honza Hrubeš s rodinou
Karel Luner
Markéta a Luděk Nezbedovi
Míla Dubská a Petr Dvořák
Vašek Pěnkava
Vladimír Korenc
Vlastimil Palata
Jonathan D. Schiller
Ján Kasper
Dan Plovajko
František Honsa
Jakub Sokol
Helena a Jaromír Babincovi
Josef Bartoš
Josef Novotný
Luboš Veselý
Martin Chládek
Eva a Martin Lain
Pavel Kotásek
René Kachyňa
Zdeněk Šváb
Alexander Labak
Eugen Chicevič
Hkdw Legal
Jaroslav Šafer
Oldřich Hájek
Spyridon Fokas
Zbyněk Parma
Samy Ladki
Aleš Kurz
Jana Hamršmídová
Jiří Švarc
Marian Vasilko s rodinou
Miloslav Vyhnal
Miroslav Kalousek
Ondřej Matuštík
Martina a Otto Kovalovi
Vlasta a Stanislav Motlovi
Zdeněk Osner
Petr Kužel
Natalie Miller
Daniela Dvořáková
Milena Černá a Jan Motl
Monika a Libor Kojetští
Michal David
Radim Haluza
Klára a Petr Zajícovi
Aleš Veselý
Lenka a Cyril Sukovi
Daniel Farnbauer
Igor Jung
Ivo Kahánek
Jindřich Arabasz
Jitka a Eliška Holeczovy
Jitka Přerovská
Juraj Groch
Maxr a Tim55 Gsj8bj
Ivana a Miloslav Černých
Miloš Endrle
Miloš Straka
Miroslav Holub
Monika a Pavel Víznerovi
Pavlína Hanáková
Petr Jandásek
Petr Jirásek
Petr Kučera
Hana Blovská & Petr Pála
Petr Stöhr
Petr Wojtyla
Radek Pokorný
Radim Ciprys
Roman Lain
Adam a Vlado Glemba
Alexandra & William Lobkowicz
Kristina a Jiří Škampovi
Vít Kalina
Alena Hájková
Soňa Hamalová
Martin Skořepa
Filip Hájek
Helmut Langanger
Jan Kreidl
Josef Jaroš
Klára Bumbálková a Martin Bína
Michal Zazvonil
Pavel Marek
Pavel Petrovič
Radka Vondrašová
Roman Kulifaj
Tibor Glemba
Ulrich Schöler
Zdeněk Jurák
Suzanne Harf
Petr Kunštát
Miroslav Beneš
Jindřich Kalíšek
Natália Gregová
Anna Glembová
Daniel Kalivoda
David Vilkner
Filip Šúň
Jiří Uhříček
Jana a Pavel Rybovi
Petr Hála
Zdeněk Hlaváč
Hynek Čech - Regi Base
Jan Ksandr
Michal Postránecký
Jana Bandasová
Kateřina Jagiełło Brandýsová
Petr Hlaveš
Milan Palouš
Barbora Tomíčková
Hynek Vich
Jiří Plaček
Kateřina Jiskrová
Michaela Krčková
Michal Bulirsch
Peter Molnár
Václav Štěpán
Tony Khatskevich
Barbora Brožová
Aneta Hroch Mrhová
Andrea Hofmeister
Kateřina Hemerková
Petra Procházková
Tereza, Borek a Max
Daša Krtová
Žaneta Dvořáčková