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GUM - Chewing gum, 2007

by Stefan Sous, Heinke Haberland

Material: Carrara marble
Size: 290 x 140 x 95 cm or 260 x 150 x 100 cm
Weight: approx. 8 tons each

University Medical Center Freiburg
Hugstetter Straße 55
Clinic park of the University Medical Center
next to the Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Clinic

"Just imagine this: A dentist, an architect and a pair of artists chew ten individual pieces of chewing gum to create a motif. The two most beautiful specimens are selected. They are scanned in three-dimensionally using the latest technology from the dental clinic. Two sculptures, 150 times larger than the originals, are created from Carrara marble in an elaborate process using a CNC milling machine. The two works of art will be presented on a publicly accessible green space in the University Hospital, right next to the Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Clinic - real art you can touch!"

Further information:
- Text for the call for entries (pdf)
- Image series / poster for the inauguration (pdf)
- Public Art Wiki
www.publicartwiki.org/wiki/Gum;_Stefan_Sous_/_Heinke_Haberland