Array ( [0] => Array ( [post_id] => 1186 [post_author] => 1 [post_name] => connection-2 [post_title] => CONNECTION [post_content] => The President of Oschatz, Mr.Dr.Ing. H-J Schrag, asked Hans Mes to design this more than 10 meter high steel sculpture for the new production plant of Oschatz Enerji A.S. He wanted the sculptor to show how the German and Turkish culture cooperate to reach the outstanding high-tech solutions and products that are made here which shape the Oschatz profile on the world market. About this theme Hans Mes first consulted the Oschatz employees at his visit to their old production plant, just to make clear what their view on this theme could be. They brought him a lot of insights and impressions related to their cooperation, personal experience, backgrounds, growth and the company’s success. That brought him to the conclusion that the employees look at their company’s culture as a kind of a jam session in music, unifying and inspiring. From this close harmony performance communication developed itself to a learning curve, not just in a personal one, but also for Oschatz as a business. Cooperation leads to new views, innovative solutions and developments. Hans Mes created a design which combines various elements in one concept. The sculpture shows a violin and a baglama, a European and a Turkish musical instrument. Both instruments symbolize the teamwork between two cultures, the Turkish and the German culture. Together they create the sound harmony at work. In their composition both instruments embody the connection, the joint between Asia and Europe. Their resonance boxes are built of the typical Oschatz tube surface to express that the workplace at Oschatz Turkey is the place to be where teamwork brings excellent performance. The musical instruments from both cultures are supported by two twinge keys holding a nut. They form the bearing elements for the violin and the baglama. As a visual expression of preciseness and a collective hands on they embody the technical team spirit shared by both Turkey and Germany, where data, solutions, achievements and logistics get together precisely. These connected tools symbolize the necessary teamwork in every project of Oschatz. At their base the tools and musical instruments are connected to the Oschatz logo. Which means that Oschatz as a company initiates both personal and business quality. On top the twinge keys and musical instruments are joined by star and moon. The star at the highest twinge key is the symbol of excellence. Combined with the moon both music play and performance are unified to form the Turkish national flag as a proud sign of honor of this Turkish production plant: The connection of culture and technique. [post_excerpt] => 2011 [post_date] => 2011-06-19 00:00:00 [post_modified] => 2011-09-12 04:51:15 [post_status] => publish [post_type] => portfolio [post_parent] => 0 [post_revised_from] => 0 [post_order] => 10 ) [1] => Array ( [post_id] => 1159 [post_author] => 1 [post_name] => a-roundabout-us-2 [post_title] => A ROUNDABOUT US [post_content] => The theme of this artwork for Philips Consumer Lifestyle, “We will make the difference”, was evaluated with various employees to gather their views. It lead me to an interactive cloud of thought, showing inspiring innovation and six decades of success. The sculpture shows a 3 dimensional sketched cloud holding three icons, all made from steel. The cloud symbolizes both the development of ideas by Philips to anticipate on market trends and the consumers wish to enrich their lifestyle. The spatial lines of this cloud have random welded elements of different shapes to suggest drawn lines. The cloud roughly points into three directions that each carry an icon: An eye looking into the future of research and development, the three shaver heads as being made now and a portrait of Dr. Alexandre Horowitz, inventor of the rotating shaving principle. All three icons have inbuilt led lights in an affiliated color setting to each other. Their colors slowly change coherently. The most dominant icon display is the iris of an eye. The shaver heads shows activity by rotating their color through the three razor heads. The portrait of Horowitz has colored outlines to emphasize stylish class and keep the recognition of the face intact during the nightly hours. The eye, the portrait and the shaver heads have double sided displays to obtain overall visibility. All icons are positioned in a way that will lend a fascinating view from all directions, especially to the through traffic. [post_excerpt] => 2011 [post_date] => 2011-04-07 00:00:00 [post_modified] => 2011-07-11 07:28:23 [post_status] => publish [post_type] => portfolio [post_parent] => 0 [post_revised_from] => 0 [post_order] => 10 ) [2] => Array ( [post_id] => 254 [post_author] => 1 [post_name] => skills-scroll-time-3 [post_title] => SKILLS SCROLL TIME [post_content] => Theme for this huge artwork was “Excellence through Tradition”. Hans Mes chose an approach with recognizable links to both Chinese and European culture. He combined two elements: An ancient photograph from the early days of Oschatz and an ancient Chinese scroll, thus pointing back at both the Oschatz and the Chinese history. On the old photograph the round vessel form is being pulled by horses together with handicraftsmen from those days as founding workers. They are placed on both sides in contrast with an 8 meter long white wall. The scroll starts as this ancient vessel as shown on the old photograph to emphasize that the historical excellence of Oschatz was enrolled from this very beginning.The scroll shows a gracious flow of paper that symbolizes the moves in Chinese Tai Chi and a similarity between the curved pipe in the company logo and the particular curves of the paper. The poem that Hans Mes wrote about this sculpture was translated into classical Chinese poetry and welded as a Chinese calligraphy on the scroll. The Chinese scroll has decorated edges of red flames on a black metallic background. Black and red are the typical Oschatz company style colours. The tough approach and impressive size of this monumental sculpture emphasizes the character of the huge products produced by Oschatz Nanjing [post_excerpt] => 2008 [post_date] => 2010-11-15 00:00:00 [post_modified] => 2011-07-11 07:29:56 [post_status] => publish [post_type] => portfolio [post_parent] => 0 [post_revised_from] => 0 [post_order] => 10 ) [3] => Array ( [post_id] => 256 [post_author] => 1 [post_name] => skills-scroll-time-detail-2 [post_title] => SKILLS SCROLL TIME (DETAIL) [post_content] => This is a detail of the hand painted decoration of the scroll with flames that symbolize the regeneration of energy. The poem was translated from English into classic Chinese poetry and then calligraphed in running script. This poem then was cut in steel and welded onto the sculpture. Also visible is a part of the Oschatz products cut out of the scroll. Both show the precise skills of steel cutting by the sculptor. [post_excerpt] => 2008 [post_date] => 2010-11-15 00:00:00 [post_modified] => 2010-12-18 21:22:20 [post_status] => publish [post_type] => portfolio [post_parent] => 0 [post_revised_from] => 0 [post_order] => 10 ) [4] => Array ( [post_id] => 257 [post_author] => 1 [post_name] => baby-bird [post_title] => BABY BIRD [post_content] => Baby Bird is a sculpture which Hans Mes just made for the fun of it. It expresses joy and enthusiasm to fly. The sculpture is available for acquisition by a serious but enthusiastic collector. [post_excerpt] => 2008 [post_date] => 2010-11-15 00:00:00 [post_modified] => 2010-12-18 21:24:02 [post_status] => publish [post_type] => portfolio [post_parent] => 0 [post_revised_from] => 0 [post_order] => 10 ) )