SHIFTING SANDS
Christian & Jade

During their residency at Schloss Hollenegg, Christian+Jade dived into the local history of 16th to 19th century glass-making. Forest glass, also known as potash glass, was produced using predominantly two raw materials abundant in the area: quartz sand and wood ash. The trees on the Koralm are no longer used for fuel, but there is still plenty of sand to make glass: it comes from a large railway tunnel construction site, deep underground. Christian+Jade have used this same sand to produce glass with a unique deep green colour resulting from the area’s mineral composition and have designed an extravagant Wine Fountain that simultaneously distributes wine into six glasses. 

The centrepiece is an ode to Forest glass and the utilitarian ware once made in the region: it highlights the glass’s unique colour through a play on thickness and transparency. At the same time, it references - with some humour - the “Biedermeier Bowle” set. A typical wedding gift, the set was usually a jug or bowl and six glasses and used to serve punch. A toast from the grounds of Schloss Hollenegg! 

The “Koralm Wine Fountain” was produced with The Glass Factory, Boda Glasbruk, and made possible with the support of the Danish Foundation Statenskunstfond.