randomroutines

Since 2003, the randomroutines artists’ collective experiments with different

narrative forms, which are getting their final shape strained through various
media - mostly installation, video, and animation.

The pseudonym randomroutine stands for experimentation with methods

we’re interested in, but not familiar with. It means learning-by-doing,
collaboration in unusual situations, with tools what we find laying around.
Works done this way has a certain quality which separates them from other
methods, strongly rooted in punk ethic.

The work presented here is focusing only on our rebar-based projects.

Tamás Kaszás, Krisztián Kristóf, 2017

INTRODUCTION

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 REBAR (short for reinforcing steel bar) is commonly used as a tensioning
device in reinforced concrete.

Besides its functional purpose, it was mostly misused as a supermaterial from

which locksmiths, hobby welders and folk artists produced objects of all needs
in the pseudo-socialistic era. Reinforced steel sticks are one of the worst
materials to weld, but this didn’t keep back the DIY enthusiasts in the era of
the lacking economy.

All documented works are unique, even when a common sun symbol is copied,
usually it adapts to a site specific situation. What we find most interesting in
the aura of rebar, is the diverse culture of pure creation, which is usually the
privilege of architects or artists. In the case of rebar, art is really public.

In our photo archive we created two clean categories: USEFUL and USELESS.
Objects in the former group span across an endless frame of functional design:
fence ornaments, window-grids, flower racks, trellises, see-through walls,
forest ladders, carts, chairs, shooting targets, even meat-grinders or bicycles.
Mural art and other decorations without functionality can be found under the
‘useless’ tag.

http://rebarpattern.tumblr.com

ARCHIVE

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Selection of functional designs Selection of simple fence patterns

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Archive sample (photo: Jan Turzo) Archive sample

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Archive sample Archive sample

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 In 2010, in parallel with the photo database, we started a different kind of
research as well, an active one - a series of objects we call IRON DRAWINGS.

The reason for this is partly because we found that most of the people who put
together our favourites in the archive are not alive anymore, and the old works
are slowly disappearing - now it’s easier to buy things than to make them.
As well, it’s the most expressive way of transforming graphic work into an
in-between state of drawn installation - these never become sculptures:
they are architectural plans holding up their own weight.

In the visual content we also reflect on the official art of the same period,
we’re appropriating the figural narrative language of the socialist murals, but
we’re tweaking their original propagandistic message to poetic directions.

IRON DRAWINGS

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ORDASH, cut map ORDASH (2010) 265 x 170 cm

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SAVABLE PEOPLE, welding template SAVABLE PEOPLE, plan

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SAVABLE PEOPLE (2010) 265 x 170 cm SAVABLE PEOPLE, side view templates

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FINALLY WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING, welding template FINALLY WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING, piece 1 of 7

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FINALLY WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING, work in progress FINALLY WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING (2013) 450 x 650 cm

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FENCE-SCAPE, work in progress, 2013 FENCE-SCAPE, piece from 2013, 130 x 200 cm

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FENCE-SCAPE, burned template of the 4th piece, 2016 FENCE-SCAPE, 4th piece (2016), 190 x 160 cm

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FENCE-SCAPE in 2013 FENCE-SCAPE, detail, 190 x 160 cm

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FLOODING...(CONCRETE POEM), (2014), 691 x 180 cm FLOODING...(CONCRETE POEM), work in progress & welding template

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MAZUT, installation at OFF Biennale Budapest (2015), 300 x 600 cm MAZUT, welding template

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BRAIN SAND (MAZUT 2.), (2015), 150 X 120 cm MAZUT as a hidden mural work

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Detail of the original montage, which the work MOTIVE INVENTORY is based on MOTIVE INVENTORY, burned welding template

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MOTIVE INVENTORY (2017), 198 x 180 cm MOTIVE INVENTORY

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 Some sketches for not yet realized works

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Machines vs Luddites (working title)

This installation is similar to a modular scaffolding system. Each block is

3 meters wide, 2 meters tall, 90 cm deep. It’s possible to disassembe it to flat
pieces, and to stack it up to 3 floors. Instead of safety fences, each block uses
an irondrawing on more sides to create a three dimensional scene.
The drawings show scenes of luddites attacking a factory, while the seemingly
alive machines are causing workplace accidents to keep them back.

LUDDITE INTRODUCTION LUDDITE single scaffolding block

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Sketch for Machines vs Luddites Sketches for Machines vs Luddites, side view & front view

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Sketch for Machines vs Luddites Sketch for Machines vs Luddites

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Two additional sketches for FENCE-SCAPE

Currently Fence-Scape has 4 finished parts, but we intend to continue it, until
it can be folded into a round, 10 piece corral.
Apart from our own plans, we plan to extend the works by getting some used
DIY fences as montage material for welding.

Fence-Scape welding plan for the 5th piece Fence-Scape welding plan for the 6th piece

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Sketch for a public sculpture in Trinec, Czech Republic Unused sketch for MAZUT

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Calendar display structure for MAZUT (unused)

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