Authors: Hynek Skoták, Tereza Holá
2021, mixed media, 6x9m

The largest sculptural installation made of used plastics. The artistic duo Hynek Skoták and Tereza Holá assembled it from more than 50,000 pieces of plastic bottles. It occupies an area of ​​60 m2 and can be seen on the wall of the House of Arts in the center of Brno in the Czech Republic. 

The work was named by the creators of OIL ON HOUSE, it is a faithful depiction of an oil stain hung on the facade of the gallery. The colors of industrial plastics glow in the afternoon sun, inside the building the work acts as a stained glass window. 

"We worked on it for a whole year, and we visited the incinerator, the collection yards quite often, each plastic leaf went through our hands several times. Our families also took part in the process. In total, we used six thousand PET bottles," say the authors. 

Each crumpled bottle needed to be straightened, cleaned and cut into smaller pieces. The authors then deformed the individual leaves with hot air and placed them into the structure of the wire mesh. Climbers work on hanging their work on the facade with a network of steel ropes for two days. 

It is part of the exhibition of Brno authors Here and Now. Although the exhibitions in the Czech Republic are still closed to spectators, the work attracts the attention of passers-by thanks to its location from outside the building. 

“Yes, it is a very intense, beautiful color thing, but for us it is above all an ecological appeal,” the authors point out. 

The exhibition will last until May 16, 2021, then OIL ON HOUSE will move to France. 

www.hynekskotak.com 
http://tereza.holy.cz/ 

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