Sower

Krater hosts »the first civil construction crane«.

Sower is an installation in which the crane holds a green basket in his hand. Sieved from the hanging garden are seeds of next spring.

Usually overlooked, cranes symbolise investment, progress and development; cranes are »uberarchitecture«, always one step above the building below until dismantled and displaced to an ever-new construction site. Crane is a metaphor for construction workers. Their power is compared to the workforce they can replace. 

When put in the unexpected role of a sower, we liberate and symbolically transform its role in society. From a suspended garden the Sower holds, the seeds sprinkle the ground below.

Project Production: Društvo Trajna

Authors, coworkers, and advisers: Urška Škerl, Tadej Urh, Andrej Koruza, Gaja Mežnarić Osole, Primož Turnšek, Danica Sretenović.

Project Sejalec supported by: MOL, Department of Culture, Klančar cranes, Semenarna Ljubljana, Ljubljana Passenger Transport and Geoforma. The project also involved ETKO (crane operation exam), Drago Božić (the strongest crane operator), construction workers from Balti (foundation reinforcement), and Tosidos (versatile assistance!).

We sincerely thank everyone for their help and support!