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An extraordinary project in every respect:
INNOVAMETALL realized the vision of a Russian artist in steel and aluminum – creating the main attraction of Linz’s cultural highlight “Höhenrausch”: The Flying Ship.

Fliegendes Schiff beim Höhenrausch in Linz – Kunstinstallation gefertigt von INNOVAMETALL — Das „Fliegende Schiff“ des Künstlers Alexander Ponomarev, realisiert in Zusammenarbeit mit INNOVAMETALL für den Höhenrausch Linz. Die spektakuläre Metallkonstruktion verbindet Kunst, Technik und Leichtigkeit in luftiger Höhe.

Client

OÖ Kulturquartier. The merger of OÖ Kulturquartier and OÖ State Museum, based in Linz, is dedicated to promoting the cultural life of Upper Austria and beyond. The cultural institution focuses on innovative, interdisciplinary, and audience-oriented approaches. Its work includes providing space for experimental regional culture as well as organizing international art and festival highlights.

Flying Ship, Linz, OK-Platz (Upper Austria)

OÖ Kulturquartier
Production time: 2 months
Ship made of steel and aluminum
2.5 tons in weight, 20 meters long, 17 meters high
Art and festival highlight “Höhenrausch”
Collaboration with artist Alexander Ponomarev

Challenge

For Linz’s celebrated “Höhenrausch” festival, Russian artist Alexander Ponomarev envisioned The Flying Ship — an ambitious installation designed to float above the city’s rooftops as the event’s main attraction in 2018 and 2019.
Turning this artistic vision into reality required precision, courage, and imagination. INNOVAMETALL was tasked with transforming the concept into a 20-meter-long structure of steel and aluminum — a challenge that pushed the team’s engineering creativity and innovation far beyond the company’s traditional scope.

Solution

First, the artistic concept had to be transformed into a feasible 3D model with precise dimensions that fully reflected the artist’s creative vision. Within just two months — from tender to the opening of the exhibition — a ten-person team from INNOVAMETALL brought The Flying Ship to life.
Both its size and its spectacular installation drew attention: the 20-meter-long structure was lifted 25 meters above a rooftop car park, with the iconic wooden tower ingeniously integrated into the artwork as the ship’s mast.

Result

A flawless “Höhenrausch” — completed on time and engineered to perfection — was made possible through the close collaboration between artist Alexander Ponomarev, the OÖ Kulturquartier, and INNOVAMETALL.
Artist Alexander Ponomarev was so impressed by Klaus Pichlbauer, his team, and the realization of his vision that he personally traveled to Austria to attend the opening ceremony of the INNOVAMETALL plant in Niederkappel — the very place where The Flying Ship was built.

At the start of the project, the main challenge was to develop a technically feasible 3D model with defined dimensions based on the artist’s concept.

Manuel Schneider Project Manager INNOVAMETALL

Think differently. Stand out.

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