Impossible-solutions

Picture was taken by Manu Keggenhoff

The challenge is over and when reflecting on the week it was an exciting journey. There were so many variables in the game, the temperature, the time needed to build the sculpture, the time we had left to do missing coding for the interaction and the artificial snow with lots of voids. Lothar’s design turned out to be the right answer to all of that. The design was perfect for the environmental situation. “Be one” was the only sculpture with a sun roof and so the temperature was not so much a problem for us. Finally the interaction also worked as planned.

We are proud to say that we created a piece of art combining high class snow sculpting with “Maker culture art“. Adding interaction to the sculpture is a magnet for visitors and might open a new chapter in snow carving. “Be one” is the worldwide first interactive snow sculpture and we are happy that Whitehorse gave us the opportunity for this. Let’s see if this innovative combination inspires others to do something similar in the future.

Watch this nice documentary from aptn, a Canadian News Channel

We are very proud to tell that we won 3rd place at the Whitehorse Snow Sculpting Challenge 2016. There were very strong competitors. 2nd place goes to Alaska. 1st place to Team Yukon.

Enjoy 🙂

There is more pictures and videos to come. But we have to prepare now for the judges which arrive at 10:00am – Keep your fingers crossed for team Germany.

 

We want to mention that the hospitality of the event and the organization is brilliant. Ivy and Don are providing first class food, drinks and organized various dinner and events. But this is not only feeling like a typical international Challenge. It is a very warm and family like environment. We bow to you Ivy and Don!

Air Canada was not nice to our luggage

Mikes room looks a bit untidy – We got a problem with a bluetooth module, the antenna broke. Finding a replacement for this specific part in  a location like Whitehorse is like asking for a bottle of red wine at the Hofbräuhaus.

Lothar is testing the “Be One” interface

Last details

Unfortunately the weather is too warm. Also Canada faces the global climate change. We expect temperatures above freezing point and all teams struggle with this very much.

Some Teams try to shield the sun
If the sculpture comes with lots of details the current weather situation is the worst thing you can have. The snow melts on the surface 2-5cm deep and blurs thin lines or melts overhangs.

How are we doing?
We are a bit better prepared since we come with our own sun roof, however we are also quite concerned if the tons of kilograms heavy roof stays where it is. Lothar said if you hear crackles -> run.

Snow is almost gone on the venue. Water everywhere.

Most of the snow is now carved out of the sculpture. Now we concentrate on details and sanding.