Streifenkunst

Die Künstlerin Birgit Hölmer nennt ihre abstrakten Klebebilder “Cuts”. Sie verziert seit Jahren die Schaufenster leerstehender Geschäfte mit ihren Werken. Interessant fand ich, dass die Bilder, je nach Beleuchtung und Blickwinkel im Raum zu schweben scheinen.

The artist Birgit Hölmer calls her abstract adhesive pictures “Cuts”. She has been decorating the windows of vacant stores with her works for years. I found it interesting that the pictures seem to float in space, depending on the lighting and angle of view.

Kunst

Seit 2009 begrüßt die grasende weiße Giraffe der Künstlerin Sina Heffner die Besucher Wolfsburgs. Sie steht unweit von Theater, Planetarium und Kunstmuseum am Rande einer Hauptstraße. Ich habe mich heute auch mal künstlerisch betätigt und in der zweiten Version des Bildes die Farben verschoben.

Since 2009, the grazing white giraffe by artist Sina Heffner has greeted visitors to Wolfsburg. It stands not far from the theater, planetarium and art museum on the edge of a main street. Today I have also been artistically active and shifted the colors in the second version of the picture.

Giethoorn, a little town in Holland with plenty of history.

Records indicated that in the 13th Century flagellants immigrated from Southern Europe. I guess, they didn’t whip themselves too hard, otherwise they wouldn’t have made it to a place that might harbor waterborne deceases. Later on, in the 16th Century, Mennonites moved into the area, a radical protestant group that had enough of Catholic Rule. At the same time, peat extraction became a major source of income. To transport the peat, ditches and canals were dug. Two major floods (1776 and 1825) washed away vulnerable drying banks, creating large lakes around Giethoorn. I assume, wealth from the peat digging helped to built the beautiful homes and alter nature into this picturesque Wonderland … In the past, there were no roads, all transport was done using the canals. Today, bike paths exist, and if you don’t watch out, you might go for a swim.

In a way, those were already so called modern humans that didn’t want too much garden to take care of, keeping their plots manageable, homes sizable, and those nasty neighbors across the canal.