Ein animierter, französischer Film über ein unvollendetes Gemälde, mit einer verdorbenen Gesellschaft, was aus 3 verschiedenen Klassen stattfindet. Nur die völliggefärbten Figuren in dem Bild dürfen mit in der Oberstufen teilnehmen. In der zweiten Klasse kommen die Figuren, die nur teilweise gemalen waren. Die kurz mit Bleistift gestrichende Figuren bleiben weit unten.
Aber wo bleibt der Maler? Wird er das Bild nicht vollenden, und diese armen unbefärbten Figuren von einem furchtbaren Leben befreien?
http://face-foundation.org/tournees-film-festival/le-tableau-the-painting/
URI Filmfest, am Dienstag, den 15. März zu sehen. Wer macht mit?
Showing posts with label Kunst. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kunst. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Erich Ludwig Kirchner - Die Brücke - the Beginning of Expressionism
The tragedy of avant garde artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
CBS NEWS BROADCAST
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The German painter who was a pioneer of Expressionism was also a victim of Nazi attacks on Modern Art
The annual World Economic Forum that concluded yesterday makes its home in Davos, Switzerland. Turns out, Davos was also the home of a pioneer of modern art, whose creations -- and struggles -- aren't widely known. Margaret Brennan means to correct that:
You may not be familiar with Germany's Kirchner, but his work helped to change the course of modern art. Andrew Robison, curator of a recent exhibit of modern German prints at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, said that while Kirchner may not a household name, it should be.
"He should be just like Picasso," he told Brennan, "because Kirchner in many ways, in the first part of the 20th century, parallels Picasso in being the dominant artist for his country.
"If you think of his early works, then you think of nudes -- nude women, nude men, in the studio, posing. But not posing in an academic sense -- lying on a sofa, sitting in a chair. You think of going out to swim. Did a lot of swimming. Skinny dipping. Always went swimming nude."
Kirchner's daring depictions of prostitutes and the street life of Berlin and Dresden in the early 1900s illustrated a frenetic, modern world.
The style, known as Expressionism, was pioneered by Kirchner and a small collective of artists who called themselves Die Bruecke (German for "The Bridge") -- a link from classical art to the avant garde.
The art was frantic. They worked extremely fast -- sometimes taking just 15 minutes to capture a scene. The images distorted physical reality for emotional effect.
"The idea was to move quickly, capture it quickly," said Robison. "Capture life while it's on the run, you know. And that sense of joy, sense of love of life is very much characteristic of Kirchner, certainly until the First World War."
That's when Kirchner's life took a dark turn. He joined the German army, but found life in uniform too rigid, too constrained. A mental breakdown got him discharged. A morphine and alcohol addiction would haunt him for life.
He sought help at a sanitarium in the Swiss Alps. The cold, dry air in Davos, Switzerland, was considered therapeutic.
Kirchner's health improved, and he later moved into a house in Davos, which doubled as his studio.
The calm lifestyle in Davos, up in the mountains and far away from city life, was healing for Kirchner. It marked an artistic rebirth, showcased at the Kirchner Museum in Davos.
Majestic mountain views inspired him, and the unusual color choices exploded off the page.
"You can see that he is painting the mountain in purple color, and we have blue mountains, we have the colors of autumn over here and we have a very colorful depiction of the city," said museum director Thorsten Sadowsky.
"Summer in Davos" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Kirchner Museum
"Now he's being called un-German," said the National Gallery's Andrew Robison. "His works are being removed, some are being destroyed. They're being cleaned out of Germany so that in his own country his work will not be known. That was for him an enormous problem."
He was, said Robison,"diminished, totally."
In March of 1938, the Nazis invaded nearby Austria, and Kirchner felt besieged.
"The Nazis were 12 miles away from Davos," said Robison. "Kirchner is sitting there in his mountain house with his paintings and his drawings, his prints, his sculpture and so forth, and he got more and more this idea, 'My God, they're 12 miles away and they've destroyed my art in Germany and now they're coming for me.'"
It was better to destroy his own artwork, Kirchner thought, rather than let the Germans do it. "Not only his art; he would destroy his art before they had the chance, and he would destroy himself," said Robison.
He tried to persuade his long-time girlfriend, Erna, to commit a joint suicide. She refused, but couldn't stop him.
"And then he went outside of the house and she heard two shots, and that was it," said Robison. "Shot himself in the heart."
Kirchner was just 58 years old.
He and Erna are buried side by side near their former home. But his artistic legacy has only grown.
One of his surviving paintings -- a street scene in Berlin -- sold in 2006 for $38 million dollars.
And in Germany, a country whose rejection tortured him, Kirchner is now revered as one of its greatest modern artists.
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Deutsches Fernsehen im Netz! Kostenlos!
HIER IST DER LINK. JA, MAN MUSS ZUERST REGISTRIEREN.
https://deutsches-fernsehen.
For anyone who is sceptical about this service, various German teachers recommend it. One must register, and then may use the asterisked links one received on a subsequent email to access otherwise unavailable programming here in the USA.
Nachrichten
Filme
Kinderprogramme
Kunst
Theater
Alles!!
https://deutsches-fernsehen.
For anyone who is sceptical about this service, various German teachers recommend it. One must register, and then may use the asterisked links one received on a subsequent email to access otherwise unavailable programming here in the USA.
Nachrichten
Filme
Kinderprogramme
Kunst
Theater
Alles!!
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
The Body as Art in Dresden Exhibit
100 year old wax figures together with various art pieces on display --
(Danke, FluentU)
(Danke, FluentU)
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Die Kunst und das Leben von Caspar David Friedrich: Der Romantiker
Hier: Eine Einführung (Trailer) zu einem Doku-Film über einen Wanderer und auch Künstler aus der Romantik...
"Ein Film voller atemberaubende Entdeckungen...
Komm mit auf den Gipfel, und schau hinab ins Nebelmeer ...
Der Wanderer in unserer Seele: Caspar David Friedrich.
Wenn das Schöne und das Schaurige (horrifying) einander treffen."
"Ein Film voller atemberaubende Entdeckungen...
Komm mit auf den Gipfel, und schau hinab ins Nebelmeer ...
Der Wanderer in unserer Seele: Caspar David Friedrich.
Wenn das Schöne und das Schaurige (horrifying) einander treffen."
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
BERLIN! I thought I knew you....
Huffington Post
9 Things You Didn't Know About Berlin
Posted:
Graffiti art on the remains of the Berlin Wall
As renowned for the harrowing events of World War II as for its ultra-modern reinvention as an arts and culture hub, Berlin is one of Europe's most celebrated capital cities, drawing millions of tourists each year. A city of vibrant contrasts, there's more to Berlin than meets the eye. To get you started on your journey of discovery, here are nine things you probably didn't know about Berlin.
1. Berlin hasn't always been the capital
Berlin only became the official capital of Germany in 1990 after the Berlin Wall fell and the country was reunified, but it also served as the capital between 1871 and 1945. Throughout the Cold War era, though, Germany was split into West and East Germany, with Bonn elected capital of the West and Berlin remaining capital of the East.
Berlin only became the official capital of Germany in 1990 after the Berlin Wall fell and the country was reunified, but it also served as the capital between 1871 and 1945. Throughout the Cold War era, though, Germany was split into West and East Germany, with Bonn elected capital of the West and Berlin remaining capital of the East.
2. The city's most popular tourist attraction no longer exists
The notorious Berlin Wall that segregated East and West Berlin for over 30 years remains one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, despite the fact that the wall itself no longer exists. After being triumphantly torn down in 1989, only a few short stretches of the wall remain standing, most notably the 1.3-kilometer section known as the East Side Gallery and the Berlin Wall Memorial.
The notorious Berlin Wall that segregated East and West Berlin for over 30 years remains one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, despite the fact that the wall itself no longer exists. After being triumphantly torn down in 1989, only a few short stretches of the wall remain standing, most notably the 1.3-kilometer section known as the East Side Gallery and the Berlin Wall Memorial.
3. Berlin is bigger than you think
While the city is renowned for its iconic architecture and pioneering arts scene, Berlin's sheer size is the talking point among first-time visitors. Covering an incredible 892 square kilometers, Berlin is around nine times the size of Paris and falls second only to London as Europe's largest city by population. The city also has two main centers (thanks to its former East-West divide), 18 universities and colleges and one of Europe's tallest buildings -- the Berliner Fernsehturm, or Berlin TV Tower.
While the city is renowned for its iconic architecture and pioneering arts scene, Berlin's sheer size is the talking point among first-time visitors. Covering an incredible 892 square kilometers, Berlin is around nine times the size of Paris and falls second only to London as Europe's largest city by population. The city also has two main centers (thanks to its former East-West divide), 18 universities and colleges and one of Europe's tallest buildings -- the Berliner Fernsehturm, or Berlin TV Tower.
4. Berlin has more canals than Amsterdam
The sprawling metropolis of Berlin isn't generally thought of as a riverside city, but with over 180 kilometers of waterways within city limits, it easily outsizes the famous canal networks of Amsterdam and Venice. In fact, Berlin has more canals than any other city in the world, connected by a staggering 1,700 bridges. It's no surprise, then, that cruising the River Spree is one of the best ways to take in the sights, and the river is also dotted with beaches, bars and swimming spots throughout the summer months.
The sprawling metropolis of Berlin isn't generally thought of as a riverside city, but with over 180 kilometers of waterways within city limits, it easily outsizes the famous canal networks of Amsterdam and Venice. In fact, Berlin has more canals than any other city in the world, connected by a staggering 1,700 bridges. It's no surprise, then, that cruising the River Spree is one of the best ways to take in the sights, and the river is also dotted with beaches, bars and swimming spots throughout the summer months.
5. Berlin has the world's largest Turkish population outside of Turkey
If you're wondering why the döner kebab is so prevalent on the streets of Berlin, it's because the city allegedly houses the world's largest Turkish population outside of Istanbul -- many of whom moved to the city in the 1960s to take advantage of the shortage of post-war workers. Legend has it that the döner kebab (or at least a variety of it) was actually invented in Berlin, and you'll find an abundance of kebab stalls, Turkish pizza outlets and Turkish restaurants all around the city.
If you're wondering why the döner kebab is so prevalent on the streets of Berlin, it's because the city allegedly houses the world's largest Turkish population outside of Istanbul -- many of whom moved to the city in the 1960s to take advantage of the shortage of post-war workers. Legend has it that the döner kebab (or at least a variety of it) was actually invented in Berlin, and you'll find an abundance of kebab stalls, Turkish pizza outlets and Turkish restaurants all around the city.
6. 40% of Berlin is underground
With underground railway networks, elaborate World War II bunkers, escape tunnels, sewers and brewery cellars, it's estimated that 40% of Berlin's structures are underground, making the city almost twice as big as it appears on the surface. Best of all, many of the underground bunkers built during WWII are now open to tour groups, including some of the secret tunnels used by the Nazi party. The vast living complexes that exist beneath the city include bedrooms, bathrooms and even a labor room for pregnant women.
With underground railway networks, elaborate World War II bunkers, escape tunnels, sewers and brewery cellars, it's estimated that 40% of Berlin's structures are underground, making the city almost twice as big as it appears on the surface. Best of all, many of the underground bunkers built during WWII are now open to tour groups, including some of the secret tunnels used by the Nazi party. The vast living complexes that exist beneath the city include bedrooms, bathrooms and even a labor room for pregnant women.
7. Berlin is a transport hub for Europe
Berlin Central Station, which opened in 2006 with a dramatic opening ceremony, is the biggest train station in Europe and serves as a transport hub not only for Germany's extensive train network but for the rest of the continent. In addition to taking the train to national destinations like Hamburg, Cologne and Munich, you can travel directly to places like Novosibirsk in Russia or Astana in Kazakhstan. It's not only the station that ranks among the continent's largest buildings, either -- Berlin's KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) is Europe's biggest department store, covering over 60,000 square meters.
Berlin Central Station, which opened in 2006 with a dramatic opening ceremony, is the biggest train station in Europe and serves as a transport hub not only for Germany's extensive train network but for the rest of the continent. In addition to taking the train to national destinations like Hamburg, Cologne and Munich, you can travel directly to places like Novosibirsk in Russia or Astana in Kazakhstan. It's not only the station that ranks among the continent's largest buildings, either -- Berlin's KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) is Europe's biggest department store, covering over 60,000 square meters.
8. Berlin's best art is on the streets
While the world-famous Pergamon Museum and the Alte Nationalgalerie are Berlin's flagship art museums, some of the city's most iconic artworks can be found on the street; Berlin's vibrant street art forms a key part of its UNESCO City of Design status. The graffiti art adorning East Side Gallery and the "Pink Man" mural by artist BLU are among the city's most famous and striking works, but keep your eyes peeled as you'll find plenty of unexpected gems. Inspired to explore the rest of Berlin's art scene? The city also has an incredible 175 museums and galleries to satisfy all tastes.
While the world-famous Pergamon Museum and the Alte Nationalgalerie are Berlin's flagship art museums, some of the city's most iconic artworks can be found on the street; Berlin's vibrant street art forms a key part of its UNESCO City of Design status. The graffiti art adorning East Side Gallery and the "Pink Man" mural by artist BLU are among the city's most famous and striking works, but keep your eyes peeled as you'll find plenty of unexpected gems. Inspired to explore the rest of Berlin's art scene? The city also has an incredible 175 museums and galleries to satisfy all tastes.
9. The world's largest cylindrical aquarium is in Berlin
One of Berlin's most unique attractions is the AquaDom, a 25-meter-high glass cylinder that houses over 1,500 exotic fish -- the largest aquarium of its kind in the world, found in the city's Radisson Blu Hotel. The most spectacular attraction, though, is the hotel's elevator, which tunnels through the center, allowing visitors an incredible 360-degree panoramic view of the tropical water world.
One of Berlin's most unique attractions is the AquaDom, a 25-meter-high glass cylinder that houses over 1,500 exotic fish -- the largest aquarium of its kind in the world, found in the city's Radisson Blu Hotel. The most spectacular attraction, though, is the hotel's elevator, which tunnels through the center, allowing visitors an incredible 360-degree panoramic view of the tropical water world.
Contributed by Zoe Smith for Viator
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
'Woman In Gold' Trailer - NPR: Lost Art Is Reclaimed In
Enjoy the trailer... It's already playing at the Showcase Cinema; will be released nationwide on 4/10.
APRIL 02, 2015 5:03 PM ET Ella Taylor
Robert Viglasky/Weinstein Company
Gustav Klimt's famous painting of a dark-eyed beauty encased in shimmering gold lozenges is often dismissed by art critics as a disappointing excursion into kitsch by the avant-garde Austrian painter. But the portrait, commissioned by a wealthy Jewish family not long before the outbreak of World War II, has brought visceral pleasure to countless owners of postcards, posters and key-rings who have yet to set foot in New York's Neue Galerie, where the original hangs today. How it got there from Vienna makes for a sensational true-life tale, however staidly told in the new film Woman in Gold.
To Maria Altmann, an elderly Los Angeles Jewish dress-shop owner played in the movie by Helen Mirren, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was a precious reminder of her glamorous and beloved Aunt Adele, lost forever in the wake of Nazi art theft. Before her premature death, Bloch-Bauer had bequeathed the painting to Vienna's prestigious Belvedere art gallery. Soon after, the painting, along with many other artifacts owned by her family, was brazenly looted by Austrian Nazis; Maria was one of the few in her family who escaped death and ended up in the Untied States. After the War the painting resurfaced and remained in Vienna's prestigious Belvedere gallery for six decades until Altmann — with the help of a young attorney who happened to be the grandson of émigré composer Arnold Schoenberg, a contemporary of Klimt — returned to try to reclaim her family property.
The epic legal fight that followed is the subject of Woman in Gold, a stolidly sequential drama by British director Simon Curtis (My Week With Marilyn). With a directing style best described as reverently ceremonial, Curtis plods through scenic tours of the baroque architectural grandeur of Vienna today, regularly punctuated with flashbacks to the traumatic wrecking of Maria's gilded youth. Dancing the hora at Maria's wedding comes with a thudding overlay of Nazi jackboots. On the soundtrack, lest you miss the message, is "O Mary, don't you weep."
With star power more in mind than goodness of fit, the movie is hopelessly miscast. Mirren is her usual entertaining blast of acerbic brio, but here she improbably reprises her QEII testiness, accessorized with an Austrian accent. For his part Ryan Reynolds, a terrific physical comedian, is all wrong for the earnestly idealistic Randy Schoenberg, who found a novel way to help Maria sue the Austrian government for recovery of a painting it had now recast as a symbol of the country's national identity.
How they accomplished this is such a great yarn that, for all its broad brush strokes,Woman in Gold can't help but tell a moving populist parable about the will to power of an ordinary woman — one among millions, it turns out as the restitution of wartime cultural theft becomes a very big deal in the art world — taking on powerful institutions to regain a tiny fraction of her family's appalling losses.
To the credit of screenwriter Alexi Kaye Campbell and a nice turn by Daniel Bruhl as an Austrian investigative journalist with a guilty secret he is driven to expunge, Woman in Gold does not shy away from Austria's reluctance to face up to its wartime record. Instead, the film suggests that the affirmation of national pride that moved Austrian officials to fight Maria's claim tooth and nail depended on a sustained denial of its own shameful history.
After a Herculean struggle, in the end an Austrian arbitration committee did right by Altmann, who sold Klimt's Adele to cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder for a fortune and donated most of the proceeds to arts institutions and Holocaust survivors' groups. There it hangs in New York, a refugee like its rightful owner — and an enduring testament to the Austrian back-story that never made it into The Sound of Music.
Movie Synopsis
Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting 'The Lady in Gold'. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court, and forces her to confront difficult truths about the past along the way.
Cast:
Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana MaslanyWriter:
Alexi Kaye CampbellDirector:
Simon CurtisGenre:
DramaMPAA Rating:
PG-13Length:
1 hr 50 minReleases:
4/1/15 Limited, 4/10/15 Nationwide
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
April 20: The Met!
Metropolitan Museum of Art --
(our confirmation notice will come separately...expected around 3/22)
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE MAP AND EXHIBITS.
Your plans and recommendations are so welcome!
(our confirmation notice will come separately...expected around 3/22)
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE MAP AND EXHIBITS.
Your plans and recommendations are so welcome!
Sunday, June 15, 2014
9 Discovers and Inventions of the Schwabians (from Baden-Württemberg)
9 Erfindungen und Innovationen, die wir den Schwaben verdanken
Die Burg Hohenzollern in der schwäbischen Alb | Shutterstock
Die Schwaben sind ein missverstandenes Volk. Sie gelten als geizig (curmudgeonly) und spießig (narrow minded). In
Wirklichkeit haben Schwaben aber mehr drauf als viele andere Deutsche.
Ohne sie wäre Deutschland nicht der Wirtschaftsmotor, der er heute ist.
Denn: In Sachen Innovation macht ihnen keiner etwas vor. (As far as innovations are concerned, the Schwabians are beyond compare.)
In Baden-Württemberg sitzen einige der patentstärksten Unternehmen Deutschlands.
Von viele hat noch niemand etwas gehört - oft sind sie aber in ihren Branchen Weltmarktführer.
Die Region ist ein wahrer "Innovations-Hotspot".
Das war schon immer so: In kaum einer anderen Region Europas haben die Menschen so viel erfunden. Schon seit dem Mittelalter steckt in ihnen der Erfindergeist.
Viele Produkte prägen heute die ganze Welt.
Die 9 coolsten Dinge, die wir Schwaben zu verdanken haben:
Was allerdings kaum jemand weiß: Bereits ein Jahr vorher erfand er das Motorboot.
(What few realize: a year before that he had invented the motorboot.)
Gottlieb Daimler wird von seinem Sohn mit dem ersten motorisierten Wagen der Welt gefahren
HIER IS THE DIRECT LINK TO THE AMAZING FOOTAGE OF THE SIGNS OF LIFE WHICH CONNECT THE RHONE AND RHEIN RIVERS.
In den Jahrhunderten danach wurde das Prinzip Streichholz ständig weiterentwickelt.
Zahlreiche kleine Schritte führten zu dem heutigen Sicherheitsstreichholz. Eine der größten Weiterentwicklungen geht allerdings auf einen Schwaben zurück. Friedrich Kammerer stellte ab 1831 Streichhölzer als erster industriell her. (Kammerer was the first to industrialize the making of matches.)
So sah die Streichholzherstellung aus, als alles noch per Hand gemacht werden musste
Obwohl er im Alter von etwas mehr als einem Jahr mit seiner Familie nach München zog, stammt er doch aus Ulm.
Rührt daher auch sein wohl einzigartiger Erfindergeist? Fest steht: Albert Einstein hat Bahnbrechendes geleistet und uns die klischeehafteste Formel der Physik geschenkt: E=mc² - die Grundlage für die Relativitätstheorie, die das Verhältnis von Raum, Zeit und Geschwindigkeit beschreibt.
Während sich drei Astronauten von der Rakete abkapseln wollten, brach ein Feuer aus, bei dem alle Insassen starben.
Als Reaktion auf den Unfall orderte die NASA bei dem schwäbischen Papierspezialisten „Scheufelen" nicht entflammbares Papier. Das schwäbische Hightech-Produkt reiste zwei Jahre später mit der Apollo 11 auf den Mond.
Chef war der Schwabe Carl Laemmle. Er zog mit seinen Universal Studios 1914 auf das Gelände einer alten Geflügelfarm an der Westküste der USA um. (In 1914, Laemmle moved his Universal Studios onto the land of a former chicken farm on the west coast of the USA.) Nach und nach (By and by,) folgten weitere Filmfirmen.
An dem beschaulichen Ort, in dem die besagte Hühnerfarm lag, entwickelte sich die heutige Milliardenstätte Hollywood.
Das Lustige daran: Der Ort hieß damals schon so... (Interestingly, the place kept its orignial name.)
So sieht die Zufahrt zu den Universal Studios heute aus
Auf die Firma 1950 auch die erste Ein-Mann-Motorsäge der Welt erfand, die von einem Menschen allein geführt werden konnte.
Fernsehtürme gibt es erst seit den 50er Jahren. In Europa sind die meisten heute aus Stahlbeton, mit einer Plattform auf ungefähr zwei Drittel der Höhe.
Die erste Fassung des „Standardmodells“ wurde 1956 in Stuttgart errichtet, der Stuttgarter Fernsehturm. Er ist damit quasi der „Ur-Fernsehturm“
Stationäre Bohrer gab es schon vorher. Doch Feins Erfindung war die erste Bohrmaschine, die nicht mehr ein Tischgerät war, sondern in der Hand lag.Damit hat er auch den Weg für den Akkuschrauber (cordless screwdriver) geebnet, ohne den heute wohl kaum ein Ikea-Regal aufzubauen wäre (without which today few could assemble their bookshelves from IKEA).
Denn: In Sachen Innovation macht ihnen keiner etwas vor. (As far as innovations are concerned, the Schwabians are beyond compare.)
In Baden-Württemberg sitzen einige der patentstärksten Unternehmen Deutschlands.
Von viele hat noch niemand etwas gehört - oft sind sie aber in ihren Branchen Weltmarktführer.
Die Region ist ein wahrer "Innovations-Hotspot".
Das war schon immer so: In kaum einer anderen Region Europas haben die Menschen so viel erfunden. Schon seit dem Mittelalter steckt in ihnen der Erfindergeist.
Viele Produkte prägen heute die ganze Welt.
Die 9 coolsten Dinge, die wir Schwaben zu verdanken haben:
1. Auto und MotorbootDer Stuttgarter Ingenieur Gottlieb Daimler baute 1886 das erste Auto, in dem er einen Ottomotor auf eine spezielle Kutsche setzte.
Was allerdings kaum jemand weiß: Bereits ein Jahr vorher erfand er das Motorboot.
(What few realize: a year before that he had invented the motorboot.)
Gottlieb Daimler wird von seinem Sohn mit dem ersten motorisierten Wagen der Welt gefahren
2. KunstBereits vor 40.000 Jahren (40,000 years ago) lebten Menschen auf der schwäbischen Alb. Die zahlreichen Kunstwerke, die die Menschen damals formten (unter anderem Flöten), sind heute die ältesten, die je gefunden wurden, sagen Tübinger Archäologen (the oldest every found.)
HIER IS THE DIRECT LINK TO THE AMAZING FOOTAGE OF THE SIGNS OF LIFE WHICH CONNECT THE RHONE AND RHEIN RIVERS.
3. StreichholzSchon im alten China wurden Holzstückchen in Schwefel (sulfur) getaucht (dipped).
In den Jahrhunderten danach wurde das Prinzip Streichholz ständig weiterentwickelt.
Zahlreiche kleine Schritte führten zu dem heutigen Sicherheitsstreichholz. Eine der größten Weiterentwicklungen geht allerdings auf einen Schwaben zurück. Friedrich Kammerer stellte ab 1831 Streichhölzer als erster industriell her. (Kammerer was the first to industrialize the making of matches.)
So sah die Streichholzherstellung aus, als alles noch per Hand gemacht werden musste
(This is what the manufacture of matches looked like, when they all had to be made by hand.)
4. E=mc²Einer, wenn nicht der weltweit bekannteste Schwabe, der aber oft nicht als Schwabe wahrgenommen wird, ist Albert Einstein.
Obwohl er im Alter von etwas mehr als einem Jahr mit seiner Familie nach München zog, stammt er doch aus Ulm.
Rührt daher auch sein wohl einzigartiger Erfindergeist? Fest steht: Albert Einstein hat Bahnbrechendes geleistet und uns die klischeehafteste Formel der Physik geschenkt: E=mc² - die Grundlage für die Relativitätstheorie, die das Verhältnis von Raum, Zeit und Geschwindigkeit beschreibt.
5. Nicht entflammbares Papier1967 kam es bei einer Routineübung der Apollo 1 Mission zu einem schweren Unfall.
Während sich drei Astronauten von der Rakete abkapseln wollten, brach ein Feuer aus, bei dem alle Insassen starben.
Als Reaktion auf den Unfall orderte die NASA bei dem schwäbischen Papierspezialisten „Scheufelen" nicht entflammbares Papier. Das schwäbische Hightech-Produkt reiste zwei Jahre später mit der Apollo 11 auf den Mond.
6. Hollywood1912 ging aus der Fusion mehrerer Firmen das noch heute existierende Unternehmen „Universal“ hervor.
Chef war der Schwabe Carl Laemmle. Er zog mit seinen Universal Studios 1914 auf das Gelände einer alten Geflügelfarm an der Westküste der USA um. (In 1914, Laemmle moved his Universal Studios onto the land of a former chicken farm on the west coast of the USA.) Nach und nach (By and by,) folgten weitere Filmfirmen.
An dem beschaulichen Ort, in dem die besagte Hühnerfarm lag, entwickelte sich die heutige Milliardenstätte Hollywood.
Das Lustige daran: Der Ort hieß damals schon so... (Interestingly, the place kept its orignial name.)
So sieht die Zufahrt zu den Universal Studios heute aus
7. Motorsäge (Hand-held Power Saws)Die Firma Stihl aus Stuttgart ist heute die bekannteste und größte Marke für Motorsägen auf der Welt.
Auf die Firma 1950 auch die erste Ein-Mann-Motorsäge der Welt erfand, die von einem Menschen allein geführt werden konnte.
8. FernsehturmNach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg begann der endgültige Siegeszug des Fernsehers. Um das dafür benötigte Signal über das gesamte Land zu verbreiten, musste man viele hohe Türme bauen.
Fernsehtürme gibt es erst seit den 50er Jahren. In Europa sind die meisten heute aus Stahlbeton, mit einer Plattform auf ungefähr zwei Drittel der Höhe.
Die erste Fassung des „Standardmodells“ wurde 1956 in Stuttgart errichtet, der Stuttgarter Fernsehturm. Er ist damit quasi der „Ur-Fernsehturm“
9. Schlagbohrer (Percussion Drill)Eine Erfindung, die natürlich von den „Häuslebauern“ kommen muss: Die elektrische Bohrmaschine. Der Tüftler (tinkerer) Wilhelm Emil Fein aus Ludwigsburg erfand sie 1895.
Stationäre Bohrer gab es schon vorher. Doch Feins Erfindung war die erste Bohrmaschine, die nicht mehr ein Tischgerät war, sondern in der Hand lag.Damit hat er auch den Weg für den Akkuschrauber (cordless screwdriver) geebnet, ohne den heute wohl kaum ein Ikea-Regal aufzubauen wäre (without which today few could assemble their bookshelves from IKEA).
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Folding Boat - and We Do Mean Folding
From Latitude 38 Publishing Co
September 26, 2007 – Elbe River, Germany (Click on the photo to enlarge it.) Boelter's boat 'underway' on the Elbe. The origami creation is part of an ongoing exhibit by the artist. © 2014 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc. |
German artist Frank Boelter was fooling around with a milk carton at breakfast one morning when all of a sudden (so the report goes) it occurred to him that you could build a boat out of this stuff. So he did. Using an 1,800-square-foot piece of Tetrabrik - a paper product which is used, among other things, for making milk cartons - Boelter spent just two hours bending and folding to come up with Bis Ans Ende der Welt ("Until the end of the world"), a 30-ft, 55-pound 'boat' that cost all of $217. Boelter says the craft will survive a biblical 40 days and nights before it disintegrates into a soggy blob.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Albrecht Dürer, der erste moderne Kunstler
Man kann nur staunen...
This 6-part series doesn't detail the famous "window pane" images Dürer embedded into so many eyes of his painted subjects, including his own, nor does it overwhelm us with an abundance of his wood carvings. It succeeds nicely even without mentioning some of the controversial topics which surround Dürer.
--- For that, I recommend the following German video --
FOR WHICH I ATTACH THIS LINK -- TO ARD TELEVISION
But one does get a feel for the artist's perspective, and also of Dürer's significant place in the world of art, and beyond. Enjoy!
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Berlin Artist Phil Collin's YOU ARE WHAT YOU BUY • Art Installation
This Unfortunate Thing Between Us-- in NYC
Newsweek 24 Sept. 2013 by Blake Gopnik
The only problem with the latest installation by the great Berlin-based artist Phil Collins is that it doesn’t come with an amazing Ginsu knife; it hasn’t got any “buy two get one free” deals; you don’t get a bonus zirconium ring, even if you call before 9 o’clock. Other than that, Collins’s take on home-shopping TV, recently unveiled at the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York, is as gripping and strange as anything on offer in this autumn’s new season of art.
This Unfortunate Thing Between Us, consists of two camping trailers—what Collins and his fellow Brits call caravans—rolled into the gallery and kitted out with all the pleasures of an English vacation. They come with a supply of “crisps,” lime cordial, and, most especially, a flat-screen TV to while away rainy days by the British seaside.
Gallery-goers are invited to curl up and watch the custom programming Collins has prepared.
One of the caravans screens the first night’s hour-long program; the other presents the next day’s broadcast, during which three regular Germans take their place in one of the three experiences.
Over two nights in 2011, on primetime in Germany, Collins broadcast TUTBU TV, a custom-made shopping channel that had all the trappings of a normal one—fast-talking host, slim spokesmodel, a bank of telephone operators—except that what it sold was utterly original. As our sleek host puts it in the subtitled video of the broadcast screening in the caravans, “With the endless electric blankets, gardening tools, upholstery cleaners, and fake jewelry, one need of customers has sunk into the background: the need for experiences.”
That is, instead of selling consumer goods, TUTBU TV offered viewers a chance to participate in one of three experiences that the host claims to be Germans’ favorite fantasies:
Collins’s take on home-shopping TV is gripping and strange.
One of the caravans at Bonakdar screens the first night’s hourlong program, during which the three experiences are “sold” to the television audience. Actors do trial runs of the interrogation, the porn (a foursome), and the hospital scene, while a bank of operators takes customers’ calls.
Collins’s other caravan presents the next day’s broadcast, during which three regular Germans, chosen by Collins from among the hundreds who’ve called in, take their place in the same three fantasies.
One of the standard lines about art is that it’s less about the objects artists make than the experiences those objects provide and what they mean to their viewers. Collins seems to have taken that cliché at face value. His latest artwork seems like pure experience, divorced from consumable aesthetic goods. It’s also guaranteed to mean something to its viewers—in this case, those who’ve bought said experiences and the wider audience witnessing them.
But offering up experiences rather than objects doesn’t pull art out of the world of consumption, and I think that’s part of Collins’s point. As our smarmy host peddles his goods, we have to figure that he’s supposed to stand for an artist—even for Collins himself. And there’s no doubt we’re in the presence of art, rather than of straight commerce or entertainment, because Collins inserts so much artsy weirdness into the broadcast: fright wigs, goth makeup, other avant-garde details worthy of Mike Myers’s “Sprockets” routines. “Let’s find out together what teleshopping can do,” is TUTBU’s tagline, as though it’s exploring a new art medium, the way abstract painters were once told to explore the limits of acrylics.
So even as we art-world sophisticates enjoy the wit and circularity involved in Collins’s gallery installation, we are forced to recognize that we are no better than, or much different from, a couch potato in a cheap trailer, teleshopping for a garden hose.
Newsweek 24 Sept. 2013 by Blake Gopnik
The only problem with the latest installation by the great Berlin-based artist Phil Collins is that it doesn’t come with an amazing Ginsu knife; it hasn’t got any “buy two get one free” deals; you don’t get a bonus zirconium ring, even if you call before 9 o’clock. Other than that, Collins’s take on home-shopping TV, recently unveiled at the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York, is as gripping and strange as anything on offer in this autumn’s new season of art.
This Unfortunate Thing Between Us, consists of two camping trailers—what Collins and his fellow Brits call caravans—rolled into the gallery and kitted out with all the pleasures of an English vacation. They come with a supply of “crisps,” lime cordial, and, most especially, a flat-screen TV to while away rainy days by the British seaside.
Gallery-goers are invited to curl up and watch the custom programming Collins has prepared.
One of the caravans screens the first night’s hour-long program; the other presents the next day’s broadcast, during which three regular Germans take their place in one of the three experiences.
Over two nights in 2011, on primetime in Germany, Collins broadcast TUTBU TV, a custom-made shopping channel that had all the trappings of a normal one—fast-talking host, slim spokesmodel, a bank of telephone operators—except that what it sold was utterly original. As our sleek host puts it in the subtitled video of the broadcast screening in the caravans, “With the endless electric blankets, gardening tools, upholstery cleaners, and fake jewelry, one need of customers has sunk into the background: the need for experiences.”
That is, instead of selling consumer goods, TUTBU TV offered viewers a chance to participate in one of three experiences that the host claims to be Germans’ favorite fantasies:
“Interrogation!
Porno! Death!”
For the “low, low price of just 9.99 euros” you can buy
the chance to be grilled by actors- dressed as Stasi agents (“Reach for your phone now!”),
- to perform in a costume-drama porn flick, or
- to wake from a coma and berate the neglectful relatives standing by your deathbed.
Collins’s take on home-shopping TV is gripping and strange.
One of the caravans at Bonakdar screens the first night’s hourlong program, during which the three experiences are “sold” to the television audience. Actors do trial runs of the interrogation, the porn (a foursome), and the hospital scene, while a bank of operators takes customers’ calls.
Collins’s other caravan presents the next day’s broadcast, during which three regular Germans, chosen by Collins from among the hundreds who’ve called in, take their place in the same three fantasies.
- Gerd Radeke, a middle-aged man from Bremen, gets a grilling from the Stasi about his first love affairs and almost breaks down.
- A bearded youth from Berlin (“I’ve always wanted to know how people had sex in earlier times”) chooses to play the part of a bewigged Jane Austen maid who pleasures her mistress while a strapping stable boy and a redcoat have sex nearby.
- An elderly Berliner named Klaus Funke tells his assembled family—most are actors, but a few are clearly relatives, weeping real tears—what jerks they have been.
Klaus Funke berates his assembled family—most are actors, but a few are clearly relatives, weeping real tears—from his deathbed.
One of the standard lines about art is that it’s less about the objects artists make than the experiences those objects provide and what they mean to their viewers. Collins seems to have taken that cliché at face value. His latest artwork seems like pure experience, divorced from consumable aesthetic goods. It’s also guaranteed to mean something to its viewers—in this case, those who’ve bought said experiences and the wider audience witnessing them.
But offering up experiences rather than objects doesn’t pull art out of the world of consumption, and I think that’s part of Collins’s point. As our smarmy host peddles his goods, we have to figure that he’s supposed to stand for an artist—even for Collins himself. And there’s no doubt we’re in the presence of art, rather than of straight commerce or entertainment, because Collins inserts so much artsy weirdness into the broadcast: fright wigs, goth makeup, other avant-garde details worthy of Mike Myers’s “Sprockets” routines. “Let’s find out together what teleshopping can do,” is TUTBU’s tagline, as though it’s exploring a new art medium, the way abstract painters were once told to explore the limits of acrylics.
So even as we art-world sophisticates enjoy the wit and circularity involved in Collins’s gallery installation, we are forced to recognize that we are no better than, or much different from, a couch potato in a cheap trailer, teleshopping for a garden hose.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Berlin: 2009 Festival of Lights
Danke Heidi! Diese Fotos sind echt schön.
Dein Lieblingsfoto ist vom Brandenburger Tor.
Mein? Vielleicht vom Schloß Charlottenburg -- es gibt 3 verschiedene Farben davon!
HIER SIND DIE FOTOS!
Dein Lieblingsfoto ist vom Brandenburger Tor.
Mein? Vielleicht vom Schloß Charlottenburg -- es gibt 3 verschiedene Farben davon!
HIER SIND DIE FOTOS!
Sunday, February 10, 2013
SW Germany (in Ulm) Sculpture, 40K years old
THE ART NEWSPAPER
Ice Age Lion Man is world’s earliest figurative sculpture
Work carved from mammoth ivory has been redated and 1,000 new fragments discovered—but it won’t make it to British Museum show
By Martin Bailey. Web only Published online: 31 January 2013
The star exhibit initially promised for the British
Museum’s “Ice Age Art” show will not be coming—but for a good reason.
New pieces of Ulm’s Lion Man sculpture have been discovered and
it has been found to be much older than originally thought, at around
40,000 years. This makes it the world’s earliest figurative sculpture.
At the London exhibition, which opens on 7 February, a replica from the
Ulm Museum will instead go on display.
The story of the discovery of the Lion Man goes
back to August 1939, when fragments of mammoth ivory were excavated at
the back of the Stadel Cave in the Swabian Alps, south-west Germany.
This was a few days before the outbreak of the Second World War. When it
was eventually reassembled in 1970, it was regarded as a standing bear
or big cat, but with human characteristics.
The ivory from which the figure had been carved had broken into myriad fragments. When first reconstructed, around 200 pieces were incorporated into the 30cm-tall sculpture, with about 30% of its volume missing.
Further fragments were later found among the previously excavated material and these were added to the figure in 1989. At this point, the sculpture was recognised as representing a lion. Most specialists have regarded it as male, although paleontologist Elisabeth Schmid controversially argued that it was female, suggesting that early society might have been matriarchal.
The latest news is that almost 1,000 further fragments of the statue have been found, following recent excavations in the Stadel Cave by Claus-Joachim Kind. Most of these are minute, but a few are several centimetres long. Some of the larger pieces are now being reintegrated into the figure.
Conservators have removed the 20th-century glue and filler from the 1989 reconstruction, and are now painstakingly reassembling the Lion Man, using computer-imaging techniques. “It is an enormous 3D puzzle”, says the British Museum curator Jill Cook.
The new reconstruction will give a much better idea of the original. In particular, the back of the neck will be more accurate, the right arm will be more complete and the figure will be a few centimetres taller.
An imaginative sculptor
Even more exciting than the discovery of new pieces, the sculpture’s age has been refined using radio-carbon dating of other bones found in the strata. This reveals a date of 40,000 years ago, while until recently it was thought to be 32,000 years old. Once reconstruction is completed, several tiny, unused fragments of the mammoth ivory are likely to be carbon dated, and this is expected to confirm the result.
This revised dating pushes the Lion Man right back to the oldest sculptures, which have been found in two other caves in the Swabian Alps. These rare finds are dated at 35,000 to 40,000 years, but the Lion Man is by far the largest and most complex piece. A few carved items have been found in other regions which are slightly older, but these have simple patterns, not figuration.
What was striking about the sculptor of the Lion Man sculptor is that he or she had a mind capable of imagination rather than simply representing real forms. As Cook says, it is “not necessary to have a brain with a complex pre-frontal cortex to form the mental image of a human or a lion—but it is to make the figure of a lion-man”. The Ulm sculpture therefore sheds further light on the evolution of homo sapiens.
Conservators experimented by making a replica of Lion Man, calculating that it would take a highly skilled carver at least 400 hours using flint tools (two months’ work in daylight). This means that the carver would have had to be looked after by hunter-gatherers, which presupposes a degree of social organisation. There is an ongoing debate on what the Lion Man represents, and whether it is linked to shamanism and the spirit world.
Initially, it was hoped that the original of the Lion Manwould be presented at the British Museum’s exhibition, but this has not proved possible because conservators need further time to get the figure reconstructed as accurately as possible. The Ulm Museum now plans to unveil it in November.
"Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind", British Museum, London, 7 February-26 May and “The Return of the Lion Man: History, Myth, Magic”, 16 November-9 June 2014, Ulmer Museum, Ulm.
The ivory from which the figure had been carved had broken into myriad fragments. When first reconstructed, around 200 pieces were incorporated into the 30cm-tall sculpture, with about 30% of its volume missing.
Further fragments were later found among the previously excavated material and these were added to the figure in 1989. At this point, the sculpture was recognised as representing a lion. Most specialists have regarded it as male, although paleontologist Elisabeth Schmid controversially argued that it was female, suggesting that early society might have been matriarchal.
The latest news is that almost 1,000 further fragments of the statue have been found, following recent excavations in the Stadel Cave by Claus-Joachim Kind. Most of these are minute, but a few are several centimetres long. Some of the larger pieces are now being reintegrated into the figure.
Conservators have removed the 20th-century glue and filler from the 1989 reconstruction, and are now painstakingly reassembling the Lion Man, using computer-imaging techniques. “It is an enormous 3D puzzle”, says the British Museum curator Jill Cook.
The new reconstruction will give a much better idea of the original. In particular, the back of the neck will be more accurate, the right arm will be more complete and the figure will be a few centimetres taller.
An imaginative sculptor
Even more exciting than the discovery of new pieces, the sculpture’s age has been refined using radio-carbon dating of other bones found in the strata. This reveals a date of 40,000 years ago, while until recently it was thought to be 32,000 years old. Once reconstruction is completed, several tiny, unused fragments of the mammoth ivory are likely to be carbon dated, and this is expected to confirm the result.
This revised dating pushes the Lion Man right back to the oldest sculptures, which have been found in two other caves in the Swabian Alps. These rare finds are dated at 35,000 to 40,000 years, but the Lion Man is by far the largest and most complex piece. A few carved items have been found in other regions which are slightly older, but these have simple patterns, not figuration.
What was striking about the sculptor of the Lion Man sculptor is that he or she had a mind capable of imagination rather than simply representing real forms. As Cook says, it is “not necessary to have a brain with a complex pre-frontal cortex to form the mental image of a human or a lion—but it is to make the figure of a lion-man”. The Ulm sculpture therefore sheds further light on the evolution of homo sapiens.
Conservators experimented by making a replica of Lion Man, calculating that it would take a highly skilled carver at least 400 hours using flint tools (two months’ work in daylight). This means that the carver would have had to be looked after by hunter-gatherers, which presupposes a degree of social organisation. There is an ongoing debate on what the Lion Man represents, and whether it is linked to shamanism and the spirit world.
Initially, it was hoped that the original of the Lion Manwould be presented at the British Museum’s exhibition, but this has not proved possible because conservators need further time to get the figure reconstructed as accurately as possible. The Ulm Museum now plans to unveil it in November.
"Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind", British Museum, London, 7 February-26 May and “The Return of the Lion Man: History, Myth, Magic”, 16 November-9 June 2014, Ulmer Museum, Ulm.
Comments
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Feb
13
21:13
CET
RICHARD WRIGHT, KENOSEE LAKE, SK CANADA
Imagine that before the last Earth
Crustal Displacement about 13,000 years ago Southern Germany was
situated at the 30th parallel of latitude. Very likely there were lions
living in the area.
8
Feb
13
18:58
CET
As alluded to
earlier, this figurine was created during the zodiac age of the Lion
(aka Leo). The evidence shows that the Great Sphinx and Pyramids were
created during the previous age of the lion, circa 11-13,000 years ago,
or six ages ago. This Lion Man was created a full zodiac precession
cycle (26,000 yrs.) before the Great Sphinx, but also during the zodiac
age of the lion, or 18 zodiac ages ago.
The importance of this is that the new dating shows the lion figure was
carved during the zodiac age of the lion and thereby appears to be using
the same zodiac sourced symbolism as the Great Sphinx of Egypt, but a
full 26,000 years earlier. This is stunning evidence that core elements
of ancient symbolic wisdom can be traced deep into the ancient past,
long before most accept possible. What is also interesting is that the
artist was likely to have been Neanderthal, just like the artists of the
cave paintings in France and elsewhere. Very interesting indeed.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Introducing Artist Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 May 7, 1840) was a landscape painter of the nineteenth-century German Romantic movement, of which he is now considered the most important painter.
A painter and draughtsman, Friedrich is best known for his later allegorical landscapes, which feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees, and Gothic ruins. His primary interest as an artist was the contemplation of nature, and his often symbolic and anti-classical work seeks to convey the spiritual experiences of life.
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Wo bist du? Wer bist du? Was geschieht hier? Er ist wieder da. Der Wanderer in unserer Seele.
Der Mann, der die große Romantik entfacht hat: Casper David Friedrich.
Der hat Millionen Menschen verzaubert. Und dieser Film nimmt dich mit ins Leben des Casper David Friedrichs.
Ein Leben voller Bilder aus einer unruhigen Zeit. Seine Wiege. Seine Inspiration. Seine Welt.
Orte, an denen die weltberühmten und mystischen Gemälde entstanden sind.
Figuren und Szenen, die jede Seele sofort gefangen nehmen.
Das ist die Romantik.
Und das ist Casper David Friedrich, ein Film voller Zauberlicht
Atem beraubender Entdeckungen, und voller bizarrer Landschaften
Komm mit auf den Gipfel und schau hinab in das Nebelmeer.
Der Wanderer in unserer Seele -- Casper David Friedrich:
Wenn das Schöne und das Schaurige einander treffen.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
TED: Béatrice Coron Cuts Language and Stories from Paper
Brilliant international artist -- and linguist!
"Everybody has a story to tell.
Everybody has to make a story to make sense of the world...
Imagination is the vehicle...
The destination is our minds, and how we can reconnect with the essential, and with the magic..
(That's what) storycutting is about."
I recommend a visit to her website BÊATRICE CORON - HERE
What's your favorite Béatrice Coron piece? Were you intrigued by her cape? I fell in love with her Balloon World, and am fascinated that she thought to make sense, for instance, of the history of candy making. I think that her public art just soars! I'm thrilled to learn that she's working on screens and fencing for low income housing.
As one observer [White Tiger333] wrote, I believe, that I too "am gobsmacked by the artistry and enthralled by the Life Observation! The glass projects - wah!! The love of languages - double wah!!"
-- Danke, dass du mit dabei bist.
"Everybody has a story to tell.
Everybody has to make a story to make sense of the world...
Imagination is the vehicle...
The destination is our minds, and how we can reconnect with the essential, and with the magic..
(That's what) storycutting is about."
I recommend a visit to her website BÊATRICE CORON - HERE
What's your favorite Béatrice Coron piece? Were you intrigued by her cape? I fell in love with her Balloon World, and am fascinated that she thought to make sense, for instance, of the history of candy making. I think that her public art just soars! I'm thrilled to learn that she's working on screens and fencing for low income housing.
As one observer [White Tiger333] wrote, I believe, that I too "am gobsmacked by the artistry and enthralled by the Life Observation! The glass projects - wah!! The love of languages - double wah!!"
-- Danke, dass du mit dabei bist.
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