On 30 September the decision of the jury for the artistic contributions to the state garden show in Landau in 2015 were announced. One of the 12 chosen works is “Farbwald” (Colour Forest). 80 artists submitted up to 3 proposals each. In form and colour, Farbwald relates to the surroundings of the park. It provides passing viewers with an image that continually changes and thus has the effect of a film. The Farbwald is an object that can be walked through, which offers places to play and hide for children.
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Description:
Farbwald responds to its surroundings in terms of form and colour. The horizontal diagonal of the lawn is answered in the vertical diagonal of the strips of colour. The green of the surrounding lawn is answered by the complementary colour red in a differentiated spectrum that associates with and refers to the theme of flowers. The open space of the location is answered by a purposeful guiding of the gaze through the intensely coloured “eye magnet”.
Farbwald consists of 12 L-shaped posts, which are placed absolutely vertical but painted with diagonal strips of colour. This creates deliberate optical illusions. The posts are positioned so that the image perceived by a passing viewer changes considerably. This lends the object its “cinematic” dimension. Farbwald is an object to walk through that offers children a small labyrinth in which they can play.
The chosen artists:
Siegmund Albert
Fabian Cronauer
Roswitha von den Driesch
Manfred Emmenegger-Kanzler
Stefan Kindel
Jochen Kitzbihler
Walter Mangold
pedi Matthies
Burghard Müller-Dannhausen
Stefanie Schönberger
Sëping / Sybille Berger Jenisch
Ulrike Tillmann
The members of the jury:
Dr. Ariane Fellbach-Stein (responsible for plastic arts, film and new media, Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung und Kultur Rheinland-Pfalz)
Johan Holten (director of Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden)
Hans-Dieter Schlimmer (mayor of Landau city)
Dr. Christoph Schneider (director of Artline art magazin, consultant of Pro Helvetia)
Prof. Dr. Norbert Schneider (Emeritus Institut für Kunstgeschichte, KIT Karlsruhe)
Prof. Gunther Stilling (sculptor)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Zuschlag (Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und Bildende Kunst, Universität Landau)