1999
"Circle of Stones - East Pillar" or "The High Council"
Work to the theme "Circle and Position of the Sun"
Three Basalt pillars H:2,20 m. Seven Basalt globes H:0,80 bis 1,0 m, One
Basalt globe buried in the middle
Regional Park Rhein-Main, Frankfurt
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The
rapid growth of city buildings in the metropolitan area of Frankfurt
am Main required the development of the concept, "Regional Tracts of
Green."
The goal of the regional park project was to design and to realize a
network of park-like areas, keeping in mind the protection of nature
and the landscape, and the care of historical towns. At the same time,
the importance of these areas for city dwellers to use for rest and
relaxation could not be forgotten. With this framework there is also
room for art which invites to meditation.
The work, "Circle of Stones - East Pillar" includes three Basalt pillars,
one which serves as the Sound Stone, and seven Basalt globes. Another
globe has been buried to mark the middle. An axial direction of the
composition results through the columns' position and the slit of light
between the column pair which penetrates the circle and opens it to
the east.
The globes rest around the middle. Shallow circular indentations have
been worked into these globes. The position of these depressions indicate
the direction of the sun's position in the landscape and relate to it
depending on the time of day. The incorporated circle is aligned. The
circular indentation in the globes of the east-west-axis refer to the
directional indication of the rising sun. As the course continues, the
position of the circle changes to both sides. They are increasingly
directed upwards until they reach the location of the annual average
position of the sun at noon. Each globe is part of the whole and at
the same time a location, a place, for itself. Its opposite is the area
between which releases one's glance into the vastness of the landscape.
Light and Sound permeate the circle, the measure of time and rhythm.
One enters this structure and finds his place.