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Street Art - Down Town Gallery Krefeld 2019 return In the summer of 2019, Krefeld was a center for street art. Under the premise of "A shelter for humanity", 21 well-known regional and international artists as part of the Krefeld change of perspective under the aegis ofFredda Wouters designed the bunker walls for a week with a great story about shelters for mankind. Different aspects and focal points lead the visitor counter-clockwise through the old bunker. Welcome ... Fredda Wouters, Kevelaer: „Ich glaube, nur wenn die Menschen diese Verbindung wiederfinden, dann ist Veränderung möglich und es gibt auch wieder Hoffnung!“ - Ein wenig der scheint die Sommersonne noch herein, auf der anderen Seite empfängt den Besucher kühle, dunkle Bunkeratmosphäre. Home Street Home "Es beginnt in dir", der Titel des Liedes von MaximNoise aus Neuss ist sozusagen der Wegweiser in die Ausstellung. Zur Eröffnung der Down Town Gallery gab der Musiker ein Konzert. Sein Lied kann als weiteres Element der Ausstellung gesehen werden, greift er doch verbal und musikalisch viele Gesichtspunkte der Kunstwerke auf. Der sommerlichen Hitze entflohen müssen sich meine Auge erst einmal an das Dämmerlicht gewöhnen. Beim Umschauen fallen mir schnell satte blaue Farben ins Auge, den ich noch zögerlich folge. Fröhliche Menschen nehme ich wahr, die sich ungezwungen in dem alten Parkhaus bewegen. Schnell den Moment mit der Kamera festgehalten. Beinahe lebensecht scheinen die Wellen auf mich zu zukommen. - Edgar Müller, Bad Ems: „Ich frage mich wie können wir die Menschheit noch retten, wenn heutzutage die Würde des Menschen so wenig wert scheint? Ich bin total Hoffnungslos.“ Mehr Infos siehe Link: - Das nächste Bild nimmt die Farben und das maritime Thema wieder. auf. Doch dieses zeigt mehr Details. Noch mehr Wellen, ein scheinbar hilflos treibendes Floß mit einer Familie. An der linken Seite eine sichere gepflegte Regatta Situation. Ich trete ein wenig zurück, um die Situation auf mich wirken zu lassen und beobachte die beiden Damen vor mir, die sich angeregt über das Motiv unterhalten. (HP siehe Link:) Meine Gedanken, während ich hinter den beiden Damen die Szene betrachte ... - "Meine Augen haben vieles gesehen, Wunderbares erlebt und Schlimmes überstanden, deshalb sehe ich die Zukunft kritischer als früher und doch habe ich es nicht verlernt an die Sonne zu glauben, auch sie sich manchmal hinter Wolken befindet. (SprücheAusDemHerzen) Gregor Wosik, Mönchengladbach: „Das stimmt, täglich werden weltweit Menschen im Stich gelassen, die Hilfe benötigen. Wir müssen die Mauern und Grenzen verschwinden lassen, die die Menschen voneinander trennen.“ - Mehr Infos siehe Link: Ich sehe eine Art dunkle Höhle, aus deren Mitte hell erleuchtet ein kleines Mädchen scheinbar versunken ins Spiel mit einigen Vögeln entspannt auf ihren Knien hockt. - Fabio Fedele aus Rovigo, Italien sagt zu seinem Bild: “ Jeder von uns kann und muss selbst entscheiden, ob er sich positiven oder negativen Gedanken und Botschaften hingibt.“ In meiner Betrachtung habe ich das Bild für mich in zwei Teile geteilt. Das Dunkle, das Böse zieht mich sofort in seinen Bann. Ich muss näher gehen, es genauer anschauen. Am liebsten mag ich genau hinsehen mit den Fingerspitzen, das Übel im wahrsten Sinne begreifen. - You wake up every morning to fight the same demons that left you so tired the night before my love, is bravery. (a.l.h.) Doch dann trete ich wieder ein Stück zurück, möchte mich nicht in den dunklen Fratzen verlieren, versuche einen Überblick über die Situation zu bekommen. Ich lasse zu, nein, ich fordere bewusst ein, dass die helle Seite zu ihrem Recht kommt. Dass ich mir das kleine Mädchen genauer ansehen kann, die Tiere und Blumen um sie herum. Dieser Seite will und werde ich den Vorzug, den Sieg für mich und für den Moment geben ... Fabio Fedele aus Rovigo im Norden Italiens, begann 1993 mit der Straßenmalerei. Er studierte Architektur sowie die Geschichte und die Wahrung von architektonischen Kulturgütern. Seit 2006 zählt auch die 3D Straßenmalerei zu seinem Repertoire. Er gewann zahlreiche Preise bei internationalen Streetart Festivals. - Mehr Information über Fedele findest du hier: Nach den ersten drei Bildern, eins intensiver als das andere, nehme ich wieder wahr, dass ich nicht alleine hier bin. Gelassen und aufmerksam schlendern die Menschen herum, manche mit ihren Hunden. Eine ganz alltägliche urbane Szene also ... Ruben Poncia, Uetrecht, Niederlande: „Manches, was zunächst positiv und anziehend wirkt, wie z.B. der Nationalismus und Populismus, kann im nächsten Schritt zur Gefahr werden. Man muss sich deshalb auch die Konsequenzen des eigenen Denkens und Handelns bewusst machen.“ - Mehr Infos siehe Link: Sehr eindringlich empfinde ich die bildliche Darstellung der Gefahren von Nationalismus und Populismus. Der übermächtige Adler, ein an sich wunderschönes Tier, lässt spüren, wie wirksam und beeinflussend politische Einstellungen sein können. Eine immer währende Hoffnung, dass der Adler nicht zuschlagen möge, oder der Tiger mit der ihm innewohnenden Weisheit dieser Gefahr trotzen kann. Nachdenklich macht mich hier die geringere Größe des Tigers ... Die Wand an sich ist für Victor Splash das Ausschlaggebende. Er lässt sich von der Gesamtumgebung leiten und möchte den Besuchern beim Betreten der Räume in deren Gefühlwelt lenken. Er nimmt die Besonderheiten des ihm zur Verfügung gestellten Raumes wahr und integriert diesen in sein Kunstwerk. Hier im Bunker fasziniert ihn die Schwere der Betonpfeiler, die er durch seine 3D Darstellung in weichere, flexible Formen aufweicht ... - Mehr siehe Link: Aus der Graffitiszene stammend galt Victors Rubens Interesse der Architektur. Ein Architekturstudium änderte 2012 seinen persönlichen Stil und damit auch seine künstlerische Darstellung. Räume, Formen, Atmosphäre und verschiedene Technologien prägen seine Werke. Victor Splash aus St. Petersburg, Russland sagt zu diesem Thema: „Ich weiß, dass es möglich ist, starre Strukturen zu verändern und aufzubrechen.“ - Ich habe meinen Schatten spontan als Auflockerung in Szene gesetzt. Oder war das vielleicht doch eher Selbstdarstellung ;-)? Sebastian Saffenreuter und Clemens Brück, Krefeld: „Äußere Grenzen und Strukturen können manchmal auch gut sein und Schutz bieten.“ Neben dieser geistigen Anregung, geht es den beiden Künstlern auch um ihr Spiel mit Form, Farbe, Vielfalt und Komposition, mit der sie Atmosphäre und besondere Momente im öffentlichen Raum kreieren und ihn damit ästhetisch mitgestalten und beeinflussen wollen. - Mehr Info siehe Link: An einer der wenigen Stellen im Bunker – nahe des Notausganges, wo Tageslicht das Bild beleuchtet, schafft ihre Wandmalerei als Ganzes an dieser Stelle auch ganz subtil durch ihre Platzierung eine Verbindung von Außen nach Innen oder umgekehrt. Mit meiner Vorliebe für Zahlen ist dieses Bild für mich leicht zugänglich, klar strukturiert. Auch ich fände Sicherheit in diesen Strukturen, in den mein Schatten sich scheinbar spielerisch einfügt ;-). Auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite geht es auffallend bunt weiter. Sonnendurchflutete Gelb-, Orange und Rottöne dominieren in strahlenden mexikanisch angehauchten Jungmädchengesichtern. Die Malerin Adry del Rocio möchte so auf die schwierige Lage von Kindern in Flüchtlingslagern aufmerksam machen. Wenn Kinder auf eine gute Zukunft hoffen sollen, brauchen sich schon eine gute Gegenwart. "Ein Haus zum Träumen" nennt sie ihr farbenfrohes Gemälde. Ihre Malerei sieht sie als eine Utopie einer glücklicheren Welt in Frieden. Doch warum soll das eine Utopie bleiben? Was tun wir dafür, dass dieser Wunsch leben und wachsen kann? Adry del Rocío aus Guadalajara, Mexiko meint: „Und Schutz benötigen vor allem die Kinder, die keine Wahl haben, in welcher Umgebung sie aufwachsen.“ Sie selbst ist durch ihren Vater, der sich um Straßenkinder in Ecuador kümmerte, schon früh mit dieser schwierigen Situation in Berührung gekommen. - Mehr siehe Link: Künstlerdialog: „Shelter“ - „Ich glaube, der einzige Ort an dem die Menschlichkeit Schutz findet ist der Kopf.“ - My recent anamorphic art “Shelter” at Down Town Gallery Krefeld, Germany in a specific place- bunker. Therefore the theme named “Shelter for humanity“. Easy words - mich beunruhigt, irritiert dieses Bild. Wo soll sich mein Blick festhalten, nur Chaos, keine scheinbare Ordnung ... Mehr siehe Link: Alex Maksiov, Ukraine, wurde 79 in der Ukraine geboren, befasste sich seit 1990 mit dem Zeichnen und studierte Malerei beim Odessa Art Colleg in der Ukraine. Später studierte er weiter an der National Academy of Fine Arts in Kiev und erhielt im Jahre 2007 seinen Masterabschluss mit der Spezialisierung in der Gemälderestauration. Seit 2010 zählt auch die 3D Straßenmalerei zu seinem Repertoire und mittlerweile ist er in Streetart Projekte in der ganzen Welt involviert und gewann zahlreiche Preise. Last man understanding ...den letzten Mann verstehen? Lange rätsele ich an der Übersetzung der drei Worte - komme zu keinen befriedigenden Ergebnis. Traumhaft-unwirklich wirkt diese Szene, die eine Bar darstellt. Sie steht in krassem Gegensatz zur Lebenssituation in einem Bunker zu Kriegszeiten. Menschen, Gäste mit Köpfen aus Glühbirnen, diese mögen für Gedanken und Ideen stehen. Mehr siehe Link: Alex Tubuku aus Krefeld sagt zu diesem Projekt:“ Auch die Ideen finden hier Schutz.“ Kann ein Bar ein Schutzraum sein? Für viele Menschen ist sie offensichtlich ein Ort, an dem man in schwierigen Lebenssituationen Hilfe oder zumindest Ablenkung sucht. Mehr siehe Link: Marya Kudasheva aus St. Petersburg, Russland: „Das stimmt und ich habe das Gefühl ich muss mir einen Bunker in den Kopf bauen, damit ich meine von der Informationsflut überschwemmten Ideen und Gedanken schützen kann, um originell zu sein und mich auf relevantes fokussieren zu können." Shelter in my head - Schutz in meinem Kopf - ein Bunker in meinem Kopf? - Ein Bild, das mich unweigerlich anzieht, in dem ich mich wieder finde. Den ganzen Kopf voll Zahlen, Problemen und und Anforderungen der Umwelt. Schlicht in schwarz-weiß Optik bleibt der Blick des Betrachters auf dem Wesentlichen. Kann dieser Mensch Hilfe und Entspannung in der Meditation finden? Fast scheint es so... Marya Kudasheva stammt aus Surgut, wohnt in St. Petersburg. Sie hat an der Surgut State Pedagogical studiert und ist verheiratet. Ordentlich aufgereiht zeugen diese Stühle von interessierten Menschen an der Straßenkunst. Heute sind die Stühle leer, wirken verlassen, schlendern doch die Zuschauer nach eigenem Ermessen durch die Ausstellung. Auf mich wirken diese verwaisten Stuhlreihen in der aktuellen Coronazeit weit trauriger und bedrückender als sie es im Jahr 2019 waren, als man unter der Bezeichnung "Corona" allenfalls ein Bier kannte. "Flexible Battle", iVann Garc: "Wish one day wars doesn't exist that military have nothing but just to do yoga and play with the kids". - Mit seinen Spielzeugsoldaten kehrt der mexikanische Künstler das Wesen des Krieges scheinbar um. iVann Garc aus Guanajuato, Mexiko überlegt: „Für mich persönlich stellt sich in diesem Bunker vor allem die Frage, warum gibt es Kriege und Kampfsoldaten. Warum gibt es Konflikte zwischen Ländern und Menschengruppen, worunter vor allem die Minderheiten der Gesellschaft leiden?“ IVann Garc hat an der ENAG Escuela Nacional de Artes Graficas studiert und wohnt heute in Patterson. Geboren wurde er in Vailla Yuriria, Guanajuato, Mexico.iVann Garc aus Guanajuato, Mexiko: iVann Garc aus Guanajuato, Mexiko: „Für mich persönlich stellt sich in diesem Bunker vor allem die Frage, warum gibt es Kriege und Kampfsoldaten. Warum gibt es Konflikte zwischen Ländern und Menschengruppen, worunter vor allem die Minderheiten der Gesellschaft leiden?“ Annabellas Traum ... Wunderschön farbige Gestaltung für mein Empfinden als positiver Gegensatz zum vorherigen Kriegsthema. Eine friedliche scheinbar entspannte Atmosphäre empfängt den geneigten Betrachter mit positiven Aspekten. Kräftige Farben sprechen für sich ... Eine perfekte Sonnenblume im Hintergrund lässt das scheinbar entspannte Mädchen in positiven hoffnungsvollen Glanz erscheinen. Nicht nur das junge Mädchen, dessen Mutter mir gern die Erlaubnis für dieses Foto gegeben hat, zeigen, dass auch die junge Genration von der Intention der Zwiesprache von Streetart mitgenommen wird. Floya Jam, Toulon, Frankreich: "Es wäre tatsächlich schön, wenn alle Menschen sich auf ein friedliches Universum einlassen würden und die Menschen, die friedliche Momente erleben auch dankbar dafür sind, dass es ihnen gut geht." Wohnt in Toulo, stammt aus Varagas - Die gleich gestalteten Namensbilder der Künstler sind von Fabio Fedele. Hoker One brachte die Titel der Kunstwerke mit der Spraydose über den Bildern in kalligraphischen Schriftzug ohne Vorlage über den Kunstwerken an. So werden die so unterschiedlichen Bilder durch einheitliche rote Fäden miteinander verbunden. Wie Lichtblicke wirken die einzelnen Kunstwerke im Einheitsgrau des Bunkers. Die Absicht von Street Art Künstlern, mit der urbanen Bevölkerung zu kommunizieren, ist offensichtlich ohne Altersbegrenzung. Seine in über 20 Jahren erworbenen kreativen Fähigkeiten in Sachen Kunst und Graffiti setzt Patrik Wolters ein, um auf die politischen und gesellschaftlichen Probleme in Südafrika aufmerksam zu machen. Im Vordergrund steht ein Junge mit einer Krone auf dem Kopf, ein beliebtest Street Art Stilmittel, um eine Person hervor zu heben. Ein Kind, die Zukunft eines jeden Landes. Bener1 hat dieses Kind auf eine Holzplatte gemalt, ausgesägt und mit einem Seil sozusagen in 3D in sein Bild installiert. Ergänzt wurde die Authentizität der Darstellung durch einige Wellpappen und Steinschutt. Eine Riesen- oder Königsprotea (Protea cynaroides), der Nationalblume Südafrikas rahmt das Gemälde wirkungsvoll ein. BeNer1 aus Garbsen bei Hannover sagt: „Leider ist es auch so, dass zahlreiche Kinder in Armut leben und kaum Perspektiven haben.“ Körperliche und psychische Gewalt und Aggression machen Danila (@SSHHOZZY) zu schaffen. Versteckt hinter zerfetztem Papier, Karton und Plastik versucht ein Auge Schutz und Sicherheit vor eben diesem zu finden. Nachdenklich stehe ich vor diesem auf den ersten Blick eher leisen Bild. Ich erwidere den Blick des neugierig? schauenden Auges ohne wirklich zu verstehen. - Mehr siehe Link: Danila Shmelev aus Moskau, Russland äußert sich: „Leider ist es aber so, dass zahlreiche Kinder und Menschen täglich physische und psychische Gewalt erleben.“ Carlos Alberto GH ist ein mexikanischer Straßenmaler und Kunstmaler. Schon als Kind entdeckte er für sich die Malerei und verbrachte die meiste Zeit seiner Kindheit mit Malen und Zeichnen und der erfolgreichen Teilnahme an Malwettbewerben. Im Laufe seiner Künstlerkarriere gewann er zahlreiche nationale und internationale Preise und hatte mehr als 50 Kunstausstellungen. (Rhine Side Gallery) Er studierte Kunstrestauration und –erhaltung doch seitdem er vor sechs Jahren mit Streetart in Kontakt kam, hat er sich immer mehr auf diese Kunstform konzentriert. Er nahm erfolgreich an zahlreichen Streetart Festivals in Amerika, Europa, Asien und Afrika teil. Heute ist er professioneller Street Artist und erstellt oftmals zusammen mit seiner Schwester Adry del Rocio unter dem Namen „Street art Mx“ weltweit Wand- und Straßenmalereien. (Rhine Side Gallery) I - Mehr zum Bild siehe Link: Carlos Alberto, Guadalajara, Mexiko: „Ich wünsche mir eine Welt, in der wir lernen in Harmonie mit den Menschen und auch mit der Natur zu koexistieren und beides schützen, denn unser Planet ist der wichtigste Schutzraum der Menschheit.“ Frei aus dem Englischen übersetzt: Der Westen schläft in einem brüchigen Frieden. Vergessen ist der Preis, der bezahlt wurde. 10.000 Jahre gewandert durch einen Schleier von Tränen, um ein paar Glieder dieser Kette zu zerbrechen. Zu dieser Erkenntnis gelangten wir auf einem sehr schmerzhaften Weg. Lasst uns nicht in die Dunkelheit zurück gleiten! Vielen Dank für Dein Interesse. Ich freue mich, dass Du es bis ans Ende meines Berichtes geschafft hast. Ich nehme das als Wertschätzung deinerseits. The ​opening was on July 27th, 2019 in the bunker under the Cinemax car park. Explanations, thoughts and intentions of the artists about their works and the overall project can be found here (...) Concluding remarks by curator Fredda Wouters from Kevelar Change of perspective Love and peace is the hope of the world no The fact is that neither of them lives here anymore I do not think so: that peace is possible That life is better in love That we must radically protect our earth The truth is: That our future on this planet can no longer be saved I refuse to believe That we are part of something that goes beyond ourselves That we exist to change It's quite clear: That poverty is too overwhelming That racism cannot be overcome That our planet is stuck in an insoluble climate crisis I can't possibly believe That things will change for the better in the future It will turn out: That we can't help And you are wrong if you believe: that we can change it I am convinced: You can't change things It would be a lie if I said: There is hope! Based on a text by Paul M. Zulehner This text read from top to bottom reads from bottom to top a completely different statement! Add comment: (...) 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Lost Place - Old brick factory with chicken return Unexpectedly often - Or how I accidentally stumbled across a Lost Place. The photos were taken in different seasons, hence the different vegetation. Also, prior to my last visit, some of the shrubs and trees covering the building appear to have been trimmed back. Another fascinating development... Or how the dilapidated barn became an old brick factory. Continue the story and find the chicken: Jede Menge wildwuchernde Natur, lange Eisenrohre übereinander gestapelt und eigentlich keine Anzeichen von menschlichen Wesen. Bevor ich weiter ging, schnell das Objektiv vor so ein Rohr gehalten. Ein bisschen anders darf ruhig sein und der Effekt hat was, oder? :-) Seitlich auf dem Grundstück lagen lange Rohre auf einem Gestell. Für mich nicht ersichtlich, wofür sie gebraucht werden/wurden. Aus dieser Perspektive haben sie für mich etwas bedrohlichen, ließen mich an Panzerrohre denken. So in der Frontalansicht sahen sie eigentlichn nur noch alt und verrostet aus. Auf dem Gelände gab es offensichtlich noch einen Handwerksbetrieb. Bisher hatte mich noch niemand angesprochen. Vielleicht war man hier herumwandernde Fotografen gewohnt. Große Teile des Daches fehlten und gaben den Blick frei auf dunkles, staubiges Inneres, nicht wirklich Erkennbares. Neben den verrosteten Rohren sah ich etwas, das mich bei den ersten Bildern, die ich zum Thema Lost Places gesehen habe, so fasziniert hatte. Ein Boot, aus dem es wild wucherte und grünte. Versteckt zwischen kleinen Nebengebäuden, Metallschrott und allerhand vergessenem Baumaterial lag das kleine Boot. Die ehemals rote Farbe verblasst und abgeblättert. Ausgemustert, zurückgelassen, nicht mehr wert, repariert zu werden. Aber vielleicht doch noch für jemanden eine liebe Erinnerung. Mach sichtbar, was vielleicht ohne dich nie wahrgenommen worden wäre. (Robert Bresser) Ein Nebengebäude, nicht ganz so verfallen, wie die große Scheune. Beim Näherkommen gewährte die alte Scheune einen Blick auf ihre Eingeweide. Skelettartig ragten die Balken aus dem Dach. Eine feste Schicht aus Gras, Moos und kleineren Pflanzen hielten scheinbar das alte Gemäuer zusammen. Ziegel lösten sich aus dem Mauerwerk, das offenbar eine nahrhafte Grundlage für das allgegenwärtige Moos bildete. Absperrgitter und Zäune hielten wohl den zufälligen Besucher davon ab, weiter in die zerfallenen Gemäuer vorzudringen. In der Tür ein vereinsamtes Huhn ... Bei meinem dritten Besuch, nicht so ganz stressfrei, aber davon später, sah das Gebäude irgendwie anders aus. Doch was genau erweckte diesen Eindruck? War es nur das fehlende Grün an den Bäumen und Büschen weil es doch Winter war? So von der Seite konnte man sehen, dass Büsche und Bäume, die aus und auf den Gebäude wuchsen, geschnitten waren. Wer schneidet die wild wuchernde Natur an einem derart verfallenen Gebäude?!? Spätestens jetzt hätte mir das Herz ein wenig Richtung Hose rutschen müssen .... ... denn das hieße ja wohl, dass sich hier durchaus jemand um Gebäude, Grund und Boden kümmern würde. Hier sieht man deutlich, dass das Grün gestutzt wurde. - Wo war ich! Ach ja ... Warum mir das Herz bei der Erkenntnis, dass es hier wohl doch nicht so einsam war, nicht in die Hose gerutscht ist ... Das nämlich lag an meiner heutigen Begnung der 3. Art, also Typ Besitzer und/oder "Oberaufpasser" ;-). Das erzähle ich euch dann im letzten Drittel der Bildgeschichte. Da sind dann genug "neue" Bilder, zu denen ich erzählen kann. Keine Angst, ich bin nicht gefressen worden ;-) - Immer wieder faszinieren mich alte Türen und Fenster. Die Türen sind oft leider verschlossen, die Fenster defekt. Ist es das vermeindliche Geheimnis, das hinter dieser Tür auf den unartig neugierigen Besucher wartet? Erstmal eine Detailaufnahme, wo ich doch jetzt das passenende Objektiv mit "Sonnenbrille" habe. So sind die Bilder schon mal nicht mehr so stark überbelichtet. Ja, so ein Lost Place ist auch zum Lernen gut. Das Geheimnist hinter dieser Tür waren übrigens Hühner, also nicht so spektakutär aber lebendig. Was ich heute getan habe? Geatmet, überlebt! Eine gute Bilanz würde ich sagen. 😉 #CHRONISCHKRANK - Auch das ist Lost Places (Über)leben auf den Überresten vergangener Zeit. Das war spätestens der Moment, an dem mir erstmalig klar wurde, dass ich hier wohl doch nicht so ganz alleine bin. Denn die Hühner im eingezähnten bereicht, füttern sich sich bestimmt selbst. Aber der Anblick von diesem so lebendigen Federvieh inmitten von Verfall und Mauerresten wirkte auf mich schon sehr faszinierend. Was ich hier sah, beeindruckte mich dann doch sehr. Ein ganzer Baum wuchs aus den Steinen, die sich scheinbar in friedlicher Symbiose mit dem alten Mauerwerk befanden. Bewunderung für die Kraft des Baumes, aber auch die Erkenntnis, dass Handwerker vor vielen Jahren eine guten Job gemacht haben. "Ich wünsche dir, dass Du auch solche Türen öffnest, die scheinbar ins Leere führen. Es können sich Dir ganz neue, ungeahnte Erkenntnisse erschließen." (Heidi und Hannes Bräunlich) - Nicht leicht, in der aktuellen Situation die Orientierung zu behalten, wohl aber die einzige Möglichkeit ... Eine alte verfallene Tür, scheinbar nichts Besonderes. Auf mich wirkte sie in diesem Moment ein wenig wie eine verzauberte Tür, versteckt, umrankt von Efeu, geheimnisvoll. Man möchte leise die Tür öffnen ... Durch die Linse meines Teleobjektivs betrachtet, wurde die Vielfältigkeit der Natur sichtbar, die sich mit zähem Wurzelwerk auf kargem Nährboden behauptete. Wie lange mag das Gebäude schon in diesem Zustand sein? Wie lange braucht die Natur, um sich wieder so zu etablieren. Das bemooste Mauerwerk ist deutlich älter als die stabile Tür, die es leider unmöglich macht, hinter ihr Geheimnis zu schauen. Ein winterkalter Blick nach oben zeigte auch hier zähe Vegetation und verfallene Dachziegel. Mir kam kurz der Gedanke, ob es wohl das Wurzelwerk ist, dass die löcherige Dachkonstruktion zusammen hält ? Kalt und farblos wirkte alles an diesem trüben Wintertag. Ein paar Schritte zurück gehen, die Szene auf mich wirken lassen ... Ein wenig Weitwinkelperspektive zeigt die Verlassenheit des Ortes. Die Wolken nehmen die Stimmung auf ... Bei meinem dritten Besuch fielen mir besonders die Bäume ins Auge. Ich sah den Spot mehr als ein Ganzes .... Gut zu erkennen die Fachwerkbauweise. Diese hat sich aus der primitiven frühgeschichtlichen Pfostenbauweise in verschiedenen Spielarten entwickelt und wudre bis ins 19. Jahrhundert als vorherrschende Bauweise angesehen. Mehr Information zum Fachwerk siehe unten stehenden Link: Beim genaueren Hinsehen fiel auf, dass einzelne Steinteile herausbrechen, aber die tragenden Balken wohl am längsten überleben werden. Leider gaben die Scheibenlosten Fensteröffnungen nichts wirklich Interessantes preis. In der Seitenansicht nahmen mittlerweile Bäume und Sträucher mehr Raum und Wahrnehmung ein als das verfallene Gebäude selbst. Schnell wachsende Birken schaffen in 6 Jahren 7 Meter Wuchshöhe, sagt das Interent. Soooo, diese Ansicht hatte ich bei meinem letzten Besuch. Ganz ordentlich über die Straße wollte ich gehen. Nicht unbedingt die beste Entscheidung. Aber davon später ... Also, beim zweiten Besuch fuhren einige kleinere Baufahrzeuge auf dem weitläufigen Gelände umher. Noch nicht bereit zu gehen, obwohl es ausgerechnet jetzt anfing zu regnen, wendete ich mich nach rechts eine Art Weg oder Straße entlang. Erstaunt stellte ich fest, dass es eine Art Aufgang gab. Dieser war mir bei meinem ersten Besuch gar nicht aufgefallen und er sah definitiv stabil und begehbar aus. Da war ich allerdings von dem heute leider abwesenden Federvieh ganz fasziniert. Am Ende eine offene, bzw. offensichtlich nicht mehr vorhandene Tür ... Gehe ich? Oder gehe ich nicht? Eine Weile betrachtete ich die bizarren verfallenen Überreste der Scheune, dachte ich zumindest. Blauer Himmel überstrahlte die Szenerie, der Regen hatte ein Einsehen mit der Kamara. Bei meinem ersten Besuch hatte ich nicht wirklich auf die Art des Gebäudes geachtet. Nun konnte ich mich aus dem Türahmen heraus in Ruhe ein wenig umschauen. Dem Tele sei Dank ... Viele verschiedene Dinge nahm ich wahr, als ich so an der Tür stand und vorsichtig um die Ecke schaute. Grün, sehr viel grün, das dem Ort einen beschaulichen Anstrich gab. Interessant und ein wenig bizarr, auf welchen Materialien Pflanzen Halt und Nahrung finden. In der Schule hatte ich mal gelernt, dass es Epiphyten gibt. Pflanzen, die auf anderen Pflanzen sitzen und dort Halt und Nahrung finden. Hier handelte es sich zweifelsfrei um heimatliche Pflanzen, die mit scheinbar stoischer Ruhe sich ihren Lebensraum zurück eroberten. Ich musste gestehen, dass mich das allgewärtige Grün in diesem Moment mehr faszinierte als der Verfall des alten Gebäudes. Beim näheren Hinsehen bemerkte man dann, dass die Räumlichkeiten wohl zu einer Art Abstellraum geworden waren, das Los vieler Spots? Zu meinem Erstaunen konnte ich keine Graffitis und andere Sprayersünden erkennen. Entweder ist dieser Ort noch nicht entdeckt in der Urbex Welt, und dann sollte er das auch bleiben, oder er ist schlicht und einfach uninteressant. "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring, will be to arrive where we started, and konw the place for the first time." (Thomas Stearns Eliot - Poet, Playwright, Literary Critic, Nobel Laureate for Literature 1947 - *Saint Louis 26.09.1888, died: London 04.01.1965) Auch interessant zu sehen, wie die Grundstruktur des Fachwerkhauses in großen Teilen noch besteht, obwohl die Vegetation das Terrain längst für sich vereinnahmt hatte. Ein letzer schneller Blick über die Schulter ... Eine kurze Überlegung, wann hier wohl zum letzten Mal Menschen ihrem normalen Leben nachgegangen sind. Gerne würde ich noch länger bleiben und mir diesen Ort anschauen. Aber die offene Tür scheint mir den Weg nach draußen zu zeigen ... Mein Blick fällt kurz auf zerschlagene Sanitäreinrichtungen, doch auch hier Spuren von immerwährendem Müll. Mein zweiter Besuch ging zu Ende. Werde ich noch einmal hier hinkommen? Jaaaa, da stand ich wieder einmal dort, diesmal neben/hinter einer großen Tanne. Den Weg gefunden, etwas länger war er als über das Feld. Aber wer will schon immer über Bauers Acker laufen. Das tut man ja auch nicht. Also schaute ich mich um, versuchte mich zu orientieren, als ich ein Geräusch hörte. Ein Tür oder ein Tor, dachte ich. Eigentlich nichts Besonderes ... ... nur dass ich mich hier auf Privatgrundstück befand, wie ein Schild am Anfang der Straße nachdrücklich mitteilte, und nicht auf meinem eigenen. Na gut, ich bin ja privat und ich will ja auch nichts Schlimmes. In diesem Moment kam dann aber schnell der Schreck und die kurzfrisitge Überlegung, was tun? Weglaufen ist doof, weitergehen erscheint auch nicht vernünftig. Nun, dann eben freundlich. Freundlich ist immer gut ;-). Ein mittelälterer Herr kam um die Tanne, unter der ich abwartend stand, herum. Nicht übermäßig schnell aber auch nicht übermäßig freundlich. Fragend schaute er mich an ... Freundlich die Kamara schwenkend ging ich in die Offensive und bat den Herrn um Hilfe. Erwähnte ich, dass ich auch sehr freundlich sein kann? Ja ja, die Antwort, dass das hier Privatbesitz sein, hat mich jetzt auch nicht wirklich weiter gebracht. Da der Mann weiter auf mich zukam, Maske auf und ihm die Situation geschildert. "Ich bin Lost Place Fotofrafin, mir ist das sehr wichtig, ich frage vorher, ob ich fotogragfieren darf, biiiiiiiite :-). Vollkommen klar, dass ich hier nicht rein darf. Privat! Verbotsschild! und absolut baufällig. Das wusste ich auch vorher. Wie man dem Weg nach oben ansehen konnte, ist dieser zwar offensichtlich noch durchaus stabil. Aber mein Blick mit dem Tele in die Räumlichkeiten zeigten mir beim letzten Besuch ganz klar, dass man hier besser nicht rumstiefelt. Nach mehrmaligem Hin und Her in freundlichem Ton konnte ich dem Herrn, der sich selbst "Oberaufpasser" nannte, ansehen, dass er mein Anliegen durchaus nachvollziehen konnte. Also konnte mein Herz jetzt wieder etwas ruhiger schlagen ;-). Als der Herr merkte, dass auch sein Einwurf, dass da alles nass und matschig sei, mich nicht sonderlich beeindruckte, bekam ich die dann doch die Erlaubnis, das Gebäude rundrum in aller Ruhe VON AUSSEN zu fotografien. Dazu durfte ich sogar durch seinen privaten Garten gehen. Wer mich kennt, weiß, dass diese Erlaubnis für mich super wichtig war. So ganz in Ruhe herum zugehen, verschiedene Perspektiven auszuprobieren, war für mich fast wie Weihnachten. Zum Glück war es noch vor dem großen Schnee, also hielt sich der Matsch in Grenzen. Obwohl, so Schneefotos...?!?!? Schluss jetzt! - So eine typische Detailaufnahme. Da hat man wohl lange Zeit noch ein Loch nach dem anderen geflickt ... ... und noch etwas habe ich erfahren. Es ist gar keine Scheune gewesen, sondern eine Ziegelei. Nach Ausagen selbigen Herrns soll sie seit ca 25 Jahren nicht mehr genutzt worden sein. Das würde nach meinem Dafürhalten mit der Vegetation in etwas übereinstimmen. Mit diesem Wissen habe ich mich natürlich mit anderen Augen umgesehen und rundherum alte Ziegel entdeckt. Sie schienen alle die gleiche Gussform zu haben. Da war sie wieder, die Versuchung, der Wunsch noch mehr zu erfahren, mehr zu sehen. Wie wurden in dieser doch eher kleinen Anlage die Ziegel gebrannt? Nun, an diesem Tag werde ich das sicher nicht mehr erfahren. Also zum Abschied als Entschädigung noch ein Selfie, soviel Selbstdarstellung muss sein :-). Der einzige größere Stapel Ziegel im Außenbereich, ordentlich aufgestapelt, alles noch heile. Nach 25 Jahren sieht das jetzt nun nicht aus. Langsam auf den Rückweg machen, froh, in Ruhe Fotos gemacht zu haben, froh, freunldich mit den Eigentümern/Aufpassern umgegangen zu sein. Das bestärkte mich in meinem Bestreben, auch bei zukünftigen Spots immer den offiziellen Weg der Begehung zu suchen. Auch weiß ich jetzt, wem das Gelände gehört und wie der freundliche Aufpasser heißt. - Wie sich später herausstellen sollte, erwies sich die Recherche doch als ungewönlich schwierig. Hier muss ich noch einmal tiefer ansetzen, evtl. noch einmal dort klingeln. Vielleicht kann ich so noch mehr in Erfahrung über diesen Ort bringen. Nachdenklich machte ich mich nun tatsächlich auf den Rückweg, vorbei an dieser kleinen Hütte. Ob dort wohl ein großer Hund wohnte und alles brav bewacht hat? Auch das könnte ich Herrn S...fragen .-). Add comment: (...) Did you like this report? 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street art - Oner OLDHAUS/D & Kerim Musanovic/BIH "The Beuys can ... " return Anfang Oldhaus Facebook * Instagram "Art is in crisis. All areas are in crisis." (Beuys) - Artist info(...) Info Oldhaus Artist information Oner OLDHAUS & Kerim Musanovic After it was clear that they would work as a team, the graffiti artist decidedoner OLD HOUSE from Neus andKerim Musanovic from Bosnia-Herzegovina to stage a typical "OLDHAUS can". You see the controversial artist Beuys lying in a transparent spray can in the honey and sleeping peacefully. Anyone who deals with the art of OLDHAUS will find that the spray can is his trademark, his "signature". He is, so to speak, a master of the can, meaning that he likes to arrange the elements he uses in a transparent can. Although he comes from the graffiti direction, he not only works with this can but also uses mixed media. To round off this scenery, OLDHAUS added a few elements or exhibits to his box, which he himself associates with Beuys. For example thechildren's bath (first publicly displayed in 1968 or 1969) , which OLDHAUS says was cleaned by mistake. The unbelievable story about 2 women who wanted to wash glasses in this same tub during an election campaign. It is definitely worth reading them again, no matter what your opinion of these works of art is. In a conversation with an elderly lady the week after completion, I met an elderly couple with whom I enthusiastically shared what I had learned so far . They talked about the different aspects of this picture and the lady said that it was a normal tub. Well, at the time I wasn't sure either and we decided to ask Doc Google. This is how street art works :-). You start a conversation about a picture and experience a few moments of lively exchange of ideas with strangers. I think Beuys would have liked that. I've had a lot. Perhaps some guided tours of these amazing works of art would be a good idea. Even the most inconspicuousTV is full of Beuysian symbolism. In the endless loop "jajajaja" and "neeneeneeneenee" he gives the viewer scope for their own interpretations. Beuys recorded this curious audio installation, which is currently kept in the Pinakothek in Munich, in 1968 in an edition of 100 pieces. Two fundamentally different explanations are provided for this. If you like, you can read more under the above link and maybe find a completely different interpretation of the current zeitgeist or your personal life situation. Here on the back side of the Seidenweberhaus we see a work of art that in many ways makes direct contact with Beuys. On the one hand with the very authentic representation of the artist himself, then with a direct, even physical reference to honey. Its shown at Ducumenta 6 in Kassel in 1977" Honey pump at work " shows an apparatus extending over several rooms, through which 150 kg of honey were pumped through a hose system. In other exhibits, too, honey appears again and again as a theme. Honey is considered life-giving. In his artistic activities he used many unusual objects and materials in order to create lyrical and emotional connections with them. Honey in connection with bees and their queen appear again and again as a theme in his works of art. The bees in Kerim connect directly in the picture with the honey, which is their vital food. But the context for the overall work of art Seidenweberhaus is also created with these insects, among other things. These insects, whose "dwellings" are the honeycombs, the honeycombs that can be seen from afar can also be found on the front of the silk weaver's house. According to OLDHAUS, the quote from Beuys mentioned above was specifically selected by him at this time for this event because it perfectly reflects the current pandemic situation. Annotation: This picture is so self-explanatory that I don't need any excessive attempts at self-interpretation. Here, two experienced artists with different styles and focuses have created a clear and colorful image that attracts and fascinates visitors. Personally, I found the best access to this image by researching some typical Beuys installations on the Internet, relating these findings to the information provided by the artists, and at the same time taking my own perceptions seriously. The only difficulty for me was that you can't just look at this picture completely because of the green vegetation. I'll check back in the winter. I tried out many perspectives with my camera and didn't shy away from lying on my stomach ;-). My intensive way of dealing with this work of art. Thanks guys for this opportunity. Source: Oldhaus personally, Wikipedia, swr.de, freddart.de * * * Since 1998 isOLD HOUSE thecan technology expired. From 2008-2014 he studied design, with a focus on illustration, at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences. In addition to numerous art events and exhibitions in Germany, his art has mainly been seen in Western Europe. Specializing in character design (figurative painting), art drove him to Belarus, where he won a juried, international contest as 1st place in the graffiti category. In 2019, OLDHAUS first came to light as a curator and initiator when he and three other artists created the cross-city Home Street Home Urban Art Festival. His last trip took him to the Queen's Kingdom - he has already exhibited several times in London. In the metropolis he has been represented by the Bickerton Grace Gallery since 2020. In addition to his large-scale graffiti, OLDHAUS also uses mixed media to paint on canvas, on which he likes to process the problems of his synapse chaos. Source: official information ofCity of Krefeld created by freddart.de ​ More information about Kerim Musanovic you can find here: (...) You can find the newspaper article here: (... ) Add comment: (...) Did you like this report? 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street art - sonjA MAZEreel/Belgium "Creative thinking in pigeonholes or all or nothing " return Anfang Honigwabe youtube Facebook * Pinterest * Instagram "Beautiful memories are on demand for a lifetime and are helpers for days when we are not doing so well."(Marliese Zeidler) A beautifully colored suggestion from sonjAMAZEreel :-) - Artist info (...) Artist information sonjAMAZEreel Annotation: One of the pictures that was finished first, but also one of the pictures that I couldn't really explain. I just thought it was beautiful (colorful). So I thought back and forth about what was going on here and for the time being I gave the picture the title "Puzzle" because it reminded me a little of my sons' wooden puzzles, which is a very nice memory for me. The explanation that Sonja gives for her picture is a bit different, but it also consists of many colorful parts. Drawers for natural history objects spontaneously went through Sonja's mind when looking at the silk weaver's house, she tells the film crew. Butterflies, beautiful stones and much more are lovingly stored in these drawers to hold on as positive memories. A bit like my own "memory box" in which I keep my children's first shoes, for example. For me personally, this is the connection/interpretation to Sonja's artwork. This way I can "think in pigeonholes" and visualize personally positive memories. Definitely a contrast to usual rather clichéd thinking in many situations. So I can follow the motto of the curator Fredda Wouters "Shape society through design " give an interpretation and application that I can easily understand. The fact that your picture is directly opposite the media library also fits the picture for me, since there is a wealth of literature in the library there, for example about nature. Stylistically, Sonja doesn't want to commit herself. She loves working with colors. She is fascinated by the old masters and likes to communicate and interact with people. Her work of art for Krefeld is completely different from what she would otherwise paint. In any case, it is worthwhile to look at the diverse images of the Belgian artist on the various social networks. You can find out more about my thoughts on this work of art in the small series of pictures above :-). ​ Sonja Mazereel's stage name has always been hidden in her name itself:sonjAMAZEreel. AMAZE - the English word for "to inspire" - then fits perfectly with her art, with which she repeatedly surprises and inspires thousands of viewers. Born in 1967 in Poperinge in Belgium, she studied visual arts in Leper, monumental art in Ghent and completed a 3-year apprenticeship as a draftsman in Antwerp, where she also worked in an architect's office. Today she lives again in West Flanders and since 2010 she first made huge copies of well-known masters on the street pavement according to the Italian Madonnari tradition and over time she has developed into a representative of modern street painting with optical 3D illusions. She has won numerous awards and has shown her street art in the USA, Germany, England, Italy, France and the Netherlands. Source: official information of City of Krefeld created by FreddArt Streetpainting ​ Add comment: (...) Did you like this report? Feel free to leave a comment in my guestbook :-). Info Sonja SamaraBlue - MyWayOfArt/lady-sahmra-photo@gmx.de Continue

Viele neue Motive Samara Blue - digitalart - poster Let your apartment become a home with my pictures return ⚡️ SUMMER FLASH SALE WEEKEND: 30% Rabatt auf ALLES! Some of my pictures are now at Art Print Manufacturer PRINTERS as a poster print. Just stop by. Printerler works with high-quality, environmentally friendly paper. You can also choose different sizes and frames. The selection is continuously changed and added to. You might find something suitable. If you want something specialjust text me . So it's worth checking back every now and then. (Klarna, card, direct debit or instant transfer). Even though I am now distancing myself more and more from Ki-generated pictures, I will keep the few I have here for a while longer, as these pictures are also part of my artistic development. Von Baum zu Baum/From Tree to Tree Diese entzückenden kleinen Gesellen, die zur Gattung der Baumhörnchen gehören, sind ausgesprochen vielseitige Geschöpfe. Sie können ihren buschigen Schwanz nutzen, um sich selbst Schatten zu spenden und sich bei Kälte damit zu wärmen. Die meisten der 29 Arten leben auf dem amerikanischen Doppelkontinent, nur 4 Arten, davon sind in der Alten Welt beheimatet und diese sind überall in Europa bis weit nach Asien verbreitet. Sie haben alle einen weißen Bauch und die Färbung ihres Fells ist von der Farbe der Bäume in ihrer Umgebung abhängig. Landläufig ist bekannt, dass sie sich von Sämereien und Nüssen ernähren. Doch soll es einige Opportunisten geben, die auch an Insekten, Eiern und Küken Geschmack finden. Dass sie in diesen Fällen auch Nestraub betreiben, scheint ihnen aber niemand übelzunehmen. Als zu Hause bauen sie bis 4-5 Kobel, in denen sie auch ihre Jungen aufziehen. Die "Damen" lassen sich zur Paarungszeit von geneigten "Herren" umwerben und entscheiden selbst, wem sie letztendlich ihre Gunst gewähren. Diese interessanten Fakten sind nur ein kleiner Teil dessen, was es über diese possierlichen Wesen zu sagen gibt. Mach ihnen und auch dir doch mal die Freude und schaue dich mit ihren Augen um. Spring mit ihnen von Baum zu Baum, fühle, wie durch die Luft gleitest, wie es riecht in deinem Wald, in dem du die nächste Generation großziehst und ihnen alles für das Leben beibringst. Letztendlich auch nichts anderes, als das, was Menscheneltern tun. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven These adorable little fellows, which belong to the tree squirrel genus, are extremely versatile creatures. They can use their bushy tails to provide themselves with shade and to keep warm in the cold. Most of the 29 species live on the American double continent, only 4 species are native to the Old World and these are distributed throughout Europe and as far as Asia. They all have a white belly and the colour of their fur depends on the colour of the trees around them. They are commonly known to feed on seeds and nuts. However, there are said to be some opportunists that also enjoy insects, eggs and chicks. However, no one seems to hold it against them that they also rob nests in these cases. At home, they build up to 4-5 boxes in which they also raise their young. During the mating season, the ‘ladies’ allow themselves to be wooed by willing ‘gentlemen’ and decide for themselves who they ultimately grant their favour to. These interesting facts are only a small part of what there is to say about these cute creatures. Why don't you give them and yourself the pleasure of looking around through their eyes? Jump with them from tree to tree, feel how they glide through the air, how it smells in your forest where you are raising the next generation and teaching them everything they need to know about life. In the end, it's nothing more than what human parents do. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop & div. Fotoapps Ein bisschen Pippi Lotta/A little bit Pippi Lotta Das haben wir noch nie probiert, also geht es sicher gut. -Astrid Lindgren Was mögen die beiden wohl noch nie ausprobiert haben? Bestimmt etwas Spannendes oder wenigstens etwas Lustiges oder sogar Verbotenes. Anders wäre nämlich langweilig und langweilig war Pippi Langstrumpf ja nie. Wenn wir Tierbabys beobachten, ob im Zoo, daheim oder im Internet, erfreuen wir uns immer an den drolligen Spielen, den manchmal unbeholfenen Versuchen, irgendwo heraufzuklettern, etwas zu suchen oder zu fangen. Entdeckerfreude pur, kaum Angst oder Vorbehalte. Kommt noch ein Freund oder eine Freundin dazu, macht es noch einmal so viel Spaß. Beste Freunde für immer? Wann haben wir diese kindliche Entdeckerfreude verloren? Wann sind wir vermeintlich ernsthaft und vernünftig geworden und haben dabei auch ein wenig Spaß und Unvoreingenommenheit verloren? Warum nicht mal die Welt aus den großen Augen eines neugierigen Tierbabys betrachten? Mit ihm gemeinsam wie Kinder die spannende, noch unbekannte Welt entdecken und mit ihm auf seine Weise erobern? Vielleicht fällt es uns Menschen dann etwas leichter, die Natur mit ALLEN Lebewesen achtsam zu behandeln. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven What might they never have tried before? Probably something exciting or at least something fun or even forbidden. Otherwise it would be boring and Pippi Longstocking was never boring. When we watch baby animals, whether at the zoo, at home or on the internet, we always enjoy the funny games, the sometimes clumsy attempts to climb up somewhere, search for or catch something. Pure joy of discovery, hardly any fear or reservations. If a friend joins them, it's even more fun. Best friends forever? When did we lose this childlike joy of discovery? When did we become supposedly serious and sensible and lose a bit of fun and impartiality in the process? Why not take a look at the world through the big eyes of a curious baby animal? Discover the exciting, still unknown world together with it like children and conquer it in its own way? Maybe then it will be a little easier for us humans to treat nature and ALL living creatures with respect. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop & div. Fotoapps Hinter der Schönheit/Behind the Beauty Wie leicht kann sich hinter bezaubernder Schönheit, Bosheit, Hass und Falschheit verbergen. Im täglichen Kampf um Schöner, Klüger, Reicher verliert sich oft der Blick auf die Wahrheit, das Wesentliche, das Echte. Man lässt sich von anderen blenden, was sie vorleben und als begehrenswert definieren. Frechheit und Falschheit als Mittel zum Zweck. Vielleicht sollte man ab und zu einen Blick durch die Augen der Schlange als uraltes Symbol für Falschheit und Manipulation werfen, um eher die Gefahren, die um uns lauern zu erkennen und unsere Wertvorstellungen und unser Handel zu überdenken, bevor wir uns im Sog der falschen Träume mitreißen lassen. Auf der anderen Seite aber ist auch die Schlange ein Lebewesen dieser Erde und hat ihren Platz in der Gemeinschaft von Menschen und Tieren. Ein Blick durch ihre Augen als Lebewesen kann uns Menschen den Blick auf die so verschiedenen Lebensräume und Überlebensfähigkeiten dieser faszinierenden Reptilien erlauben und so vielleicht dafür sorgen, dass wir durch mehr Wissen weniger Ängste gegenüber diesen Tieren empfinden. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven How easily malice, hatred and falsehood can be hidden behind enchanting beauty. In the daily battle to be more beautiful, smarter and richer, we often lose sight of the truth, the essentials, the real thing. We allow ourselves to be dazzled by what others exemplify and define as desirable. Cheekiness and falsehood as a means to an end. Perhaps we should occasionally take a look through the eyes of the snake, an ancient symbol of falsehood and manipulation, in order to recognize the dangers lurking around us and rethink our values and our actions before we allow ourselves to be swept away in the maelstrom of false dreams. On the other hand, the snake is also a living creature of this earth and has its place in the community of humans and animals. A look through their eyes as living creatures can allow us humans to see the very different habitats and survival skills of these fascinating reptiles and thus perhaps ensure that we feel less fear towards these animals through more knowledge. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop & div. Fotoapps Giftige Schönheit/Poisonous beauty Im Regenwald entlang des Amazonas leben ca. 1.000 Arten aufregender Frösche mit bunten Farben, riesigen Augen und fantasievollen Mustern. Märchenhaft auffallende Exemplare der Tierwelt. Einige sind durchsichtig, andere hochgiftig. Sie leben im Wasser, auf dem Boden der Regenwälder oder auf den riesigen Bäumen, die dort wachsen. Von winzig klein bis ziemlich groß ist alles vorhanden. Sie können nicht nur durch ihre Lunge, sondern auch durch ihre Haut atmen. Deshalb benötigen sie immer Wasser in ihrem Lebensraum, damit ihre Haut nicht austrocknet. Wie bei den Baumsteigerfröschen kann die Haut am Rücken aber auch deren Gift enthalten und bei kleinster Berührung durch einen Feind abgegeben werden. So klein sie sind, so unterschiedlich und wunderschön sind sie, wahre Meisterwerke der Natur. Bestimmt leihen sie uns Menschen gerne mal ein Auge, um mittels diesem einen Blick auf ihren Lebensraum, ihren Teil von Mutter Natur zu werfen zu lassen und uns neugierig zu machen, was es noch alles über diese faszinierenden Lebewesen zu wissen gibt. -Samara Blue /Kerstin Ellinghoven The rainforest along the Amazon is home to around 1,000 species of exciting frogs with bright colours, huge eyes and imaginative patterns. Fabulously striking specimens of the animal world. Some are transparent, others highly poisonous. They live in the water, on the ground in the rainforests or on the huge trees that grow there. They range from tiny to quite large. They can breathe not only through their lungs, but also through their skin. This is why they always need water in their habitat so that their skin does not dry out. As with the tree climbing frogs, the skin on their backs can also contain their poison and be released at the slightest touch by an enemy. As small as they are, as different and beautiful they are, true masterpieces of nature. They certainly like to lend us humans an eye to let us take a look at their habitat, their part of Mother Nature, and to make us curious about what else there is to know about these fascinating creatures. -Samara Blue /Kerstin Gerd Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop & div. Fotoapps Eleganz trifft Balance/Elegance meets Balance Sei ein Flamingo in einer Welt voller grauer Tauben, lass dich nicht aus der Balance bringen, sei stolz, stets elegant und immer du selbst. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Wusstet ihr, dass Flamingos ohne große Anstrengung auf nur einem Bein stehen können, weil sich ihr Körperschwerpunkt über das Standbein schiebt und sie sogar einen Art Arretiermechanismus haben? Dieser sorgt für die Stabilität, sodass sie sogar im Schlaf stehen können. Für das Stehen auf beiden Beinen hingegen müssen sie aktiv Muskelkraft aufwenden. Flamingos sind entgegen dem Glauben, dass sie nur in tropischen Gebieten vorkommen, in nahezu allen Gebieten der Erde zu finden. In den Anden brüten Arten in Höhen von ca. 3500 - 4700 m, im Winter leben sie in Gebieten, in denen die Temperaturen bis auf -30° absinken können. Rosarote Allrounder sozusagen, über die es noch so viel mehr zu wissen gibt. Wunderschöne, höchst interessante Tiere, die es wert sind, auch ihre Welt immer wieder durch ihre Augen anzuschauen und als schützenswert zu erleben. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Be a flamingo in a world full of gray pigeons, don't let yourself be thrown off balance, be proud, always elegant and always yourself. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Did you know that flamingos can stand on just one leg without much effort because their center of gravity is shifted over the supporting leg and they even have a kind of locking mechanism? This provides stability so that they can even stand while sleeping. To stand on both legs, on the other hand, they have to actively use muscle power. Contrary to the belief that they only occur in tropical regions, flamingos can be found in almost all areas of the world. In the Andes, species breed at altitudes of around 3500 - 4700 m, and in winter they live in areas where temperatures can drop to -30°. Pink all-rounders, so to speak, about which there is so much more to know. Beautiful, highly interesting animals that are worth looking at through their eyes again and again to see their world as worth protecting. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Color your life - Regenbogenfarben ... Kommt, lasst uns die Welt bemalen In Regenbogenfarben Wir wollen sie überall Regenbogenfahnen Kommt, kommt, lasst die Welt erstrahlen In Regenbogenfarben Man sieht sie überall Regenbogenfahnen ..." (Regenbogenfarben/Kerstin Ott) So viele Farben sammeln sich in jedem Regenbogen, sind auf den Blumenwiesen der Welt zu Hause. Diese gemeinsam durch durch die Augen diese Panda Babys, dem Symbol des WWF, zu sehen, sich an ihnen zu erfreuen und sie für unsere Nachkommen zu bewahren, sollte das Anliegen eines jeden von uns sein. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven So many colours gather in every rainbow, are at home in the flower meadows of the world. To see them together through the eyes of these panda babies, the symbol of the WWF, to enjoy them and to preserve them for our descendants, should be the concern of each of us. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop & div. Fotoapps Kalt wie Eis I Cold as ice Viel Kälte ist unter den Menschen. Weil wir nicht wagen, uns so herzlich zu geben wie wir sind. –Albert Schweitzer Umso wichtiger ist ein Freund an unserer Seite, der unser Herz erwärmt und der mit uns zusammen die Wärme und das Positive im gemeinsamen Leben auch bei Kälte und Sturm wieder findet. –Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven There is a lot of coldness among people. Because we do not dare to be as warm as we are. Albert Schweitzer This makes it all the more important to have a friend by our side who warms our hearts and helps us to find the warmth and positivity in our life together, even in the cold and stormy weather. –Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop & div. Fotoapps Wundersame Samtpfoten I Wondrous Velvet Paws Manchmal ist die Welt so dunkel und leer. Das Herz von Kummer so unsagbar schwer. Du bist mir nicht von der Seite gewichen, Ganz sacht in mein traurig Herz geschlichen. Reichtest mir deine Pfote aus Samt. Für immer hält dieses wundersame Band. –Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Sometimes the world is so dark and empty. The heart of sorrow so unspeakably heavy. You never left my side, Gently crept into my sad heart. You gave me your velvet paw. This wondrous bond will last forever. –Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop & div. Photo Apps GO GREEN - Be one with our Natur Viele kleine Leute, die an vielen kleinen Orten viele kleine Dinge tun, können das Gesicht der Welt verändern. – Afrikanisches Sprichwort Als Kinder nehmen wir so unvoreingenommen Tiere wahr, nähern uns ihnen freundlich und lassen uns manchmal ein ganzes Tierleben von ihnen begleiten. Diese erhaltene Liebe, Zuneigung und Loyalität sollten wir uns in fortgeschrittenem Alter behalten, um immer mal wieder auch durch die Augen der Tiere unser aller Lebensraum wahrzunehmen. –Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Many small people doing many small things in many small places can change the face of the world. - African proverb As children, we perceive animals with an open mind, approach them in a friendly manner and sometimes allow them to accompany us throughout our lives. We should retain this love, affection and loyalty as we get older, so that we can see our living space through the eyes of animals from time to time. –Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop & div. Fotoapps Symbiose I Mensch & Tier Die Fledermaus steht als Krafttier für den Tod und das Jenseits. Spirituell gesehen kann sie den Weg "zu sterben, um wiedergeboren zu werden" zeigen. Erlebt der Schutzbefohlene schwere Zeiten oder ist in Gefahr, kann es sein, dass eines dieser Tiere sich zu dessen Unterstützung in seiner Nähe aufhält, bis die Gefahr vorüber ist. Sie führt ihren Schützling sozusagen aus der Dunkelheit zurück ins Licht. Würdest du in so einer Situation diesem eher unheimlichen Tier folgen? -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven As a power animal, the bat stands for death and the afterlife. Spiritually speaking, it can show the way "to die in order to be reborn". If the person being protected is experiencing difficult times or is in danger, one of these animals may stay close by to support them until the danger has passed. It leads its protégé out of the darkness and back into the light, so to speak. Would you follow this rather sinister animal in such a situation? -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Symbiose I Mensch & Tier Pink Side of Life Pink Side of Life Wenn du hier ein rosa Elefantenbaby siehst, heißt das nicht, dass du zu tief ins Glas geschaut hast, sondern dass du dich in meiner neuen Galerie mit "Human Nature - Wonderful Symbiosis" umschaust. 😉 Wenn es sich hier auch um ein rosa Exemplar handelt, so gehört es doch einer ausgesprochen klugen Tierart an, den größten noch lebenden Landtieren. Sie besitzen das beste soziale Netzwerk aller Landsäugetiere. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven If you see a pink baby elephant here, it doesn't mean that you've been looking too deeply into the glass, but that you're looking around my new gallery with "Human Nature - Wonderful Symbiosis" 😉 Even though this is a pink specimen, it belongs to a very clever species, the largest living land animals. They have the best social network of all land mammals. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop und div. Photo Apps Symbiose I Mensch & Tier Crow´s Wisdom Sie sind fleißig und scheinen ohne Angst ihren Wegen zu folgen, auch wenn sie unsicher sind. Sie vertrauen ihren Intuitionen und den Tieren, die ihren Weg kreuzen, um sie zu führen, und stehen treu zu ihren Gefährten. Krähen mögen ein Freund des Wolfes sein. Sie sind neugierig, benutzen ihren Verstand und passen sich an. Sie sind nicht wählerisch mit dem, was sie fressen und nehmen immer wieder Zeit zum Spielen. Diese Vögel verschaffen ihrer Stimme Gehör und lassen sich nicht aus der Ruhe bringen. Eigenschaften und Fähigkeiten, von denen wir Menschen uns ab und zu etwas abschauen könnten. Nun ja, einen Wolf zum Freund mag nicht gerade realistisch sein. Auch könnte ich selbst dem Futter von Krähen nicht viel abgewinnen, aber der Sinn dessen, was wir uns von Krähen abschauen könnten, mag klar geworden sein. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven They are diligent and seem to follow their paths without fear, even when they are uncertain. They trust their intuitions and the animals that cross their path to guide them, and are loyal to their companions. Crows may be a friend to the wolf. They are curious, use their wits and adapt. They are not picky about what they eat and always make time to play. These birds make their voices heard and do not let themselves be disturbed. These are qualities and abilities that we humans could learn a thing or two from. Well, having a wolf as a friend may not be realistic. I wouldn't be able to get much out of crows' food myself, but the point of what we could learn from crows may have become clear. -Samara Blue/Kerstin Ellinghoven Made with DAZ I No Ki I Postwork Paintshop und div. Photo Apps Mother Earth - Winter "Winter is a time for nature to rest, take a deep breath, slow down and regenerate. Nature withdraws, switches to a low flame and rests, only to slowly awaken again with new strength after a while." Samara Blue Blue Beauty - Cold as Ice "Um die Schönheit einer Schneeflocke erfassen zu können, muss man die Kälte in Kauf nehmen." -Aristoteles Den Blick gesenkt, abgewendet vom kalten Licht, erstrahlt ihre Schönheit in eiskaltem, blauen Licht. Unnahbar, beinahe überirdisch zieht ihr wundersamer Kopfschmuck ihre Bewunderer in ihren Bann. Werden sie sich nähern, sich trauen, in ihre eisigen Sphären vorzudringen? Vernarrt und geblendet von eisiger Schönheit? Würden sie eine Begegnung überleben oder in blauem Eis verbrennen als Strafe für ihre Vorwitzigkeit? -Samara Blue "To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, you have to accept the cold." -Aristotle With her gaze lowered, averted from the cold light, her beauty shines in ice-cold blue light. Aloof, almost unearthly, her wondrous headdress captivates her admirers. Will they get closer and dare to penetrate their icy spheres? Besotted and blinded by icy beauty? Would they survive an encounter or burn in blue ice as punishment for their impudence? -Samara Blue Mother Earth - Autumn Autumn is coming. While the world holds its breath, Mother Earth breathes a sigh of relief. Thoughtfully, she turns her back on the waning summer. Almost as if she is not sure whether she can actually experience the peace of autumn as such. Whether the people of this only earth will also admit the rest, which it needs so urgently. Hopefully, I think to myself: "If it is the same with the autumn of life as it is with nature, I don't want to be a second younger, but to walk through this period of life with calm steps, noticing and enjoying the incredible splendor of colors!" -Samara Blue Mother Earth - Summer SUMMER, SUN, COLOR RISE ... The days are getting longer and brighter, the mood is rising despite all adverse circumstances. After a cautious spring awakening, nature has blossomed in all its colorful splendour. But oh, so fleeting is the abundance of colors and people would do well to enjoy them in order to recharge their batteries for the dark days that inevitably come. Mother Earth - Spring THE EARTH SPEAKS: How am I supposed to make it clear to humanity that I too am vulnerable? With a few simple words, this unknown author meets the increasingly urgent problem of mankind. When will people understand that planet earth is a living being, albeit huge, that should be treated with care by ALL who live on it so that all may survive... Color your Life - Ride free Manchmal, an diesen Tagen, muss man einfach seinen Roller nehmen, mit dem Wind in die Welt hinaus fahren, um die Farben des Lebens wieder zu finden. -Samara Blue This image was taken to test my toon/pin-up morph. No special lighting or similar was used and, apart from the lettering, no post-processing was carried out. Fly higher - Dream bigger Made with DAZ Studio/No Ki School´s over! Made with DAZ Studio/No Ki UPS, he did it again! Once upon a time there was a little robot, Barnii was his name, with rather sensitive circuits. His tinny skin was thinner than that of his buddies, which meant that he was often too noisy and restless at home. As he was also quite curious, he was often found in the most unlikely places with the humanoids. He liked to stick his mechanical nose into things that were not necessarily suitable for little noses and his lamps glowed exceptionally brightly at some sights. Let's hope he doesn't blow a circuit 😉... -Samara Blue Made with DAZ Studio/No Ki Me for Present... Made with DAZ Studio/No Ki Pin-up - First Contact 🙂 I've always liked pin-up pictures, especially the nice old, retro ones. A little subtle eroticism, often in everyday situations, simply brings something fresh and pretty to the walls with cheeky charm. Now the days of locker pictures for soldiers are over and there are already enough Playboy bunnies. Let's see what I can come up with for "New Pin-up". Here is my first pin-up commissioner 🙂. A little reference to a young "Lili Marlene" under her lantern ... Childhood Wisdom - Moments Moments often have no idea how important they are. The Devil ist me "The devil whispered in my ear, 'You are not strong enough to withstand the storm.' Today I whispered in the devil's ear: 'I am the storm.'" – Unknown As I get older, I identify with these words more and more. This picture shows how I feel then. -Samara Blue Load More from € 20.90 design suggestions You can find more design suggestions and ways to hang the pictures on the page ofPRINTERS. Add comment: (...) Did you like the pictures? Feel free to leave a comment :-). SamaraBlue - MyWayOfArt/lady-sahmara-photo@gmx.de

Seitenanfang Anfang Puzzle Anfang Puzzle Pines 17 - puzzle house/construction trailer Ben Mathis/MaJoBrothers return The facade of the puzzle house in the Kiefernstraße is 2007 in cooperation withBen Mathis with den MaJo Brothers also as part of the (5 times 5 )* Action des Farbfieberverein eV Dusseldorf developed. With this action, in which the last 5 houses were also designed by various well-known street artists, an entire street, 14 houses, had now become a total work of art. A reason for me to look at each of these houses individually and to give them space for their own story. Street Art I Kiefernstraße I Urbex Art I Samara Blue I Ben Mathis Ich habe mich verirrt wie ein verlorenes Schaf; such und finde mich, denn ich habe deine Gebote nicht vergessen. Psalm 119:176 - Wie oft verirren wir uns in den Wirren des Lebens? Verlieren uns in den täglichen Anforderungen? Suchen stumm Hilfe, um einen Hauch unseres Seins wieder zu finden und fest zu halten? Gerade in dieser unwirklichen Zeit ... Street Art I Kiefernstraße I Urbex Art I Samara Blue Photo Art Auch wenn die Fassade und die Bauwagen ein wenig in die Jahre gekommen sind, lässt sich die ursprüngliche Bemalung noch gut zu erkennen. Der Bauwagen passt immer noch ins Gesamtbild. Street Art I Kiefernstraße I Urbex Art I Samara Blue Photo Art The Time before - So abgerockt sah Kiefern 17 aus, bevor es 2007 zur Leinwand für Ben Mathis und die MaJo Brothers wurde. Ein Dankeschön an Joe Henning von den MaJo Brother, der mir dieses "historische Bild" zur Verfügung gestellt hat. Im Vorher/Nachher Vergleich wird die Verwandlung um so deutlicher ... Street Art I Kiefernstraße I Urbex Art I Samara Blue I Ben Mathis Ich habe mich verirrt wie ein verlorenes Schaf; such und finde mich, denn ich habe deine Gebote nicht vergessen. Psalm 119:176 - Wie oft verirren wir uns in den Wirren des Lebens? Verlieren uns in den täglichen Anforderungen? Suchen stumm Hilfe, um einen Hauch unseres Seins wieder zu finden und fest zu halten? Gerade in dieser unwirklichen Zeit ... 1/17 Ben Mathis was responsible for creating the grid and the MaJo Brothers for much of the figurative elements. Gears of different shapes and sizes are alternately distributed with robotic figures in the individual fields. Robotic arms seem to appear from windows, moved by a mechanism invisible to the viewer. The grid, kept in various shades of gray and white, sets clear accents with the intensive orange-red that is also used. On the phone, Ben explained to me when I asked that this color would provide a good contrast to the neighboring house and was used as such. If you look closely, you can see that in the transition area to house no. 19, the elements mix in some places, that there are subtle but well thought-out transitions to the neighboring house. Another way to show togetherness. Ben Mathis has also added a few to ensure that there are not only figures from the MaJo Brothers romping around on the façade. These can be recognized by their more angular shape. Since the construction trailers in front of the house could not/were not allowed to be moved at the time of painting, they were included in the design without further ado. After all, no disturbing foreign bodies should be included in the pictures during the final photo session. But why do you need construction trailers, I first asked myself and then Ben Mathis . At that time these trailers were used as a kind of church. Among other things, contact with the residents should be maintained here. With coffee and sandwiches, the physical well-being was not neglected either. As a visible sign, the Jesus portraits can be found on the front of these trailers. According to rumours, the figurative representation did not really appeal to the clergyman responsible. I haven't been able to research what exactly was wrong with these colorful Jesus pictures for almost 15 years now. Maybe the lamb's look doesn't really look innocent ;-). For me, these trigger a touch of flower power feeling. Unfortunately, I'm still a bit too young for this time to have actively experienced it. But sometimes I regret not being able to experience this feeling live when I was younger. One of the reasons why I am so fascinated by the total work of art on the Kiefernstraße. Krefeld, June 2021 Sources:thedorf.de ,40grad-urbanart.de , benmathis.de, farbfieber.de Telephone interview with Ben Mathis June 21 Add comment: (...) Did you like this report? Feel free to leave a comment :-). You can find the report in lokalkompass.de here. SamaraBlue - MyWayOfArt/lady-sahmra-photo@gmx.de Continue

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Düsseldorf, Kiefernstrasse - core competency resistance return The unexpected often happens. Or how a tip from a colleague turned into a passion. Since a young colleague was sufficiently aware of my passion for photography, I got the tip in spring 21 to take a look at the colorful street in Flingern-Süd. She also had a photo ready, a rainbow house. Well, as so often, I had my camera with me, the street is not far from the office and so I spontaneously drove to Kiefernstrasse on April 1st, 2021. Dort angekommen war ich ziemlich geflasht von of multiplicity, the color and the multitude of "colorful houses". With what felt like 1001 pictures in my luggage, I came home quite late that working day. But it was worth it. It all started with that first picture. A lot of supposedly special little things only struck me when I was editing the pictures on the PC. But who designed these houses so beautifully and why? Most houses Little by little, I delved deeper into the turbulent history of the Kiefernstraße to find out that there is much more to it than just a few "colorful houses". However, one by one ... ​ Two special streets in Düsseldorf are also making a name for themselves beyond the city limits. The feudal shopping mile Königallee and, so to speak, as an alternative to it, the Kiefernstraße in the Flingern-Süd district, known among other things as the street of artists. The Kiefernstraße owes its degree of fame to the squatting in the 1980s and to its tireless resistance to the modern urban development plans of the city of Düsseldorf. Former squatters still live there today in regular tenancies. In the mid-1980s, Kiefernstrasse was associated with the RAF. Her eventful history coupled with her alternative way of life and her inflexibility towards the city administration give her and the residents of Kiefernstraße a special value. Even beyond the residential area, people identify with life and living in the Kiefernstrasse. This first information taken from "Doc Google" also makes a more intensive look at the entire history of the street extremely interesting for me as a "non-Düsseldorfer". ​ Location: Located on the edge of Flingern-Süd, Kiefernstraße borders on Oberbilk. With the commercial areas and disused industrial plants all around, the Kiefernstraße looks like an island of residential development. Separated from other residential areas by 2 main roads, this street is an approx. 380 m long microcosm in which approx. 800 residents from up to 45 nationalities and the most diverse social affiliations have found a home. ​ In the 19th century With industrialisation, the railway was also introduced in Düsseldorf, an important new means of transport. The first section connected the district of Gerresheim with the former main station at Graf-Adolf-Platz. The route crossed the Erkrather Straße and led over the Kiefernstraße. This was the first railway line in West Germany, the "Düsseldorf-Elberfelder Eisenbahn", which went into operation in 1838. The lower part of today's Kiefernstraße was then called Pfeilstraße. ​ Around 1900 Connected the Kiefernstraße, which at that time was still called Ruhrtalstraße, the municipal gas works with the boiler forges, rolling mills and wire drawing works on Fichtenstraße and in Oberbilk. The Kiefernstrasse was inaugurated on September 30, 1902 to create modern living space close to work. Gradually, the development of company apartments followed. From 1908, the then Cologne company Kaiserstein AG built exemplary small apartments in the middle of the industrial conurbation with around 40,000 workers under the direction of the Düsseldorf architects Rudolf Wilhelm Verheyen and Julius Stobbe 21. The housing, built from a social point of view, should contribute to improving the social situation of the workers and their families . These were properties belonging to the operator of the neighboring boilermaker, Jacque Piedboeuf. Between 1908 and 1910 the houses Kiefern 1 - 37 and Kiefern 6 - 12 were built. The three houses Kiefern 14 - 18 were built by the "Düsseldorfer Bau- und Sparverein" at about the same time under the direction of the architect Fritz Hofmeister. ​ But what exactly do these new social housing units mean? What made them so new and desirable for workers? ​ The building description by the architect Verheyen provides information here. Among other things, he described the need for workers to have housing close to their place of work. Where many people are accommodated in a small space, it is all the more important to consider well thought-out logistics. As an absolute novelty, bathing facilities were made available in the administration buildings. In the basement, showers and tubs were installed in small, closed cells that were available to the tenants for little money. For example, a shower bath cost 5 pfennigs and a bath 10 pfennigs. A caretaker was hired for care and maintenance. Some of the self-contained apartment units had a separate toilet, which was usually behind the apartment entrance. As revolutionary as the new type of housing was, not all apartments had their own toilet. In many houses, several tenants shared a toilet, which was usually located halfway up the stairwell. Obviously not much has changed in this situation to this day. ​ Such an administration house (probably the Düsseldorf company Eisen- und Drahtindustrie) may like the Badehaus in the Kiefernstr. to have been 4 Not particularly conspicuous in the row of houses, so occupiedan old photo from 1906 of its special importance. The picture could have been the opening ceremony of a restaurant or breakfast room. You can see the finely dressed-up tenant or operator family Allekotte, who, in addition to all sorts of physical well-being, also offered accommodation with meals and a shower bath in the courtyard. So everything that one could desire for well-being in the simple framework at that time. The facade of the pines 4 should still be largely preserved. House No. 4 currently houses the "Culture Bureau Pine Street" (K4) . With a revitalization of the Kiefernstraße in 1981, the grocery store run by the elderly Mr. Sobbek experienced an upswing again. For many years he has run this business with two saleswomen and a full range of products. He was able to continue his business for a while until his retirement, when he was greeted with a boozy celebration. Afterwards, the Greek tenants Jannis and Maria continued to run the food trade for a few years with a greatly reduced range. Friendly conversations and sometimes letters kept the good contact with the residents alive. After Jannis found a new field of activity as a pub owner in Bilk, Ricarda ran a kiosk for a while, which over time became a meeting place with outdoor seating whenever the weather permitted. After that, the premises stood empty for a long time. Until the "Kulturbureau Kiefernstraße 4" rented the premises to set up a gallery for exhibitions, readings and various art projects. This work was funded by the cultural office of the city of Düsseldorf. In January 2019, the team changed again. The focus of the old bathhouse was now on the meetings of the residents, for street meetings to continue the fight for affordable housing together. From time to time the premises are also to be used for extracurricular history lessons. So much for the story of the pines 4. ​ The more recent history of the entire Kiefernstrasse is as eventful as it is enduring : ​ After the Klöckner works, as the successor to the Düsseldorf iron and wire industry, closed their rolling mill on Fichtenstraße 40 (today's Zakk) in 1975 and sold them two years later together with the company apartment on Kiefernstraße to the city of Düsseldorf (property office of the city of Düsseldorf), work began like recent history. In 1977 the owner was the municipal housing association Düsseldorf (DÜWOGE), which offered residents a "lure bonus" of 1,000 DM if they would renounce their right to live on this street. Although affordable housing was still scarce, evictions began in 1977. The houses were gradually emptied and prepared for demolition by bricking up the windows and destroying the sanitary facilities. According to plans by the city of Düsseldorf, a new commercial area should be created here. The city council therefore decided in 1978 to formally designate Kiefernstrasse as a redevelopment area. As a result, the houses at Kiefern 7, 9, 35 and 37 were handed over to the social welfare office, which mainly housed African refugees. By 1981, more than 100 apartments had been abandoned by the former residents. However, the housing shortage was still great. In the summer of 1981, the city handed over 50 apartments in 4 buildings to the association "Aktion Wohnungsnot eV", founded in 1972, with the promise to make another 50 apartments available in September 1981. This promise was not kept. As a result, in the fall of 1981, another 50/60 apartments were occupied. Through the intervention of the "Wohnungsnot eV", the city legalized the squatting through usage contracts, but did not want to accept further squatting, since the living space was needed for refugees. In some of these apartments, mainly African refugees were accommodated by the social welfare office. Further occupations followed, against which approached the city with criminal charges of coercion and trespassing, and subsequently lost contact with the city. Together with the neighboring alternative communication center "ZAKK", over 600 signatures were collected from the residents, which were passed on to the city with the demand to rethink urban planning and leave the much-needed living space to the residents. The city didn't move, however. The residents began to organize themselves by means of house meetings and street plans and began to renovate the living space, which had been neglected for many years, on their own initiative. When squats were evicted throughout the city in 1982, some of the affected residents also moved to Kiefernstrasse. Only when the forces in the district council and in the council shifted in the course of local elections in 1984 were contacts with the city administration resumed, albeit hesitantly. Most of the asylum seekers were resettled and the houses at Kiefern 35 and 37 were rented out again. In 1985, the asylum seekers from houses 7 and 9 in Kiefern were also resettled. The following year these houses were also squatted. ​ When RAF member Eva Sybille Haule-Frimpong was arrested at 4:30 p.m. in the Dolomiti ice cream parlor in Rüsselsheim on August 2, 1986, together with 2 residents of Kiefernstrasse, a major raid followed with 800 police officers in fast vehicles. The heavily armed special task force, equipped with visor helmets and bulletproof vests, stormed several apartments. They had waited the whole night before they got the news of the successful arrest in Rüsselsheim. The two companions, aged 23 and 27, were suspected of having been couriers for the Red Army faction and having connections to the militant core of the Düsseldorf squatter scene. After the name and place of residence of the two were known, access was possible. Terror investigators from the Federal Criminal Police Office searched Kiefern 1, where one of the men is said to have lived. As a result, the Kiefernstrasse became the center of attention in Germany. The arrest of Eva Haule and her companions was in connection with the assassination attempt on July 9th, in which the Siemens manager Karl Heinz Beckurts and his driver Eckhard Groppler were murdered. With Ms. Haule-Frimpong was a fully loaded, large-caliber SIG-Sauer pistol, which came from an RAF raid on a gun shop in Masdorf on November 5, 1984, as well as other ammunition and various forged ID cards. No weapons were found during the search of Kiefernstrasse, but vast amounts of documents were found. Over the next year there were repeated raids, demonstrations and large-scale police operations. The pine road was temporarily blocked by the police. By 1988, 6 residents of Kiefernstraße were arrested on suspicion of terrorism. From the then CDU General Secretary Helmut Linssen, the Kiefernstraße in the NRW state parliament as "Zentrum des terrorism in the BR 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ designated. After long debates and renewed squatting, it came about that in 1988 limited rental contracts could be concluded with all residents which were extended 10 years later. When the leases were due to expire in November 2008, the residents were strong again Photo Feb 1988: Werner Gabriel/Hans Jürgen Breuer - Montage: Krebs/Radousi - Permission to publish: Jon Blos Artistic appreciation At the beginning of the new millennium, the artistic upgrading of the Kiefernstraße slowly started. From 2003 the "Kulturbureau Kiefernstraße" began with the artistic implementation of the new house facades. The previously occupied houses with the odd numbers were gradually given a colourful, partly socially critical design in different stages in consultation and with the support of the house residents. The new look should match the flair of the Kiefernstrasse. ​ In 2004 were created by the artist group"color fever" about Klaus Klinger under the motto "More beautiful living on the Kiefernstraße" the houses Kiefern 1 - 5 are colorfully designed. The painting extends from the corner house of Kiefernstraße/Fichtenstraße to the side of Fichtenstraße where the "ZAKK" is located at Fichtenstraße No. 40. ​ In 2008 the "5 times 5" campaign started. Here 5 different houses are again elaborately painted under the aegis of Klaus Klinger. ​ Gradually, the painting took place on the odd houses up to house no. 37. House no. 10 on the even side was painted in 2012 and with the "Afrikahaus" by Karsten Breidenbroich, the last house was painted in 2016. ​ One must not forget the site fence, which is a place for artistic meetings at regular intervals. The special thing about the Kiefernstraße is shown in the fact that the street art and graffiti works of art are largely spared from external scribblings. ​ Since 20 different houses own 20 different stories, you can find them in their numerical order here . At least as far as I can find out. In most houses, one or two pictures are not enough to convey the many pictures in the picture, symbols on the walls and ideas from the artists and residents. For this reason there is a small gallery for each house. At this point I would like to thank the artistKarsten Breidbroich Thank you for the friendly telephone interview, which gave me interesting insights into the "making of" the "Afrikahaus" (Kiefern 12). When looking at the pictures that the photographer Jürgen Wintermantel-Menze gave me permission to use, I have the feeling that I was there myself. ​ The Gallic Village - core competence resistance this is how an article from March 5th, 2019 in Coolibri titled die Kiefernstraße. Because the Kiefernstrasse community sees itself just as defensively when it comes to preserving their living space. Here you will find an insight into the diverse activities of the Kiefernstraße community to preserve their living space, which they fought for with so much commitment: ​ *Planwerkstadt378-HANDELN: CITY THINKING - Invitation to the participation process (... ) *For Social Urban Planning - Poor people get kicked out! No hotel construction (... ) *Flingern Can't be eaten - June 26th, 2019 meeting of the district representatives...(... ) *For A Rebellious City - Peace to the Shacks! War on the palaces! Demo (... ) *Statement on the current developments - protest is worth it! But: (... ) ​ Progressive modern development of the surrounding commercial areas is currently putting the Kiefernstraße under pressure. The desire of various investors and project developers to build micro apartments and hotel complexes in the upper price range in the immediate vicinity has caused massive resistance from the residents of Kiefernstraße . Together with the rest of the district, the people have so far been quite successful in defending themselves against various misplannings in the city. For example, (as of 03/19) 140 student apartments are to be built for Cube Real Estate, both as single apartments and shared flats, as well as a hotel with 280 rooms and a day care center. Yesterday as today, the residents want to ensure that opportunities and space are created for all citizens, especially in their district. It is enormously important to them that not only people with higher incomes, but people from all social classes have adequate living space that they can pay for. Everyone should be able to live according to their preferences. There are no management consultants or lawyers here; artists, craftsmen, physiotherapists and musicians live here. People here know Susie from 12 or Ahmed from 35, the surnames seem to be of secondary importance. A lively neighborhood should be created and maintained, in which people can get to know each other if they like. Accepting each other and offering help when needed. Music and art should also be given space here. The residents want to actively participate in the political and cultural events in their city. They want to be able to determine their own interests. Participation in them important. The Kiefernstraße sees itself as a unique and progressive way of life and an example of functioning social interaction. They reconcile different life preferences and different cultural backgrounds in a socially acceptable way, so to speak. It has been recognized that different cultures and social statuses offer the opportunity to participate in one another. In this way, Kasper Michels, who was one of the first residents of Kieferstrasse, brings the lifestyle of Kiefernstrasse to life even for "non-Düsseldorfers". Its informative city walks he currently runs Corona compliant online. ​ The Kiefern, as the residents of the Kiefernstraße like to call themselves, have an extremely autonomous residential community. Changes to the buildings are decided democratically. When repairs are needed, you first lend a hand before a caretaker is called. If apartments in the Kiefernstraße become available there, the community decides who can move in there. A basic rent for everyone ensures a piece social justice. The Kiefern organizes itself through various committees and working groups. They continue to decide on the design of the house facades. ​ In this very difficult environment, there is a very high level of social competence. They think that people who can afford expensive hotels and apartments would not feel comfortable in this environment. They would be better off in other parts of the city. This is the statement of a resident who lived in Kiefernstraße for 2.5 years in 03/19. According to Kaspar Michels in an interview with Collibri, published March 5th, 2019, the planned large-scale construction projects are harmful to the identity of the entire Flingern district. People have fewer and fewer points of identity and anchor points that connect them with "their" district. It should not be about maximum economic utilization of building land. Rather, it must be ensured that, for example, working-class families can continue to find affordable housing in Düsseldorf. If this were barrier-free, that would also be an improvement, for example. The above resident also considers day-care centers and facilities for refugees and the homeless to be desirable for the pines. In tireless joint work, the residents have now found 3000 like-minded people in a signature campaign in 2019. Apparently, the district council has now given in. There were/are discussions with the parties involved, which were definitely perceived as pleasant and productive. But this story doesn't end there. It will continue to be written... ​ But first, the 40th birthday will be celebrated in August 2021. You can be excited but also be sure that despite Corona, a special event will take place. Krefeld in April 2021 Sources/items: 1.wikipedia, 2.360° tour of Pine Street - Kaspar Michels 3. pines.og 4.mao-projekt.de 5. www.farbfieber.de 6. Coolibri from 05.03.19 7. "They call is small pairs" - Kaspar Michels Rundgang WAZ from .... 8th RP Online from 08/27/2013 9. WAZ from 16.05.2019 ​ Add comment: (...) Did you like this report? Feel free to leave a comment :-). SamaraBlue - MyWayOfArt/lady-sahmra-photo@gmx.de

Artist information - Down Town Gallery 2019 return Edgar Müller, Bad Ems - Human dignity is inviolable Home page In Edgar Müller's opinion, our imagination does not suffice to imagine the extent of our struggle for survival. For this reason, our actions and actions are inhuman. We disregard nature and The situation refugees. In order to understand that what people do and/or do nothing ultimately also affects them, there will first have to be a big bang. Many of the global catastrophes are due to human misconduct, caused by greed for profit, materialism and the need for economic growth. Artificial intelligence and the extremely fast-growing information technology that paralyzes free thinking, the Binds people's energy and threatens them with far too much unnecessary information in their natural being, is a sign that "his generation" has failed. It remains to be seen if anything will change. Gregor Wosik, Mönchengladbach - One Wall, Two Worlds Facebook * Instagram * Homepage Gregor Wosik takes up the always topical issue of refugees. He depicts the situation as a parallel world. On the one hand there are the desperate people looking for help, whole families often with small children, who are looking for a way across dangerous oceans to a supposedly better world, on the other hand the sailing regatta, well organized, public , well guarded. Gregor enthusiastically used the partially dilapidated underground to recreate a broken atmosphere with his colors and hands. A closer look reveals the fine details that force me to look more closely. Fabio Fedele, Rovigo, Italy - Unknown Psychodrama Facebook * Instagram Darkness and gloom surround a bright center like a cave. This cave represents evil thoughts, violence and fear. Selfishness, superficiality and uncompromising adherence to ideological and/or religious principles appear frightening and threatening to people. The bright scene in the background with the happy girl playing with animals in a beautifully colored nature, appears in bright light, thus representing good thoughts, love, tolerance, understanding and respecting the environment . The surrounding darkness seems to be overpowering and has a negative effect on us humans. But everyone has the freedom to determine their own behavior. Good thoughts can be a way out, out of the bunker. Actually quite simple. Even when threatening things and actions surround us, we have it in our hands to find the direction into the light, towards love, understanding and justice. Ruben Poncia, Uetrecht, The Netherlands - Reflex Facebook * Instagram * Homepage With this picture, the artist wants to draw attention to the fact that there is still a danger from nationalism and populism. The tiger depicted represents wisdom, mystery and domesticity. He leaves the eagle as a symbol of the Nazis for nationalism and populism. Such a beautiful animal as the eagle, like populism, attracts people, embodies power. But nobody knows when he will attack. Out of his own concern, Ruben wants to draw people's attention to the dangers of nationalistic ideas. He appeals not to forget the consequences, which are sufficiently documented by history, and to be aware of what such slogans can do. The overpoweringly large and aggressively portrayed eagle makes the danger seem very vivid to me. Victor Splash, St. Petersburg, Russia - Alive Surface Facebook * Instagram * Homepage The wall itself is the key element for Victor Splash. He lets himself be guided by the overall environment and wants to steer the visitor into his emotional world when entering the rooms. He perceives the peculiarities of the space made available to him and integrates this into his artwork. Here in the bunker, he is fascinated by the heaviness of the concrete pillars, which he softens into softer, more flexible forms through his 3D representation. In this way he seems to abolish the laws of architecture and construction and transforms himself without violence and aggression thickest walls and structures. Stressed.es, Krefeld, Germany - clip open Homepage The graphic designers Sebastian Saffenreuther and Clemens Brück symbolize the idea of protection with the help of brackets. With these brackets you can include or exclude things and/or influences. They connect the inside with the outside, one thinks: "Am I inside or outside? Am I under the protection of the bracket or is it more like a wall that hinders me?" It seems to be a question of one's own perception whether I perceive a situation as positive or negative. It's my decision whether I get involved in a situation and maybe talk to other people about it. Similar to, for example, the intersections in set theory, I capture this work of art with a geometric feeling. Something that has been very familiar and vivid to me since school. They also use colour, form and composition in a playful way. The daylight that falls on the picture at this particular point reinforces the connection between inside and outside. Adry del Rocío, Guadalajara, Mexico - A house to dream of Facebook * Instagram * Homepage The artist from Mexico worries about the difficult living conditions in refugee camps. Can they hope for protection and a more comfortable life? Do they have prospects of a secure future, of a house to dream of? Already in her childhood, the artist was sensitized to this subject by her father. He supported street children in Ecuador, a problem that in Latin America is causing many families to leave their villages due to the drug wars. Her artwork is to be understood as an illusion of a happier, more peaceful world. The intense coloring and happy faces of the children depicted make it easy for me to follow the illusion, for a blink of an eye... Alex Maksiov, Kiev, Ukraine - Shelter Facebook * Instagram * Homepage It depends not only on the person himself whether his head can offer humanity a protective space, but also on his environment. Both have an impact on the situation. The ceiling and floor hold the concrete head captive. It stands for a person who has lost all humanity. This head can no longer offer protection to humanity that defective. But_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_ Everyone has to make their own decisions for or against humanity and thus protect their heads from external attacks. This work of art has a disturbing effect on me. I can't grasp it all at once. What is where? Where does it belong? Alex Weigandt, TUBUKU, Krefeld - Last man understanding Facebook * Instagram * Homepage This scene, which depicts a bar, seems dreamily unreal. It stands in stark contrast to the life situation in a bunker during wartime. People, guests with heads made of lightbulbs, these may stand for thoughts and ideas. Alex thinks back to his student days and plays with the transparency of the colors used, creating different lighting situations and exposing his figures to different life situations. In difficult life situations, bars often become a place where you can get help or at least a distraction. Sometimes the visit ends in alcoholic free fall, which many a bartender, as a supposed friend, likes to support. But what is reality? who is my friend Do I have a "real" friend? How necessary are social contacts? ... and where can I find them during the Corona period? For me, this question is particularly explosive at the moment. Maria Kudasheva, St. Petersburg, Russia - Shelter in my head Facebook During the war, a bunker was a protection for the life and limb of the population, but for mutual support it was also a place where one was/was locked up . Are we really free today in peace ? Maria wonders if you don't have your own prison in mind today, walls built around to protect one's mind from the abundance of information and outside influences? Rapid changes make it difficult for us to separate the important from the unimportant. Everything is in constant change. Can we come with you? What helps us keep track? Your plain person appears to be seeking this meditation. iVann Garc, Guanajuato, Mexico - Flexible battle Facebook iVann seemingly reverses the nature of war. With the little dark-skinned girl, his picture embodies the future of minorities. The soldiers, transformed into toys, stand for a possible peace in the world. For iVann, his Jewish great-grandfather, who fled from Berlin to Mexico as a Jew, exerted a strong influence . He knew little of his German family history. Only on his trip to Krefeld, during a street festival, did he find out that his family with the name 'Hirche' was wealthy and well-known in Berlin. What would have become of him if there had been no persecution of the Jews? Again, the nonsensical nature of violence and wars becomes clear, but also the inevitability. A steady cycle of power posturing, greed for profit, intolerance and arrogance. It repeats itself again and again, such as the relationship between the USA and Mexico. Floya Jam, Toulon, France - Le reve de Annabella Facebook Floya Jam posed for her niece in this beautiful color image. The little one plays peacefully and apparently completely relaxed in her own imaginative world. In her mind, butterflies fly freely around her. Floya Jam wants to express hope. Hope for a peaceful coexistence of all people. The sunflower in the background provides the vital light, symbolized by the little girl's peaceful face, which becomes the focal point of the magnificent blossom. The picture evokes calm in me as the viewer, lightness and peace. She describes this painting style, which is typical of Floya Jam, as improvisation in mediative painting flow. Danila Shmelev, Moscow, Russia, Fragility Facebook * Instagram Physical and psychological violence and aggression bother Danila (@SSHHOZZY). Hidden behind shredded paper, cardboard and plastic, an eye tries to find protection and security from just this. But paper offers no protection against these attacks. Danila himself was able to grow up without these bad influences, but he was not spared frightening examples. Achieving success through physical violence and aggression is possible, he says. But that can't be the right way, even though many people experience it every day. I am very touched by this delicately designed picture. It was only during editing that the individual inadequate protective devices became apparent to me layer by layer. Details that I didn't really notice when visiting the gallery. This picture speaks later... BeNer1, garbs, Germany - Bayeza abafana abancane Facebook * Instagram * Homepage Patrik Wolters aka BeNer1 looks back on more than 20 years of development in art and graffiti. For Krefeld, he has taken up the still current problem of political and social injustice in South Africa. Through his time in Johannesburg, where he and his girlfriend took photos in the township and offered a graphic workshop for children, he always stayed connected to the country and its problems. His picture shows there s South African township Gugulethu, which has suffered greatly from apartheid, from the point of view of the residents, not from that of the tourists. The mountains Table Mountain and can be seen in the background of the picture. The situation is framed by the national flower of South Africa, the protea. The main character is a boy with a red crown on his head, a stylistic device used in graffiti art to emphasize something special. This emphasis applies here in the very graphic depiction of a song text from 1989, the end of apartheid: "One man one vote" by Johnny Clepp & Savuka. Carlos Alberto, Guadaljara, Mexico - A future that breathes Facebook A young girl looks proudly and powerfully, still innocently, into a hopeful future. It is meant to symbolize a new generation, more confident than the previous one, in tune with the difficulties of the present and a realistic vision of the future. The beautifully colored birds, individually rather weak and fragile, symbolize the strength that can emanate from a group. Applied to humanity, the desire for togetherness becomes clear here, without differences of origin. Hope for a functioning shelter earth. Unfortunately some of the last pictures are missing. I wasn't able to look at them on the day of my visit. As a result, my report remains incomplete, the story does not find its end, at least not here. I hope to get another chance to look at the missing pictures. Add comment: (...) Did you like this report? Feel free to leave a comment :-). Sources: The information used here comes largely from the documented interviews by Fredda Wouters, which she conducted for the association effective eV with the participating artists for the opening of the Down Town Gallery 2019 in Krefeld. The use of this information for my reporting has been agreed with Ms. Wouters. SamaraBlue - MyWayOfArt/lady-sahmra-photo@gmx.de Continue

Kerim Anfang street art - Kerim Musanovic/Bosnia-Herzegovina "Flotsam " return Facebook * Instagram Kerim Musanovic's whale occupies a relatively small area and yet has a very deep meaning. artist info(...) The whale of Kerim Musanovic only takes up a relatively small area and yet has a very profound meaning. Artist info (... ) Artist information Kerim Musanovic Kerim is a painter with academic training. His personal style is characterized by depictions of animals and nature in general. If you look at hisInstagram account , one can state that the whale is one of his favorite motifs. You can even buy him on a t-shirt that adorns a whale he painted in Mostar in 2020. According to his own statements, he had to flee to Germany with his family during the Bosnian war. They have lost their homeland. He later returned to his home country with his family to start all over again. With his pictures he would like to urgently point out the danger of climate change. The currently of the street art event in Krefeld, the current flood disaster in Germany inspired him to create this composition. In this way he shows his sympathy and understanding for the flood victims in Germany. Despite the dramatic subject matter presented here, Kerim's image depicts nature in bold, life-affirming colors. In my opinion, he conveys a positive attitude despite everything. You can find more detailed explanations under the pictures. Source: Kerim personally Translation artist information Kerim Musanovic Kerim is a painter with an academic background. His personal style is characterized by depictions of animals and nature in general. If you look at his Instagram account, you can see that the whale is one of his favorite motifs. You can even buy it on a T-shirt adorned with a whale that he painted in Mostar in 2020. According to his own statements, he and his family had to flee to Germany during the Bosnian War. They have lost their home. He later returned to his home country with his family to start all over again. With his pictures he would like to emphasize the dangers of climate change. The currently of the street art event in Krefeld, the very current flood disaster in Germany has inspired him to compose this picture. He shows his sympathy and understanding for the flood victims in Germany. Despite the dramatic theme depicted here, Kerim's painting shows nature in bold, life-affirming colors. In spite of everything, I feel that it conveys a positive attitude. You can find more detailed explanations under the pictures. Source: Kerim personally ​ Infos Kerim You can find the newspaper article here: (...) ​ Add comment: (...) Did you like this report? Feel free to leave a comment :-). SamaraBlue - MyWayOfArt/lady-sahmra-photo@gmx.de Continue

street art - Silk City Gallery 2021 - Krefeld 4. Krefeld change of perspective in the silk weaver house return A lost place becomes a canvas. Gray in gray, only color can help. The building has this color in the period from 19.07. - 07/25/2021 as part of the 4th Krefeld change of perspective and the artistic direction of the curator Fredda Wouters received enough. Information about the Seidenweberhaus, its history and the great painting campaign from my very personal point of view will soon be available here (...). Meanwhile, in the gallery below, check out the already completed reports, just as I experienced the Silk City Gallery. Continue reading (...) This project will be further completed after the revision of the homepage. A bit patience :-). Just click on the pictures and you will be forwarded to the page of the respective artist. Simply click on the pictures and you will be redirected to the page of the respective artist. This project will be completed after the revision of the homepage. Have patience :-). Vanessa & Lydia Hitzfeld - DONE Cuboliquido - DONE Martino Pitture/Daniele Lazazzara - DONE Kerim Musanovic - DONE Marion Ruthard - DONE Michele Buscio - DONE Tiberio Mazzoccchi - DONE Fabio Fedele - DONE M.Berg I J.Kirk PurcelI I C.Kirk (i.A.) Eduardo Relaro (on behalf) Julia Bethke (on behalf) Luisa Estrada - DONE Camilla Margerito - DONE Alex Maksiov (on behalf) sonjaAMAZErell - DONE OLDHAUS I Kerim Musanovic - DONE TUBUKU/Mrzyglod/Wosik (pending) Bener1 I Hoker1 I Guillem Font Alina Orav - DONE In the middle and all around the end youtube youtube youtube youtube youtube youtube Continue Annotation: This 4th and for the time being last action of the Krefeld change of perspective under the creative and committed leadership of the curator Fredda Wouters was something very special for me. For the first time I was able to accompany a street art event photographically from the beginning. That was extremely impressive. Documenting this exciting "making off", supplemented by information about art and artists, is my very personal approach to the topic of street art. I used working titles for some of the images because I haven't been able to research all the titles of the artworks yet. The order in which the pictures tell their story also follows. Until then, the images in the gallery are in any order. ​ Since I don't just take photographs but am also interested in the artists, the backgrounds and the little things on the side, I try to get authentic information about the artists and their pictures. I was able to discuss this personally with most of the artists after the event. Thank you very much for that. If I have taken information from the Internet, I have marked it as such. On the one hand, doesn't do "copy & paste" for me_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_ Sense, on the other hand it has something to do with respect for the work of others!. Since this procedure is time-consuming, I will gradually put my reports online as I have the time and leisure. ​ I hope you enjoy the virtual tour of our aging silk weaver house. Completely in the sign of the value and endangerment of nature, seen a little from the perspective of Beuys and here and there with a clear reference to the city of Krefeld. Interpreted and creatively presented by 30 local and international street artists of all ages. It was an exciting, inspiring week for Krefeld. Just drop by from time to time and see which story is new online. :-) Krefeld in July 2021 SC weiter lesen Add comment: (...) Did you like this page/report? I am pleased about your comment :-). SamaraBlue - MyWayOfArt/lady-sahmra-photo@gmx.de Continue