les fleurs du mal (Blumen für Marl)

Place
Marl I
Year
2014
Institution
Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl /DE
Curator
Georg Elben
Technique
Stainless steel letters, LED light Technical Realization: Elektro Decker GmbH Concrete vase Technical Realization: Andras Blazsek Cut flowers
Thanks
Werner Arndt, Andras Blazsek, Thomas Decker, Gabriele Figge, Silvia Frechen, Klaus-Peter Lauche, Martina Möller, Ulrich Noetzlin, Linda Kathrin Rademacher, Ute Schäfer, Ruth Schiffer, Jennifer Schwiderowski, Ingrid Stoppa-Sehlbach, Elena Vasilieva, Melanie Weidemüller, Stephan Wolters, Christian Zumschilde
Photographer
Antje Kapust, Bochum/DE Achim Kukulies, Düsseldorf /DE Archive Mischa Kuball, Düsseldorf /DE
Supported by
Ministerium für Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des LandesNordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Kultursekretariat NRW, Wuppertal, Sparkasse Vest, Recklinghausen, Habakuk Freundeskreis zur Förderung des Skulpturenmuseums Glaskasten, Marler Zeitung, Marl /DE

Directly at the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, between the Grimme Institute, City Lake, and the employment agency is Marl city hall, which serves a population of 85,000 inhabitants in the north Ruhr region. White illuminated lettering on the upper edge of the façade of the building formed a wordplay of the first part of the title “les fleurs du mal” and referenced the eponymous volume of poetry by Charles Baudelaire from 1857. The dominant illuminated letters were complemented by a large vase positioned at left next to the stairway, which was formally coordinated to the concrete architecture of the 1960s-era building. The two-part installation was understood as a catalyst and an invitation to the citizens of Marl to provide fresh flowers to personally activate and shape the administrative center of the city through participation, interaction, reflection, and discussion. (JO)

bookrelease / performance, Marl 2016

A performative sculpture with 350 reprints of "public preposition" for Creiler Platz in Marl, in the context of the exhibition "SKULPTUR 2015" at Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl. Each visitor could take one book from the  participatory sculpture.

3.2.2016 | 12:00 Uhr

Am Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Creiler Platz, Rathaus, 45768 Marl

Press

Marl I • 2014