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#FotoVorschlag: In die Luft geschaut // Looking up into the air

Der "Garten der Macht" einer der Themengärten im #Elbauenpark Magdeburg. Er symbolisiert überraschenderweise nicht den deutschen Michel, der zur kopflosen Führung aufschaut, sondern die einstige Bedeutung Magdeburgs als "drittes Rom" (Otto der Große lässt grüßen) und den Konflikt zwischen weltlicher und geistlicher Macht. Aha. // The "Garden of Power", one of the themed gardens in Elbauenpark #Magdeburg. Surprisingly, it doesn't symbolize the simple-minded "German Michel" (a personification of the German people), putting a headless leader on a pedestal. Instead, it represents Magdeburg's historical significance as the "Third Rome" (a nod to Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great, who made Magdeburg one of his most powerful courts), and the conflict between secular and clerical authority. Mmhmm, if you say so.

#Kunst #öffentlicheKunst #art #publicArt #Kunstinstallation #artInstallation #modernArt #contemporaryArt #moderneKunst #zeitgenössischeKunst #sculpture #Skulptur #sculptureGarden #Skulpturengarten #GartenDerMacht #lookUp #lookingUp

~meoralis~Aug 12

#FotoVorschlag: Landkarten/#Stadtpläne // #Maps

Hier ist ein besonders beeindruckender dreidimensionaler #Stadtplan von #Delft, ganz stilecht aus #Keramik. // Here's a stunning 3D #cityMap of Delft, fittingly made from #ceramic tiles.

#DelftPottery #Delftware #delf #DelfterKeramik #keramiek #earthenware #pottery #publicArt #streetArt #art #Kunst #öffentlicheKunst #tileArt #map #mosaicMap #mosaic #Mosaik #MosaikKunst #Mosaiken #MosaicMonday #mosaics #mosaicArt #SouthHolland #Südholland #ZuidHolland #Nederland #Netherlands #Niederlande #Holland #TextureTuesday #tilesOnTuesday

~meoralis~Aug 8

#FotoVorschlag: #Rost und #Grünspan // #Rust and #patina

Ich kann beides bieten! Hier ist die #Metallskulptur "Die #Biene" von Metallbildhauer Ronald Knoll und im Hintergrund der #NaumburgerDom (UNESCO-Welterbe) // I have both! This is the metal #sculpture "The #Bee" by #metal sculptor Ronald Knoll, and in the background the spires of #Naumburg Cathedral (UNESCO world heritage site)

#church #Kirche #town #urban #streetPhotography #urbanArt #publicArt #öffentlicheKunst #Metall #Skulptur #metalwork #metalworks #rusty #rostig #verrostet #Insekt #insect #art #Kunst #WeatheringSteel #Cortenstahl #Corten #cortenSteel #NaumburgSaale #NaumburgAnDerSaale #Burgenlandkreis

~meoralis~Jul 26

*Re-upload: War die falsche Kirche, ups! // Wrong church, sorry!
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#FotoVorschlag: Am #Fluss // By the #river

Noch mal die #Hubbrücke über der Elbe in #Magdeburg, was sonst? Hier ist nur der zweite Teil der #Kunstinstallation von #MaurizioNannucci zu sehen, dafür aber auch die #Johanniskirche. // This calls for another shot of the Hubbrücke #bridge over the #Elbe river in Magdeburg! Only the second part of Maurizio Nannucci's #artInstallation is visible here, but you get to see St. John's #church instead.

#HubbrückeMD #HubrückeMagdeburg #art #Kunst #publicArt #öffentlicheKunst #lightArt #Lichtkunst #nightShot #nightPhotography #nightLights #cityLights #evening #night #Abend #Nacht #Kirche #StJohannisKirche #JohanniskircheMagdeburg #Nachtfotografie #blueHour #blaueStunde #urban #cityscape #streetPhotography #cityAtNight #twilight #dusk #nightLights #Brücke #bridgeObsession #architecture #Architektur #silhouette #stillerSonntag #silentSunday

~meoralis~Jul 20

Vᴏɴ sᴏ ᴡᴇɪᴛ ʜᴇʀ ʙɪs ʜɪᴇʀ ʜɪɴ. Vᴏɴ ʜɪᴇʀ ᴀᴜs ɴᴏᴄʜ ᴠɪᴇʟ ᴡᴇɪᴛᴇʀ. // Fʀᴏᴍ sᴏ ꜰᴀʀ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀᴇ. Fʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ.

#SilentSunday at #Hubbrücke bridge over the #Elbe river in #Magdeburg. This is an art installation by #MaurizioNannucci on both sides of the #bridge.

This lift bridge used to be a railway bridge, but is now for pedestrians only. It doubles as an art installation with many love locks and commemorative plaques that work like a donor wall. I might share some of the plaques at a later point: some are funny, some are sad, some are sweet. Hubbrücke is one of the largest lift bridges in Germany and is a listed monument.

One T is missing now on the blue side. I snapped it a few years ago when all the #lights were working, so here it is in its full glory: https://pixelfed.social/p/meoralis/785928088335299682

#HubbrückeMD #HubrückeMagdeburg #art #Kunst #artInstallation #Kunstinstallation #publicArt #öffentlicheKunst #lightArt #Lichtkunst #nightShot #nightPhotography #MagdeburgerDom #MagdeburgCathedral #nightLights #cityLights #evening #night #Abend #Nacht #Nachtfotografie #blueHour #blaueStunde #urban #cityscape #streetPhotography #cityAtNight #twilight #dusk #nightLights #Brücke #bridgeObsession #architecture #Architektur #silhouette #stillerSonntag

~meoralis~Jul 19

Anguish ... for #SpookySaturday

This #statue by sculptor Heinrich Apel is called "Mother and child". Apel's #art can be found all over #Magdeburg. Another of his works is the quirky bird door handle of the Cathedral which I posted a while ago. You can find this statue in front of #Johanniskirche (St. John's church) in Magdeburg.

Maybe you remember that there was a car attack on Magdeburg's Christmas market last December, killing 6 people and injuring hundreds of others. This happened only a stone's throw from the church, and, as you may see here, there are still flowers, candles, and messages to remember the victims. (I took this photo in April, but they are still there)

#haunted #pain #grief #Trauer #Angst #Seelenqual #Schmerz #trauern #traurig #grieving #terror #dark #moody #Kunst #publicArt #öffentlicheKunst #sculpture #Skulptur #SculptureSaturday #StatuenSamstag #StJohannisKirche #JohanniskircheMagdeburg

~meoralis~Jul 9

#FotoVorschlag: Achtung #scharf // Caution: #spicy/sharp

📍#Genua #Genoa #Genova

#Skulptur #sculpture #chilli #chillies #peppers #chiliPeppers #Chilischoten #Paprika #Peperoni #Kunst #öffentlicheKunst #art #publicArt #Italien #Italy #Italia

~meoralis~Jun 9

Einen schönen #Mohntag allerseits with a throwback to the 2014 #artInstallation 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘥 that "planted" 888,246 ceramic red #poppies in the moat of the #TowerOfLondon to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. Each #poppy represented one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War.

This year, another poppy-based installation, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, with almost 30,000 ceramic poppies from the original installation, was put in place at the Tower to mark 80 years since VE Day and the end of World War II in Europe. You can visit it until #Armistice Day on 11 November 2025.

(Edit: The last one is a panoramic shot which probably won't be displayed properly in the Pixelfed app, but should be alright on desktop)

#Mohn #Mohnblumen #Mohnliebe #Kunstinstallation #publicArt #öffentlicheKunst #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #ErsterWeltkrieg #ZweiterWeltkrieg #WorldWarII #SecondWorldWar #NieWiederIstJetzt #NieWiederKrieg #NieWieder #neverAgain #neverAgainIsNow #Shard #London #England #UK