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Bad Laasphe
Kr. Siegen-Wittgenstein
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Königstraße

Fluszgang 2012

River course 2012

Thomas Vinson
2012

Description

Path meandering through Bad Laasphe's Königstraße, in which 279 stones are embedded in with a salmon is carved.

Bad Laasphe - Fluszgang 2012

Inscription(s)

Fluszgang 2012

279 Lachssteine sind in dem Kunstwerk "Fluszgang 2012" von Thomas Vinson
eingebettet. Dieses Kunstwerk ist im Juni 2012 im Rahmen des 2. Bildhauersymposiums
in Wittgenstein entstanden. Die 279 Steine haben Symbolcharakter: So viele
Kinder leben im Alter zwischen 0 und 6 Jahren in der Lahnstadt zum 31.12.2011.
Jeden Stein ziert ein Lachs, der symbolisch für Bad Laasphe steht.

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River course 2012

The artwork "River course 2012" by Thomas Vinson consist of a path embedded with 279
salmon stones. This artwork is made in June 2012 as part of the 2nd Sculpture Symposium
in Wittgenstein. The 279 stones are symbolic: so many
children between the ages of 0 and 6 lived in the Lahn town on 31 Dec. 2011.
Every stone is decorated with a salmon, a symbol of Bad Laasphe.

Sculptor

Thomas Vinson (Paris 1970), French-German visual artist (Website).

Sources & Information

Bad Laasphe - Skulpturen Spaziergang, 2015 (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 50°55'37" - E 8°24'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw670; Photograph: 7 October 2018
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