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| executed: | 1997 |
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| classification: | projects |
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| object/work type: | sanctuary |
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| technique/material: | brickwall, height 3 m, diameter 14 m, thickness 0.4 m sandstone crown, thickness 0.55 m |
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| herman de vries erected a sanctuary on the meadow between the north end of the Schloßgarten and Einsteinstraße, near the Void-Stone by George Brecht. The artist thinks of sanctuary as a protected space, in which he would like to allow an uncultivated, natural garden to grow. For the round wall of his sanctuary, he used the traditional Münster construction materials: bricks, crowned with the typical decorative sandstone. The wall encompasses a circle measuring 14 meters across. Its four oval, eye-level openings allow the visitor to look in. Only their sense of sight allows observers to take part in the natural process of growth occurring within the wall's confines. |
| dimensions: | Ø14 m and height 3 m |
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| signature and inscriptions: | inscribed upon the sandstone ledge on top of the wall, above each of the four openings, are writings from the 'Tsá-upanishad'. Roughly translated, they say: "om. this is perfect; that is perfect; perfect comes from perfect; take perfect from perfect and the remainder is perfect." |
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