unesco world heritage – markus lehr

Au revoir Völklingen

This is the exit of one of the routes through the main exhibition about the technical details of iron production. They are shown interactively with all kinds of means: Video, images, installations and even real fire. I have seen visitors of all ages equally stunned with eyes wide open and I am quite sure that I will come back one day. Please have a look at the full set of…

Craftmen’s alley, Völklingen Ironworks

(ISO 100, f6.3 @ 35mm, 64sec., 21:39) A look into the Handwerkergasse (craftmen’s alley) of the Völklinger Hütte which is one of the locations of the European Centre for Art and Industrial Culture and also a branch of the Saar Art School. The old workshops have been turned into studios for art students today. The inscription on the boat says: “You who are climbing the deck on your own risk,…

Urban Art Biennale, Völklingen world heritage site

(ISO 100, f8 @ 82mm, 1/5sec., 12:23) Apart from exhibitions about the history and the technical details of iron production there is also room for modern art in the vast space of the Völklingen Ironworks. Sebastião Salgado, EVOL, Shepard Fairey and Bill Viola are only a few of the many artists who have been shown here. The exhibition area is both open (on top) and closed (massive walls) at the…

Völklingen Ironworks, view from the charging platform

(ISO 100, f8 @ 30mm, 1/125sec., 14:21) I am standing on the charging platform here approx. 27m above the ground and we are looking towards one of the three slag heaps of the ironworks. The slag mountains are locally called “Hostenbacher Alps” and reach a height of 90 to 130m. Interestingly the heat inside these slag heaps might have contributed to the development of a great variety of lichens. Scientific…

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