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Wind(y) art in northwest Germany - Moved Wind's 4th Art Competition

WALDECK-FRANKENBERG, GERMANY.-moved wind 2008 will take place in a
charming region in northwest Germany . All art objects, installations
and other expressive art forms, referring to our theme wind form, are
welcome (deadline for registration is 30 April 2008). The rural
district of Waldeck-Frankenberg close to Kassel presents in its
pretty and varied surroundings all these wind(y) art objects from 17
until 31 August 2008. An exciting supporting programm links the
exhibition places with guides, concerts, biking tours and (wind)
picnic. Wind in all its forms certainly is the lynchpin of this Land
Art exhibition – just as, in a wider sense, the relationship between
art and nature.

The theme wind form refers to the proverbial effect of wind. First,
wind realizes itself in its forming effect on things, nature or
mankind. In wind form, wind is form and form is wind. No boundaries
for any idea are fixed. The organizers aim to realize even special
objects.

The winner of the art competition moved wind 2008 will be awarded
with 2500 Euros. Artists of all disciplines are invited: fine arts,
poetry, and architecture or performing art. In addition, there is an
award for children and youth, endowed with 300 Euros. We offer a
special workshop for children with the artists.

From its very beginnings, moved wind kept the flag flying for
international and tolerant aspects of art. This is why we are
sincerely encouraging contributions from international artists! Art
(and wind) are linguistic systems, known and understood everywhere in
the world. At the same time, Land Art, art or nature, or wind
engender different questions (and answers) for artists in diverse
countries such as the United Arab Emirates , in Ireland or Germany .
It is not without reason that the wind art performance in northwest
Germany (nearby Kassel ) has awarded prices to artists from South
Korea or Surinam.

In the same way, the organizers of moved wind wish to see a variety
of art walkers to see the Land Art happening in the charming region
Waldecker Land: on foot, by bike, alongside the water — or in your
own hot-air balloon.

Wind, meteorologically simply the airflow of atmosphere, is not only
a global phenomenon – wind is as varied a matter as art itself. This
fertile analogy gave the art-nature agenda its (windy) vision when,
in 2004, the area district in Hesse was looking for an integrative
tourist program for its charming landscape. The artistic director of
moved wind, Reta Reinl, anticipated what now resounds throughout the
world: an ubiquitous and serious awareness of nature. When
protagonists themselves see culture as antagonistic to any ecologic
engagement, this then requires fresh ideas. moved wind was a plus
factor in this year's comparison between national parks across
Germany .

Every two years the Land Art exhibition seeks to illustrate the
relation between art and nature (topics of the last years were "wind
for gaming" and "windspaces"). In addition, the concept of moved wind
renders homage to the forming motivation of the Land Art movement in
the 1960s: to create artworks, acting not in the museum but in the
landscape.

moved wind is organized by the area district Waldeck-Frankenberg near
the art city Kassel . Another partner is Geopark Waldeck-Frankenberg.
Its organizational role is crucial: the region is a geological center
of knowledge thanks to its primeval heritage. The Korbacher rift und
the primeval sausage dog "Procynosuchus" are only two examples of the
geological attractions in Waldecker Land

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