2009-08-18

bird, ivy

Earth spirit

Opposite the Alter Turm, and constantly gazing upon it, is the Erdgeist, a 14m high bird figure, created in 2000 by André Heller for the World Wildlife Fund's stand at the Hannover Expo.

11 comments:

  1. very nice picture. I also visited that one some weeks ago. Nice place to relax

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  2. Oh dear, it is not just Australian's that have a thing about building 'big things'.

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  3. Strange, very strange. A bird head, with human-like arms and legs. :)

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  4. Wow, it's huge! What is it made of - looks like gigantic flower bed.

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  5. How did the Erdgeist come to Mettlach? And what is he doing with the cube? And what is painted on the surrounding wall? Graffitti???
    Nice pic, btw, ;-), I like the different shades of blue.

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  6. wow... que miedo con el birdman!!
    muy impresionante.. un trabajo de jardineria que me recuerda a la pelicula del "joven manos de tijera"... la viste?

    Cudiate!
    un besito

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  7. I was wondering the same thing,a bird/human mix. That's interesting.

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  8. I agree this one is rather nice, as are a few of the Aussie big things.

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  9. 'Edward Sissorhands' was the first thing that crossed my mind! :-) Amazing!

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  10. Wow, wie klein kommt man sich da vor.

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  11. I just love this bird... and so the dear hunter.

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