Herring (artwork) – Wikipedia
The Herring with two stone guards is located in Westerstede-Burgforde, Ammerland, and is a work of art in public space designed by Norbert Marten and Christel Mandos-Feldmann. The execution took place by Norbert Marten. The manor was inaugurated in May 2000 and was a project of the Ammerland art path, initiated by Ingeborg Posega.
The manor with two stone guards is located within the former Wittenheimer Burgplatz castle, which was first mentioned in 1439 and was removed at the end of the 18th century. Find material of excavations is located in the State Museum for Nature and Man in Oldenburg.
On the one hand, the sculpture group commemorates the history of the castle as a manor and Burgmannslehgut and, on the other hand, asks the handling of the residents of peasantry with historical cultural assets.
The site is under monument protection.
The conception of Norbert Marten and Christel Mandos-Feldmann illuminates parts of the history of Burgplatz, interviewed time-minded mistakes in history, in which the present corrected and cultural values for the future as a place for a “think times!” In nature:
- The Burgplatz-Waldparkanlage The stones of the castle are symbolized as “Burgmannslehngut”:
The sculptor Norbert Marten was transformed into a 2.50 m high sculpture by the sculptor Norbert Marten. A male figure sitting on a kind of throne resides on the square. However, only legs and belly are recognizable. The upper body and head are hidden in a stone mass. The legs form armrests for all those who want to take up a height of 1.20 in order to lean on the “man” on the castle square. The view from there follows the avenue through which you can reach the Burgplatz, which is protected by the ramparts and the two castle ditches.
- A split, towering boulder from the region, partly sanded and partly edited figuratively, takes over the function of guards. Synonymously, they guard cultural values, in particular the cultural memory of this Burgplatz as the “manor” of a past era:
Burgmannslehngut and manor seat have fallen into the castle history of the square of transience; The high cultural value was not recognized in a region with rural and strongly hierarchical structures. Therefore, it seemed important for this work of art in public space, important in this special historical square, to position “guardians” as a reminder and safer of this castle square at the “entrance to Burgplatz”. They refer to a respectful way of dealing with cultural assets, also for current and future events.
In art in public space by Norbert Marten and Christel Mandos-Feldmann, historical backgrounds represent a socio-political platform to keep cultural memory awake, to promote cultural education, to continue new forms of communication through and with art.
Therefore, the concept of the Westersteder artwork “” “Herring Surried” with two stone guards “was also a presentation of the historical finds and a castle field festival. The residents of Westerstedes were invited to document and present preserved parts of the castle. In May 2000, the “Han Sea Festival” took place on the old Burgplatz in Westerstede-Burgforde for the inauguration with great participation of the citizens in May 2000.
A constant survey of the Burgplatz and thus an questioning of political conditions and cultural developments in and around Westerstede was the aim of the concept of Norbert Marten and Christel Mandos-Feldmann for the “manor”, also for the future.
- Helmut Harms: Time travel between the coast and the coastal canal , Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Like 2001
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