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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Spangenberg

“Krodil – Gradil – Gradit – Granite” (ARS NATURA)

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Spangenberg

“Krodil – Gradil – Gradit – Granite” (ARS NATURA)

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“Krodil – Gradil – Gradit – Granite” (ARS NATURA)

Name: “Krodil – Gradil – Gradit – Granite” (ARS NATURA)
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Location: Spangenberg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Loop between Spangenberg and Schnellrode – ARS NATURA art trail

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2. 2 Lives - ARS NATURA – Large Rock near Spangenberg loop from Dinkelberg

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3. Large Rock near Spangenberg – 2 Lives - ARS NATURA loop from Spangenberg

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𝕵𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔫

November 1, 2023

Ewald Rumpf, Remsfeld
»Krodil – Gradil – Gradit - Granite«

On the one hand, the title indicates a “metamorphic connection”. Lizards and rocks are united in a geological context. While granites, which were formed in the Archean era (approx. 2.8 billion years), can be viewed as primary rock, crocodiles are the survival artists among the animals in Earth's history. Sarcosuchus Imperator, the ancient crocodile, has the same ancestors as the dinosaurs, but was able to adapt better than them to the changing living conditions in the Tertiary period around 65 million years ago and today populates the tropical waters in numerous species, although often not many specimens . On the other hand, the four artificial words specifically describe the path of the two crocodiles to the centuries-old stone trough, which probably served as a cattle trough and has not yet dried out. Standing between the two crocodiles, the hiker may feel the concentrated primal power of these exotic animals. The naturalistic design method supports fantasies that arise in view of the discrepancy between the landscape and the different animal creatures - images of a tropical world that is inhospitable to humans
and from crocodiles, which in turn find no suitable habitat in the temperate cool zone, feelings of danger and strangeness arise.

Source: ars-natura-stiftung.de/index.php/de/kunstwerk/54?c=34&ts=3

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Michael

April 9, 2025

ars-natura-stiftung.de

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1. Loop between Spangenberg and Schnellrode – ARS NATURA art trail

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