cumulus berlin, 2010
A percent for art project by Thorsten Goldberg for the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in Berlin
The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in Berlin, located in the Wilhelmstrasse since 2000, received a new building in 2010. This included a war-related vacant lot and formed a courtyard after a long time.
For the new building and the courtyard garden a percent for art competition was held, in which 14 artists on invitation were involved. Beside Thorsten Golberg, awards were also given to Arnold Dreyblatt, Frank Stuermer, Claudia Faehrenkemper, Thomas Wrede and Werner Hutmacher.
Goldberg’s award-winning project contribution was the only work that dealt with the outdoor courtyard garden. The artwork was inaugurated on the 20th August 2010.
Cumulus is a stylized, rotating cumulus cloud that is placed on a swivel pole with bracket in the courtyard garden of the Ministry. The cloud is made of high-gloss glass-fiber reinforced plastic and is rotatably mounted on the top of a tall, swivel, polished chrome angle. Shifting wind directions cause a change in the position of the cloud in the air space of the garden. Through a hand grip the entire arm with the cloud can be swung also by hand. At a height of about 11 meters above the ground level, the object with approximately 3,5 x 2,5 x 2,5 m appears relatively small and thus refers to the model character of the courtyard display gardens of the Ministry. As the only actor in the sky over the courtyard garden, the cloud is at its prominent location still widely effective: on the 6 m jib swings the cloud by about 200° around the edge of the building. The reflectivity of the mast recaptures with the rotation the surrounding architecture and the landscape.
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