"Repetition"

At first glance, the theme may sound unusual. In the context of sculpture, we mean "the repetition of forms". In this course, we aim to explore the great creative potential inherent in this aspect.
Nature is permeated by repetition. One look is enough to see it in its many variations: as an accumulation in large numbers (fish scales, leaves on a tree, hairs in a coat, waves on a sand dune, etc.), as the repetition of a principle (angles of a crystal, turtle shell, berry, etc.), or in growth – the "repetition of a form from a previous one" (seashell, earthworm, bud, pine cone, horsetail, coral). The list is as long as nature is diverse. There are surely even more fascinating examples. Ernst Haeckel illustrated this beautifully in Kunstformen der Natur.
The repetition of forms also accompanies us in everyday life: in architecture, in the structure of textiles, in the plastering of a wall, in foam, on a keyboard, in a whisk.
In modern art, we encounter repetition in Klee, in Warhol (as a flood of media images and consumer goods), in Minimal Art (Donald Judd, industrial production), in Land Art (Richard Long arranging stones along an endless straight line in the landscape), or in the music of John Cale and Philip Glass. Looking further back, we think of the megalithic fields of prehistory, the relief friezes of the Greeks, ornament in general, and rhythm as a universal principle.
Repetition is everywhere. Once you start observing and reflecting, ideas come tumbling forth. In this course, we are open to all approaches, from classical sculpture to Land Art.

Essential requirement for the course: Good basic stone sculpting skills.

The course language is German, but the tutor also speaks English, French, Italian.