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La grande ourse
📍 Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin
· 68100 Mulhouse
À propos
The work entitled La Grande oursse was installed at the Nouveau Bassin in 2011. This work is the result of a plastic art competition launched among high school students on the theme of "The planet is warming up, let's not be afraid! »
Two high schools won the competition: the Lambert General High School and the Stoessel Vocational High School. Julie Wittich and Marie Kebs are the two designers of the work who were following the plastic arts option at the Lambert high school. The work was then created by students in the metalwork CAP at the Lycée Stoessel. The manufacture required 148 stainless steel pipes and several recycled metal drums. The work weighs about 700 kilos.
The image of the bear was chosen as a strong link to global warming. Choosing pierced and half-open pipes also gives the bear this fragile aspect, to signify that it is an endangered animal, already affected by the damage caused to nature and its environment. The link can also be made with the animals in the zoo, two polar bears present in Mulhouse. Finally, the title of the work refers of course to the celestial constellation which would be like a course to follow in order to find solutions to the damage to nature and the planet.
Two high schools won the competition: the Lambert General High School and the Stoessel Vocational High School. Julie Wittich and Marie Kebs are the two designers of the work who were following the plastic arts option at the Lambert high school. The work was then created by students in the metalwork CAP at the Lycée Stoessel. The manufacture required 148 stainless steel pipes and several recycled metal drums. The work weighs about 700 kilos.
The image of the bear was chosen as a strong link to global warming. Choosing pierced and half-open pipes also gives the bear this fragile aspect, to signify that it is an endangered animal, already affected by the damage caused to nature and its environment. The link can also be made with the animals in the zoo, two polar bears present in Mulhouse. Finally, the title of the work refers of course to the celestial constellation which would be like a course to follow in order to find solutions to the damage to nature and the planet.
