(Unfortunately) Australia is a bit far away for a day trip… Let’s go Pforzheim!
A trip to the amazing Great Barrier Reef.
The gasometer, built in 1912, served as a balancing tank for Pforzheim’s gas supply for almost 100 years and is now one of the last remaining bell gas tanks in the country. It presents today the world’s largest panoramic artworks by the artist Yadegar Asisi.
The artist:
Since 2003, the artist Yadegar Asisi has been creating monumental 360° panoramas up to 32 meters high and 110 meters in circumference. What began as a project in a listed former gasometer in Leipzig has since developed into a studio with panorama houses in currently seven cities. Asisi composes the visually powerful panoramas from his project-related research archive of up to 50.000 photographs, drawings, sketches and painting works. For the “collection of material”, he often carries out extensive research and photographic journeys on the respective topic: e.g. to Australia for the GREAT BARRIER REEF.
Tens of thousands of underwater photos and a collection of artistic sketches went into the creation of the panorama.
He captures the beauty of our natural world.
A journey to miracle.
In the panorama, the submarine world opens up as if from a vantage point below sea level. In color gradients of shades of blue, azure and green, the refraction of light in the ocean makes the strange world of corals and sea creatures glow in the panoramic image, especially near the surface of the water.
Wowed by the magical world coral reef.
Happily diving the Great Barrier Reef for hours… definitely a happy place.
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