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An Evangelical chapel is planned for Langenseifen in Hessen. The property was donated by a member of the church. It is located in crop lands above the village.
This was the birth of an unusual art project. An altar should first be erected in the field and thus determine the future location of the chapel construction.
The sculptor Holger Walter was contracted in 2004 to develop an autonomous stone sculpture for this site. He designed a sculpture out of a naturally formed basalt lava column 3.92 meters in height. Minimally formed, the 6.2 ton sculpture was placed in the field in September 2005.
The wooden architecture of the chapel is oriented on the sculpture, its position, height and installation site. The architect Barbara Schmid will have the sculpture penetrate the chapel through a round hole in the floor and appear 102 cm into the chapel room. The lower part of the sculpture can be experienced in a walk-around room. The altar sculpture and chapel are an archaic expression in form and material.
“... against the spirit of a secular era, the community is attempting a new begin. The basalt column from Holger Walter is a fitting symbol for this – archaic and yet modern.“
(from the catalog: “Raum und Religion - Europäische Positionen in der Sakralbau“ ORTE und Marcus Nitschke; Publisher Anton Pustet Salzburg-München 2005)
In May 2010 the construction of the chapel was begun.
Participants in the art project and chapel construction:
Evangelical Church Bärstadt, Minister Eberhard Geisler.
Mr. Ernst, founder of the plot
Ulrike Kaletsch, a member of the parish councilBarbara Schmid, architect in the building committee of the Evangelical Church in Hessen and Nassau.
Holger Walter, sculptor / Karlsruhe.
Minister Martin Benn, former representative for art of the EKHN, Zentrum Verkündigung Frankfurt.
Structural engineer Ulrich Grimminger, VHT Darmstadt
Assembly of the sculpture: Hans-Michael Franke / Matthias Muth
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