Roundel dog
Roundabout dog is a form of roundabout art , the wildfire-like mainly in the years 2006 and 2007 in Sweden spread. They are replicas of dogs that are placed on the center island of a roundabout (Swedish: rondell ). There are also a small number of works showing other animals.
history
In the spring of 2006 the artist Stina Opitz installed her work of art Cirkulation II in a roundabout in Linköping . It consisted of a 70 centimeter high dog made of white concrete and a concrete hoop 9.0 meters in diameter that rose at an angle of 45 degrees. A short time later, the dog's head was destroyed by vandals. While it was still being discussed how best to replace the work, Thomas Nordmark and Rickard Leckne set up a wooden dog in the same place, which was replaced shortly afterwards by a concrete dog bone.
This type of popular humor was described in the local press, which encouraged many citizens of the city to set up artificial dogs in other roundabouts as well. The newspaper Östgöta Correspondenten published a humorous article in which it was explained that the roundel dogs in Östergötland belong to their own breed . Roundel dogs soon appeared in other Swedish cities and today they are a common sight on the streets in many places.
Roundel dogs in Germany
The first round dog in Germany appeared at the beginning of June 2007 in a roundabout in Haltern am See in North Rhine-Westphalia . In addition, a project on the subject of "Rondellhunde für Schneverdingen" was carried out under the direction of the teachers Scholz and Röben at the Cooperative Comprehensive School in Schneverdingen .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Photo of the white dog ( Memento from March 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ photo of the first wooden dog ( Memento of 10 March 2007 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ photo of the concrete bone ( Memento of 15 December 2007 at the Internet Archive )