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The Zeitpyramide (lit. 'time pyramid') is a work of public art by Manfred Laber under construction in Wemding, Germany. The pyramid began in 1993, the year of the town's 1,200th anniversary. With a new block added every ten years, the structure is planned to consist of 120 blocks when complete after 1,190 years, in the year 3183.
The town of Wemding dates back to the year AD 793 (during the reign of Charlemagne as King of the Franks) and celebrated its 1,200th anniversary in 1993. The Zeitpyramide was conceived by Manfred Laber (a local artist) in June 1993 to mark this 1,200-year period and to give people a sense of what the span of 1,200 years really means.
One block is scheduled to be placed every ten years, taking 1,190 years. This time includes the initial block placed at the beginning of the project, which explains the apparent off-by-one error of ten years. So far, the blocks have all been concrete, but the material of future blocks may be altered in future generations depending on availability of materials.
The artwork is intended to take its own path without the artist, directed by the community, and will "make time itself more concrete, more tangible".
Manfred Laber was born in Wemding on 5 May 1932 and studied painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin in the 1950s. He has other artwork on permanent display in Mormoiron, France, San Antonio Island, and Alcanar, Spain, his part-time residence. He died in Wemding on 17 August 2018, aged 86.
The time pyramid is located on a concrete pad on a rounded hilltop, the Robertshöhe, on the northern edge of Wemding. The first block was placed in October 1993. The 6.5-tonne (6.4-long-ton; 7.2-short-ton) fourth and most recent block was placed at 15:06 on 9 September 2023. Following the construction schedule, the fifth block will be placed in 2033.
The project's initial financing was mostly achieved through donations by local companies, which, for example, supplied the materials for the concrete slab for free. The project is administered by a foundation based in Wemding.
A model of the final artwork is exhibited at Wemding, at the Haus des Gastes. If the time pyramid project proceeds according to plan, it will fall into four stages based on tier layer:
Zeitpyramide
The Zeitpyramide (lit. 'time pyramid') is a work of public art by Manfred Laber under construction in Wemding, Germany. The pyramid began in 1993, the year of the town's 1,200th anniversary. With a new block added every ten years, the structure is planned to consist of 120 blocks when complete after 1,190 years, in the year 3183.
The town of Wemding dates back to the year AD 793 (during the reign of Charlemagne as King of the Franks) and celebrated its 1,200th anniversary in 1993. The Zeitpyramide was conceived by Manfred Laber (a local artist) in June 1993 to mark this 1,200-year period and to give people a sense of what the span of 1,200 years really means.
One block is scheduled to be placed every ten years, taking 1,190 years. This time includes the initial block placed at the beginning of the project, which explains the apparent off-by-one error of ten years. So far, the blocks have all been concrete, but the material of future blocks may be altered in future generations depending on availability of materials.
The artwork is intended to take its own path without the artist, directed by the community, and will "make time itself more concrete, more tangible".
Manfred Laber was born in Wemding on 5 May 1932 and studied painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin in the 1950s. He has other artwork on permanent display in Mormoiron, France, San Antonio Island, and Alcanar, Spain, his part-time residence. He died in Wemding on 17 August 2018, aged 86.
The time pyramid is located on a concrete pad on a rounded hilltop, the Robertshöhe, on the northern edge of Wemding. The first block was placed in October 1993. The 6.5-tonne (6.4-long-ton; 7.2-short-ton) fourth and most recent block was placed at 15:06 on 9 September 2023. Following the construction schedule, the fifth block will be placed in 2033.
The project's initial financing was mostly achieved through donations by local companies, which, for example, supplied the materials for the concrete slab for free. The project is administered by a foundation based in Wemding.
A model of the final artwork is exhibited at Wemding, at the Haus des Gastes. If the time pyramid project proceeds according to plan, it will fall into four stages based on tier layer:
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