About the project "In the primeval valley of the Weser"

21 children from Drielake primary school and 14 students, a teacher and two project leaders spent a project week from 8 to 12 October 2012 in six small mixed groups searching for clues in the children's home and school environment: The city forest and the animals that live in it were explored, Lake Drielak was put under the microscope (water samples); objects were built from scrap metal (scrap yard visit); geocaches were hidden and given tasks for the finders; found objects were given a new meaning; stories from Osternburg by Monika Barkemeyer became the basis for a paper theatre play; senior citizens talked about their childhood in the multi-generation house... and other activities have already become part of the art project "Im Urstromtal der Weser". A dedicated website was set up(www.im-urstromtal-der-Weser.de) and updated daily. Until February 2013, the children in the individual groups continued to develop their artwork for an exhibition on a weekly basis. In addition, the resulting works will be presented to the general public directly in the urban space during an art walk on Friday, 8 February 2013. Start: at 3.00 pm at the Drielake primary school, Schulstraße 21, 26135 Oldenburg.

The children drew and painted, screwed and glued, filmed and set to music to make the knowledge they have researched visible and place it in various locations. We walk together to the individual stations, which are artistically designed: The scrap yard in Osternburg provides the garb for a tree on Lake Drielak: unusual swings were created from old metal and tin scraps. There has never been a Wunderburg in Wunderburg Park. Now it is to be erected at a different location. The animals of the city forest show themselves and talk about their lives. The children express their imaginative vision of how the inhabitants of the forest live together in a stop-motion film. Self-designed backdrops and protagonists serve as the setting. Objects can be found in the urban landscape that no longer receive any attention. They were given the name "Tumguskas". The children have collected them, given them new meanings and brought them back into the urban space as a work of art. Street names change and refer to past points of reference. Events from 50 years ago in Schulstraße are brought to life in a paper theatre. The protagonists talk about their biographies in front of four houses on Schulstraße. Geocaches are to be searched for. What secret will they reveal?

Link to the exhibition page:
www.im-urstromtal-der-weser.de/der-kunstspaziergang-durch-osternburg-drielake/

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