Here a short video on YouTube about Marianne in her atelier at Salzburg:
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The Mirror Labyrinth in St. Fidelis Stuttgart (Germany)
Initiated by Angelika Luz, I had the opportunity to design and create a mirror labyrinth at the St. Fidelis Spiritual Center in Stuttgart in May 2025, with the active support of the entire team.
The labyrinth was open to visitors from May 6 to 15, 2025, under the motto:
Mirror Labyrinth – Finding Your Center.
The photos were taken by the wonderful musician and organist Tobias Wittmann.
Here is a short slideshow:
The layout drawing for the installation of the mirror labyrinth was created by Erwin Reißmann from Würzburg. He explains the details in a post on his blog. Here is the link >.
WHITE MAZE No. 0, Book Labyrinth in the Kollegienkirche Salzburg (Austria) in collaboration with Angelika Luz
from May 23, 2025 to June 9, 2025
This is how the book labyrinth presented itself in the nave:
In this installation Marianne Ewaldt, Salzburg artist in ceramics and rural art, forms three thousand books in white with golden décor as a labyrinth in a square shape on the circular centre of the ‘white church’. This church was commissioned by Archbishop Johann Ernestus von Thun and created as a place of wisdom by architect and master builder Johann Fischer von Erlach from 1696 to 1707.
At a time of progressive digitalisation, in which the transmission of knowledge is increasingly being transferred to artificial intelligence and the virtual world, Marianne Ewaldt’s installation recalls the centuries-old tradition of the written word and symbols on tangible material.
The book as a treasure trove, as a library of stories from times past, forms the substance of a labyrinth, which in its design refers to the millennia-old ancient form of the global symbol. WHITE MAZE No.0 extends from life-accompanying knowledge in the mysterious language of symbols to the written word.
In the Kollegienkirche, the architectural centre of the Greek cross as a symbol of the Christian faith is linked to the centre of the almost 5000-year-old labyrinth. In an echo from past times, the superimposed forms are intensified to a point where heaven and earth, and the vertical and horizontal energy of the spatial area are reconnected.
We are very grateful to have been invited to install a work of art in the Kollegienkirche for Whitsun. WHITE MAZE No.0 refers to the transformation of spiritual development and the Holy Spirit.
Here are a few impressions in a short slideshow:
The photos in this article are by Christian Schneider and Patrick Kamalzadeh. Many thanks to them as well.
The layout drawing for the installation of the book labyrinth was created by Erwin Reißmann from Würzburg. He explains the details in a post on his blog. Here is the link >.
The Labyrinth “Franziskusweg” in the Franciscan monastery garden in Salzburg (Austria)
Thanks to Norbert Knopf, who introduced me to Franciscan friar Beda, I was able to suggest ideas for redesigning the garden, and so in 2023 the “Franciscan Way” labyrinth was created.
Here is a small photo gallery of the construction of the labyrinth:
This is how it looks from a different perspective:
World Labyrinth Day 2024
Today we celebrate World Labyrinth Day.
May peace come to the hearts of humanity!
Filzmoos 2023
As artist in residence, I was invited to the “MOUNTAIN-ART project 2023” by Peter Donabauer: Head of Filzmoos Tourism and John Wieser: artist and curator, to build a permanent labyrinth at the foot of the Bischofsmütze at the Almsee. Approx. 8 tons of stones from the nearby mountain stream were brought to the designated site by the helpful staff of the Filzmoos municipality. There, the numerous visitors, young and old, were able to choose stones, inscribe them with thoughts and symbols and place them with the inscription facing downwards on the labyrinth lines I had measured out. It turned out to be a wonderful labyrinth of wishes.
Thanks to everyone for taking part!
The opening ceremony featured “The Sounding Labyrinth”, a performance by Angelika Lutz: singer/director, with Chorissima Filzmoos, conducted by Maria Kirchgasser and Musikum Salzburg, conducted by Herbert Hofer.
Here two videos on YouTube by Pongau TV:
Summer in the Octagon at Hellbrunn Salzburg (Austria)
Art walk in Hellbrunn,
… a summer in the octagon …
The photos above are by Norbert Kopf
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IN THE MIDDLE, the Pythagorean Labyrinth and Ceramic Objects
An invitation from the “Kulturkreis Das Zentrum Radstadt”.
Thanks to the director, Mrs. Elisabeth Schneider and to all so helpfully involved.
Thank you Walter Müller, for your poetic speech at the opening.
Here are some more impressions from the exhibition:
Mirror Octagon for the 100 Years Festival in Hellbrunn Salzburg (Austria)
… “With the mirrored octagon, the Mannerist principle of surprise is continued in a playful form by Prince-Archbishop Markus Sittikus at Hellbrunn” …
These thoughts were the trigger for the idea to build the Octagon in the wonderful park of Hellbrunn. They came from Mrs. Ingrid Sonvilla as head of the palace administration, together in a team with Mr. Christian Stadler, the head of the municipal garden office.
The entire construction of the octagon was carried out by the talented Hellbrunn team of craftsmen.
My heartfelt thanks to all involved!
The photos are from Norbert Kopf
Labyrinth in Mallorca 2021/2022
Permanent labyrinth for the 30th wedding anniversary of my son and his wife, created on private land in Mallorca, with the stones on site and with the help of my friend Claudia, 2021.
The Tulip Labyrinth at the Schlosspark Hellbrunn Salzburg (Austria) – Summer Planting
… after the tulips had faded, the 2nd planting (summer planting) was still set in 2022 by the gardeners at Hellbrunn. These are “Lieschen” in two different colors to make the Yin and Yang line in the labyrinth visible …
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