his time is present. this is d w. news from berlin. don't forget this much more information on our website to be found a d w dot com. ah ah. to german artists and a lutheran pastor hack their way through the undergrowth, to a dilapidated church. just a couple of hours drive from berlin more it's good that and rudy gabler have made a surprising discovery in the old cemetery and published a tombstone marking the grave of pastor david and studer. grandfather of the german philosopher friedrich nietzsche. ah, nature was born in a village, only

a short distance from populace in 1844. and he often came here as a child he had a close relationship with his grandfather, and it's likely that he heard his grandfather preach a sermon or 2 in this turns on the once imposing structure has now fallen into ruin. ah, ah my in good heavens. it looks terrible, he does owe us we'll have to clear all the vegetation away before they can see if anything can be rescued. architect garrett of esther mon examines the weather, beaten walls and makes an assessment about whether reconstruction is even an option

. after his 1st inspection, he's optimistic. let's miss him of white as the money. all of us. what i like last is not adding something new. breathing new life as world structures. this is kathy that it's healthy for the whole lot. if you preserve and maintain something from the past and oh, add something interesting to it and all new functions is almost simple as i does not. mindful so and so felt that you, artists, and a few fellow enthusiasts meet at pastor luther less kosky house to form an association with the aim of restoring the church when one should we start with the fundamental question of the church as legal status eve own in the dim west your faces, they decide to 1st draft the associations charter. so the members have plenty of ideas and different visions for the churches future. it will take

a lot of discussion to reach an agreement that 1st they have to see to securing the site. because what remains of the building looks ready to collapse faster unless kaski is more than happy to pitch in and get down to the business of clearing trees and undergrowth. ah yes. um. yesterday i was in saint nicholas church in like te, conducting evening service. and today i'm filling threes and publish with a chainsaw in porpoise ah, life is 35 kilometers away and can be easily reached by car dines. i isd quince, tyler bowen. some of the members would like to turn the church into an art gallery of national importance. i'm fine. others would like to make it a kind of community house for the region myself. that 2nd idea could succeed if the

people in the village like it and hold their family celebrations here. and there are pentecost services and the fire brigade has a summer party or whatever a lot more. it's good. so it's a well known artist from eastern germany he plans to stage a major exhibition here with a friend the painter roodick or gabler everson. after her new we news, i've often started with ruin and consist of 1st of all, it's a way of approaching an object. you get closer as you work, hacking everything away and they spend time with it, thinking about, you know, it's basically it's a kind of land acquisition. it does when we take possession of the place, winston or so on, some of them on. so i no longer believe this is a vision. mean it's a plan of is your on the southern slowness. it's now clear where the 2 painters

want to enter their world. tour fillets the alice de la one's hawk hung towards the arm nissan. yar. here we planned the stage, the final exhibition of our grand tor here. next year, i wanted to be held in this space this year. i want to leave the building open to the sky and cover the walls with something forming a y q p. then we can construct a floor here with sand or wooden panels that could leave the tree standing by involved. so we'll have a canopy of leaves of the exhibition the implants heaped and creates a temporary exhibition space or, and when the exhibition is over it's, i will take everything out again on. and then ideally the project will continue that comes on the roof, will be built it, definitely vida does a half stock on it's going to take a lot of hard work. but the pastor has good ideas and some practical skills that are proving very useful. except nafta, vendor would know about oster german reunification. i was allowed to take the

university entrance exams as well in communist east germany. i'd been rejected out of hand for political reasons. but re unification came at exactly the right time for me. but then i didn't feel like going to university. it fell to abstract laptops that so i trained to become a stonemason from this is an enormous project, but i think we can handle it from the german novelist and nobel laureate thomas man invented a setting for his novel doctor faust, us an imaginary town in central germany and a witness to german history. it's high culture and it's decline into depravity. he called it kaiser's ashan, and uncle morrison's after his heal more. it's came to me instead. it's here. it hadn't occurred to me, so let's just do it and it will work out. he said that so we imagined kaiser's ocean here, and that's what we called the association wagon. and most of the members only have spare time at the weekend,

and it takes many months to clear away the rubble of decades. but eventually, the old church floor will see the light of day again. the original stones are sorted and carefully stored with under the vegetation. the crypt lies waiting to be discovered with the artist plan to make boards out of the old beams. a small gifts for donors and fun of cuz if i wasn't who didn't known this is oh, from the 15th century will saw a top and plain it nicely. ink of yacht causes us on a po than will engraved,

kaiser's ashen on it. and ever on we want to thank, we'll get one into chimplan off with both of those. let me here with you. you think of the thick when i see want 5 or 6 people have achieved in 3 days. i wonder how is this possible with a few hours more on somebody makes a start, but then everybody's glad to pitch in that that's what we hear for a user. before with a clear majority, the pastor is elected chairperson of the kaisers asher. an association blue smoke rises near the old church building a fitting symbol, perhaps a sign that a place of new inspiration is emerging. the local community is

already involved in the project. mister miller, who sometimes provides electricity for the equipment, has made coffee to day. oh, hello. hello. hello. hello, mr. miller. it's great that we've resolved our little disagreement so quickly. i would say, oh, absolutely come in for coffee. ah. oh, the mood is relaxed and everyone gets along. suffer. you're both father and then, and i was also your real native of popular law and populous born. he right won, he'd been before cool strangers. descending on their village to rescue the old church, came as something of a shock to the residence of hopeless. but they soon realised that the project would

bring new life into the village and spark interest in its history. according to the apostle love is little hard holden, though she will not listen to all children, pencil to bogus. the 1st public event held in front of the ruined church, drew a big audience, including the mayor of populace. the performance featured some experimental electronic music, filmed by a member of the audience, on a smartphone. ah ah, the 1st church to be built on this site went up in the 10th century. but the building that lies urine bruin's deeds back to the 15th century and was refurbished

in the 18th century neglected during the communist era. the building continued to decay even after german reunification in 1990 the volunteers want to use the original stones as much as possible the architect supervised as much of the restoration work. and before it got under way, he made an initial assessment of the buildings condition the city this is kirsten to fill a home often. when does get the knife is open to the sky and all that's left of the roof is what we can see on old photo shuttle that presents a challenge in doing what to do with the historical monuments in this condition go to, we tried to restore it as much as possible, i think of which we talked about of the 1st meeting. what, what do we say that's on the oak, which will preserve it to last us,

but that's something functional. bring all of us fontanello not so securing the masonry was a prerequisite for holding a public event inside the ruined church. with 3 members of the berlin philharmonic orchestra are giving a benefit concert in aid of the project. most of the audience are seeing the church for the 1st time for the musicians to the difficult conditions are 1st, but they don't let wind or weather stop them. ah, pianist, marbled kaiser violinist michael eyes and clarinetist, man fred pies have chosen to perform handles trio sonata. it's a somewhat tongue in cheek choice because honda was born in the east german city of

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ah ah, for an hour the audience has been treated to work by composers from the time a free technique. the inspiring music has put them in a generous mood with more it's good sir. and rudy gabler have returned from their world tour, bringing their art works with them, with food senators, who would urge glad you worked together well because you're so different shirt as it takes to in a statement of yours, greedy god, i read. good sir, is hard working. he bla rather lazy flies issue. you blow your follow. the 2

artists have known each other since they were boys collaborated on many projects together and dreamed of international success. ordinance. hobbies involve minute guns and 400 of it uncles knocked. i called my friends all over the world. the plot i said i was planning a will talk and asked if i would help video link to within a week, not on while the others were still working on the invitation listed. and i had organized a tour with 34 locations, wouldn't i didn't really think about what it would involve retorted originally what we've planned to travel for yes, it turned into several, even colton. mom alo, conduct classical grand to had a carriage and a draftsman to handle the menial things. but what we lugged around went way beyond that. we went trying to make ourselves happy, but make others happy. gluten, i says whatsoever looking good the by the 2 artists are ambassadors for their birthplace. the historical center of german culture where the protestant reformation has its roots, luther country, ah,

their travels took them to 5 continents. one of their exhibitions was in new zealand. mm. they ventured as far afield, a southern india and showed their works in offices of the girl to institute and in german embassies around the world. including in london where they won new friends and fans as they did in brussels, in italy and australia. and then they returned to their starting point, published and this small but one significant church to and their grantor. with a large exhibition the largest and most complex exhibition with the most pitfalls, the difficulties is the one here in publish. oh, many local people came to the opening, but there were also visitors from berlin,

like fish and air fort. people curious about the church and excited to see a special exhibition in an unusual setting. oh, the guests included v i p. 's from the region and the deputy minister for culture and the state of saxony on hot ha. the catalog documents the artists world tour with the whole demise general. the deputy minister receives an explanation of the plans for the rest of the project. to so look was when asking approval in terms of a while. the marquee slowly fills up, and other visitors are still chatting at the buffet. the 2 artists make final preparations and arrangements and the event itself will be opened by a pastor and association, chairperson looter,

less kosky legal fighting and find a dear friends. we are about to enter a decorative ruin. and the combination of those 2 words leads me to a quotation from friedrich nature. i just, i spoke with the teacher, philip in his slim volume human all to human. he rides his high ruins as decoration as book zisha, defeat guys. think about people who go through many spiritual changes, retain some views and habits from earlier stages. this then just out into their new thinking and acting like a bit of inexplicable antiquity and greystone rather often ornamented the whole region. you know that he's, this is an immaculate, it's an odd connection. many will still remember this place, how it looked 2 years ago. this was the condition, the ruins completely overgrown. you know, it spoke of desolation,

destruction decay so sure of either irrelevant, irrelevant tooth and loss of memory. jagged it faced an empty sky in nature. the anesha who walked along here is a little boy where we are sitting now chose the word decoration. look. dear shook the other decorations in hans yet he res people above their lowly naturalness if they are made of precious materials or assume fine forms for they enhance the beauty of youth and conceal old age will focus this article or by drop the fire said you may very well, ask the question and some people will certainly do so. why here in publish, how in hopeless of all places can we succeed in returning home to kaiser sashon? i believe the answer to this question is, art is the irrepressible power of art with which rudy got gabler and morgan's good

circle, turned the fictional town of kaiser sashon into a real place. also i, the bay allen, fulfill thin after the guests have explored the grounds and contemplated the resurrected legend . all that remains as for the final stage of the artist's world tore to commence in here, this way with all

the coaches when the ball wash it. that's what's happening here in the church. she's wonderful. amazing. i would never have thought you could pull off a project like this in a ruin like this. and the ruins are still tangible in this pile of rock all over grown and wild with barks the use of it and behind it, the artist. it's really wonderful. this is drugs turn after being shown in more than 30 locations. the enamel and oil paintings are back home in germany. it's just we know a church ruins are a kind of frame for the yacht,

but the ruins are also exam construction and artistic synthesis because of the objects exhibited here. a world taught what an it culminates here and it'll also let you move. it's good. so inside the infusion young can we know it's good for many, many years as an amazing, outstanding artist and the connection that really thrilled me is that i grew up in this area, it up what is in there taking care of collapsible to as a fortunate guy you have to remember he's one of the few contemporary artists who take some historical themes and reinterpret them for the 21st century to snow and lot and for contour with marvelous and lovers, what for? i can't think of another word for it. and so lam of is more of it, i've known more, it's in his big ambitious projects over the years. but this takes the cake to getting a tomorrow of a marvelous la, my. so i know play and have contours exhibiting art

in this unusual setting, drew the attention of the media and a large audience. but for the architect and the members of the association, it's time to look to the future. in i knew a legal oh and we have some new ideas, glove poly, influenced by our experience and staging. the 1st exhibition and the feeling space evokes weekly, ought to feel it takes time to get a feeling for a space in the blister for normal, via or, and our thought is to have light coming in from above and to make the entire night a single space which can be used for various functions, meaningful, so on and to rebuild the staircase and the tower tall. so the upper level can be used as a viewing platform on the all the in the the store, mr. nas, was it the told him it's didn't come with the association is already

meeting with pastor less cowski to discuss plans for the church. they have a number of ideas. but germany has strict building regulations, which conservationists have an important say a by the most recent design featuring a flat roof, was reject it. now they're working on an ambitious new design. this is, this is an original photo. with the new plan calls for a glass roof based on the original one. it will be delicate looking at strong crating, a large space with lots of light, but also protection from the sun. the members of the association are one over upon thornton wide and are in the recent exhibition with march. we saw that having that light from above was quite lovely in this ultimate

diminished for little. so the idea of glass roof is back on the table last i called to muffin beatles as all of them to the warden on this tower window here. in right now, it's brick top as, as if we want to open the top and make a large window out of it. and we have these 2 windows over here. and another way was, wasn't that, and we have these 2 long rolls, but still have light coming in here with the angle. we won't put class in the 2 entrance doors. oh, so that lie can also enter from that list going and they'll match the glass roof cancelled soon. deposit that to get some of this. also an open space plan which to be has came up with. that's the original wasn't sources. unders will splitter it up . it's not mine, i've made a new one because we agreed we should have a bit more green space ballade. so we're cutting down on the paved area as often as a plug to stick. the fastest, replace nice thing with help of private donations and public funds. one day the old church will resume its place at the heart of the village. ah

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