God's tent
Lent installation 2017
Client:
Municipality of St. Ruprecht
Artistic direction:
Christof Cremer
ART INSTALLATION AT FASTING TIME
"...I was wandering around in a tent dwelling."
(2 Sam. 7.6)
During Lent, altarpieces are veiled in many churches. Only at the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus are
they are visible again. The aim is also to sharpen the focus on the essentials.
In the Ruprechtskirche this year there will be no veiled, but - quite the opposite - something
highlighted, made aware. This should also sharpen the focus on the essential.
Some associations that are possible when looking at the golden foil:
Canopies have been around for centuries. On the one hand they were sun protection for the
Ruler and a clear sign of where his place, his seat is.
The Christians also took over the canopy as a sign of honour - for bishops, the pope and
later also as "heaven" above the tabernacle or during processions.
King David has the ark of the covenant, the sign of "I am there", brought into a tent. The tent becomes so
the place where God lives.
In the text of the Revelation in the New Testament we read: "Then I heard a loud voice from the
Call the throne here: "Behold the tent of God (the dwelling place of God) among men!"
The golden baldachin over the altar is like a tent stretched over the place where since
The Lord will remember Jesus for centuries of death and resurrection, and the Lord's Supper will be consummated.
The golden foil seems to float, reacts to thermals, is filigree and light as a feather. And yet
they protection: It was used for this tent rescue foil in which people were wrapped in accidents
will be. rescue foil, which refugees receive when they are forced to leave the country after dramatic and life-threatening
Drive across the sea to arrive at the mainland.
The foil reflects, throws back golden light; it seems as if those who are under protection,
Seeking security to queens and kings.
The gold of the foil is also an indication of the coming Easter, the resurrection of Jesus.
The artist Christof Cremer, who designed this art intervention, says: "This tent, this foil.
is also a sign for Christ to me: "He is our lifeboat."
