Land Art installation "Metamorphosis Walserkamm" by Matthias Würfel

"With Metamorphose Walserkamm, I was less concerned with defining a shape and more with defining a feeling when experiencing this place. Here, the mountain gently unites with the sky and encourages us to feel lightness". The material he used was the old, solid beams of the dilapidated alpine barn ("Schärma") of the Oberalpe, some 150 metres below, which he worked exclusively with a chainsaw into slender, relatively light elements. By transforming it into a sculpture, he gave new meaning to the disused, partially rotten timber. In an elevated position, the installation forms a creative counterpart to the ruins of the Alpine barn and invites the viewer to stand in the centre of the sculpture in order to open up to the feeling of letting go and an inner liberation with outstretched arms. At this moment, the human body completes the art object and becomes part of it.

Project data
Idea, realisation and text: Dipl.-Ing. Arch. Matthias Würfel_www.matthiaswuerfel.at
Construction: 01 - 18 August 2023
Material: Old wooden beams and boards from the dilapidated alpine barn of the Oberalpe
Overall dimensions: Width 10.20 m; height 5.60 m
Client: WALSERHERBST_www.walserherbst.at

Many thanks to the alpine community of Alpe Sera for making the area available and for their active support in realising the project! Viewing the sculpture set up here is expressly at your own risk. The artist and the organiser Walserherbst are not liable for any damage or danger that may arise.

The sculpture is not a climbing frame! Climbing on the sculpture is expressly forbidden!