It was hot during the week, 35+ C (up to 100F), and actually too hot to be riding comfortably in full gear, but Saturday it was perfect, so we met with friends for a scooter ride through the cool shades of the Black Forest, and the vineyards of the Rhine Plains.
At Riegel (formerly Rigola, an old Roman settlement) a piece of curious architecture caught our attention. Previously a brewhouse this building had been converted into a museum.
The foundation hosts a variety of exhibitions, and currently they had artwork from Hundertwasser on display. Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an eccentric Austrian post war artist, and renown for his colourful paintings, and his bold architectural projects such as the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna, Austria or the public toilet of Kawakawa, New Zealand), in which he defied using straight lines. He preferred the geometry of curves and spirals, as he found these shapes more natural.
Speaking of... so inspired we went on a quest of curves and spirals in the hills of Kaiserstuhl, where we got to play in the vineyards.
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| 160km roundtrip |
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Der Widerstand gegen die Gradlinigkeit
Es war heiß diese Woche, mit 35+C eigentlich zu heiß um sich in Motorradklamotten noch wohl zu fühlen, aber am Samstag war das Wetter perfekt. Bei zehn Grad weniger und einem leichten Wind verabredeten wir uns mit Freunden zu einer Rollerausfahrt durch den kühlen Schatten es Schwarzwalds und die Weinberge in der Rheinebene.
In Riegel (einer alten Römersiedlung, Rigola) erregte eine eigenartige Architektur unsere Aufmerksamkeit: Eine Brauerei, die zu einem Museum umgestaltet wurde. Die Stiftung hat wechselnde Ausstellungen, und diesmal waren es Werke von Friedensreich Hundertwasser, einem exzentrischen Österreichischen Künstler und Maler, der für seine mutigen Farbkombinationen sowie seine Kunst am Bau, wie das Hundertwasserhaus in Wien oder die Toiletten von Kawakawa in Neuseeland, seiner Wahlheimat, bekannt war. Ebenso bekannt war seine Verachtung für gerade Linien, welche er widernatürlich fand. Er hatte ein Faible für Kurven und Spiralen.
Das war unser Stichwort und wir machten uns auf, den Kaiserstuhl unter die Räder zu nehmen...
Pretty day for a ride. Some of the pics remind me of Oregon, just a little bit. The clouds in the sky and the green hills. But the architecture is definitely not from around these parts. :)
ReplyDeleteKari, I tend to think it looks a bit like the Okanagan, just which too many people ;-)
DeleteToo hot!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful architecture and I like the colors of the building in the third photo.
Too hot... says the Alaskan. It wasn't too bad actually, humidity levels were bearable.
DeleteWe are fans of Hundertwasser and indeed much of our diy resembles his style...
ReplyDeletenow I understand ;-)
DeleteWas ihr unterwegs immer alles so findet. Sehr schön :-)
ReplyDeleteAugen auf und braunen Hinweisschildern folgen...
DeleteWow, you've been getting some warm temps. Definitely too hot to ride when it is over 30˚.
ReplyDeleteI am liking the new blog header pic.
We had been riding in 42C in the interior Oregon, remember? That was hot!
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ReplyDeleteThe landscape sort of resembles our Okanagan where there are mainly "not" straight roads which wind through the vineyards. I liked that statue. I can't help but to keep staring at it
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
Exactly my thinking, Bob.
DeleteSonja I think I missed something. Did Roland paint his Vespa, or has he indulged in a new ride?
ReplyDeleteRoland is still underway on Bella. The other bike you might be spotting is a friend's Burgmann 650.
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