Many guests and university members attended the opening of a unique art project at the Friedberg University of Applied Sciences. For approximately three months, artist Gabriele Heinz from Butzbach will be working on a 15-square-meter painting entitled "Color Frenzy" at the university during regular business hours.
Vice President Axel Schumann-Luck opened the event with a greeting from the university's presidium , highlighting the tradition of the "FH-Kultur" exhibition series. He explained that this series continually fosters connections between the university, which is primarily focused on technology, and artistic disciplines. The "Farbenrausch" (Rush of Colors), a work clearly visible from the outside, will be displayed in the upper foyer of the new university building, symbolizing the university's openness to all interested parties. Like the Association of Sponsors and Friends of the Friedberg University of Applied Sciences, the Department of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Data Processing is among the project's initiators. Its Dean Prof. Klaus Behler, addressed the close relationship between technology/science and art in his opening speech. He sees this as an obligation for the university to impart artistic and creative facets to its engineers during their training. Only specialists with creativity, he asserted, are capable of developing and implementing innovative ideas.
In her remarks, Gabriele Heinz emphasized her long-standing relationship with the University of Applied Sciences in Friedberg. With the support of university members, she had been able to develop ideas and translate them into bronze sculptures during an earlier phase of her work. In the foundry at that time, she was able to produce both everyday objects and abstract sculptures, and always experienced the Giessen process as an exciting part of the artistic creation. The artist sees the current project as Further of this earlier collaboration. After an "art walk" that led past her exhibits, she presented the concept for her painting with a large-scale design at the site of the future event.
The organizers of the project, the university and the artist, invite students, pupils, and all interested parties to witness the creation of this artwork and to view the exhibited works by Gabriele Heinz on the Friedberg campus of the university of applied sciences (Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße 13). The painter can be found working on her "Color Frenzy" on Fridays between 4 and 6 p.m. on the first floor (room H 01.01) of the new building.