Machine hall @museum.de

What kind of machine monster is that? I've never seen that before. Do you know what it was for?

That's a stone saw. It was used to cut the large blocks from the quarry straight. Paving stones mustn't have any dents. This saw dates back to the 1980s. It took a lot of work off the stone cutters. But it was also incredibly dangerous. To prevent the saw blade from getting too hot, blasting sand and water had to be constantly running while sawing.

A bit like when a dentist drills out a tooth. Water also runs with it so that the drill doesn't start to glow. But what I actually want to show you here are the black framed paintings on the walls. Can you see forests? Why don't you take a closer look at them? But don't touch them, they're very delicate.

This is a quarry! Look, the edge of the quarry is reflected so beautifully in the water, as are the trees in the forest. There's a birch tree right in front of us. It looks like it's been glued on. As if it were still standing in front of the picture. Do you know who did that?

People always read the name Jens Rausch on the sign. But I don't know much about people. I have no idea who that is.

Jens Rausch is an artist from Hamburg. And you, Eulalia, have already seen what is typical of his paintings. He doesn't paint in the conventional sense. In addition to paints, he mainly uses natural materials such as earth, soot, lime or stone powder. He doesn't apply them with a brush, but with a palette knife or a knife. You can see that the surface of the painting is not particularly smooth. He is interested in the old quarries up here. Because he is always looking for places where people have changed nature. And what happens when people leave these places again.