Emssport

Via Lewandowsky realized Ems Sport for the Skulpturenbiennale Münsterland in a large meadow near Kloster Bentlage along a hiking/bicycle trail that leads to Rheine. The structure is crooked and the front edge is dug into the ground, as if it had fallen from the sky. What landed was a new, unknown alternative to all of the sports that are played within sight of the location, including tennis, soccer, hockey, and track and field.
These types of sports are also referenced in the materials used for the sculpture, such as the tartan track surface or the metal netting that is found in actual sports facilities. Situated on the steep banks of the Ems River, observers are free to decide what the rules would be for a sport that requires such a structure. However, the sculpture is often spontaneously used for sports activities without any rules – and not only by children. In other words: the work lives.