inges idee are the four artists Hans Hemmert, Axel Lieber, Thomas A. Schmidt and Georg Zey. Since the collective was founded in 1992 they work together exclusively in the field of art in public space. At the same time all of the four follow their individual practice as artists.

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inges idee wins in 2019 with the work on reception an art competition for the new building of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in Ilmenau, Germany

Selected Projects

Next Step, 2017

Primary School Führichstrasse 53, Munich, DE

A 12 m high sculpture depicts a young student who is zoomed into gigantic proportions.

Zauberlehrling, 2013

EMSCHERKUNST 2013, Oberhausen, DE

An electric pylon steps out of line. The pylon’s ‘escape’ into freedom interrupts the flow of electricity

Receiver, 2010

DR Byen – Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Copenhagen, DK

Receiver is a 19-meter, mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture that combines the primal form of the egg with modern communications technology.

Drop, 2009

VCCEP Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, CA

The 18-meter sculpture in the form of a giant drop alludes to the elements of rain and the ocean, which are omnipresent in Vancouver.

Running Track, 2010

Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre, Edmonton, CA

The intensely colored sculpture is a monumental hybrid between a runner and a racetrack

Piercing, 2001

City Hall Heidenheim/Brenz, DE

A large steel ring is mounted at the level of the seventh upper storey on a corner of the Heidenheim city hall.

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