Sculpture park
The Zollhaus sculpture park is created
National and international artists create the year-round sculpture park at the customs house.
The period: Start May 2019 with the first campaign - Closing date: open
The idea:
The popular but ephemeral ice sculptures of winter are now complemented on the hotel grounds with year-round sculptures made from natural materials.
The aim is to gradually create an interesting, unusual permanent open-air exhibition with objects and sculptures by national and international artists.

Sculpture park the destination
The Zollhaus already stands for the unique combination of art - with wellness and sport and always new ideas.
Art can be found everywhere in the hotel - in the form of paintings by international artists. And once a year, the ice sculpture competition is organised to great acclaim from visitors and the press. And it is precisely this idea that is now being taken up and expanded in a new way as a year-round event.
The customs house is now to become a year-round Workspace for national and international artists where guests, visitors and art lovers will have the opportunity not only to marvel at the works after they have been completed in the sculpture park and be inspired by them... but also to look over the artists' shoulders as they create their objects... just as is possible with the ice sculptures in winter. Art projects you can touch...
The Zollhaus also offers its guests Wellness with various saunas to pamper your body - and since the Ice Cup final in 2019 also a Hot tub in the open air to relax and enjoy nature. In addition to numerous different yoga courses, the ice-swimming competition, which was successfully organised for the first time this year, is also a popular event.Very special sports programme emerged. As a result, the forest lake was now used all year round as a Swimming lake can also be used for swimming laps. In addition to the cycling and running options in the surrounding area, it expands the repertoire for organising training camps in preparation for competitions and is an interesting offer for all sports fans. And in winter, numerous cross-country ski trails around the hotel attract guests.
The framework conditions for the creation of the sculpture park:
Who is the initiator?
Hotel Zollhaus Betriebs-GmbH
Altenberger Street 7
01776 Hermsdorf / Ore Mountains
Phone: +49 (0)35057/54-0
Fax: +49 (0)35057/54-240
E-mail: info@landhotel-altes-zollhaus.com
Homepage: www.landhotel-altes-zollhaus.com
Commercial register: UstID: DE265512414
Managing Director: Gerrit Curcio
Art director: Isabel Einsiedl
Who can take part?
National and international artists whose exceptionally interesting object idea was selected by the initiator via the application.
How can you get into the selection?
The artists send their application with the object idea they would like to realise via this Application form to Hotel Zollhaus Betriebs-GmbH.
A selection is made from the applicants and the artist is then invited to present his or her object in more detail.
If the idea is convincing, the realisation period is agreed and nothing stands in the way of the creation of the work.
During the creative development phase of his object, the artist lives in the Hotel Zollhaus with free board and lodging.
Which material is possible?
Weatherproof natural materials... wood, stone, metal-with and without colour design
What size is required?
The sculpture park is being created on an area of approx. 5,000 - 8,000 square metres.
The sculptures should have a minimum height and a minimum width of one metre.
Individual objects or groupings are possible, created by individual artists or in collaboration with several artists.
What happens to the property after completion?
As the aim is to provide national and international artists with a Place of work and a Permanent exhibition and at the same time give interested guests and visitors the chance to be present during the creation process of an art object. Ownership of Hotel Zollhaus Betriebs-GmbH on the hotel property.
This will gradually expand the hotel's range of art offerings, the level of recognition of the artists and the hotel, and the international appeal of the region.
The artist declares his/her agreement with this regulation in the application.
What does the artist get out of it?
During the creation of the object, the artist has free board and lodging at the Hotel Zollhaus.
Zollhaus Betriebs-GmbH covers the costs of the building materials, organises a vernissage with press information after the finished sculpture has been erected and mentions the ceremonial integration of the new work into the sculpture park on the hotel's website - with a name and photo.
In addition, Zollhaus Betriebs-GmbH provides the permanent exhibition space for the object created on the Zollhaus hotel grounds and also reaches thousands of exhibition visitors through the already well-known sporting events and growing publicity through the growth of the new sculpture park.
After completion of the object, the artist will receive an additional incentive of 1 week's holiday for 2 people with accommodation and half board at the Hotel Kalura in Cefalu on Sicily. The artist will also automatically take part in the public competition "Most popular sculpture of the year" (see terms and conditions) and has the chance to win the main prize for new inspiration - 1 week's holiday with accommodation and half board for 2 people at the Chez Le Pacha Hotel in Mhamid, Morocco.
What rights of use and exploitation must be observed?
The artist agrees to give his work to Zollhaus Betriebs-GmbH after completion and to make it accessible to the public in a permanent exhibition on the Zollhaus hotel grounds. In addition, he agrees to the production of photographs of his work and the mentioning of his name, their publication and reproduction for advertising purposes, internet and press information.
All rooms are furnished with art
Let's Build Something artist application form
The Zollhaus will become a year-round centre of activity for national and international artists - where guests, visitors and art lovers will not only have the opportunity to marvel at the works in the sculpture park after they have been completed and be inspired by them... but also to look over the artists' shoulders as they create their objects... Art projects you can touch...
If you would like to be part of setting up an interesting, unusual permanent open-air exhibition of objects and sculptures at the Zollhaus, then apply now with your idea.
We look forward to your idea.
Your contact persons: Isabel Einsiedl, Gerrit Curcio WhatsApp/Mobile: +39 348 357 9166 E-Mail: info@landhotel-altes-zollhaus.com
If you are interested, please describe your project in as much detail as possible. What are you planning, when can you start and how long will it take to realise? The more information the better. Click here for our contact form.