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Hans Wurst, Part 5: The journey of our 3D printed figure leads from Canada via Gran Canaria to South Africa
As already announced, we are accompanying the figure “Hans Wurst” by Hamburg artist Ruben Zickmann, which was printed by our 3D printing service, on its journey around the world. We recently reported to you about Hans Wurst’s guest performance in San Francisco.
After that, it first went through to different stations Canadawhere Hans Wurst was allowed to visit Toronto and the Niagara Falls, among other things.
The leap across the Atlantic followed Grand Canary. Impressive photos of the 3D printed figure were taken there in nature, but also on the beach and swimming pool, which you can find on Facebook, Twitter and Google+, just like the Canada pictures.
In South Africa, the next stop on Hans Wurst’s world tour, things were animalistic in the truest sense of the word. We would like to tell you about this today.
Hans Wurst at the great white shark
For this purpose, photographer Andrea Lehnert entrusted herself to the Marine Dynamics team in Gansbaai, South Africa, who took her off the coast of Dyer Island together with Hans Wurst. This region is known for its biodiversity and the special marine ecosystem. So it is not surprising that large numbers of great white sharks cavort here at the Western Cape, attracting numerous tourists. Gansbaai, which was a fishing village until the end of the 20th century, has developed rapidly in recent years due to shark tourism.
Since the great white shark is listed as endangered in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), there are strict protection regulations in South Africa. After all, it is already considered biologically extinct in some other regions.
From the shark to the penguins
Also in Gansbaai, Andrea Lehnert, together with Hans Wurst, was granted access to the exclusive access to the African Penguin and Seabird sanctuary for African penguins (also called African penguins) and seabirds. Where injured penguins are cared for and released back into the wild, Hans Wurst took beautiful pictures with the penguins and animal keeper.
This protective device has a serious background. After all, the African penguin is strong threatened with extinction. In the past few decades, its population has declined from over 1,000,000 penguins in 1920 to just 18,000 today.
As with the great white shark, Hans Wurst also makes an indirect contribution to species protection in the case of the African penguins.
Hans Wurst’ next stops are planned: Sighișoara in Transelvania to visit Dracula and short visits to Holland (The Hague) and Norway. You can read more about Hans Wurst’s previous positions in our blog.
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