Naturmaschine

The “Naturmaschine” (Nature Machine) is a prominent, three-part outdoor sculpture created in 1969. It was crafted by the renowned German artist couple Brigitte and Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff.

The artwork explores the tension between technology and nature. Three geometrically rigid steel cubes (representing the rational machine world) are violently pierced and overgrown by thick, organic, and fluidly curved tubular streams. It creates the illusion of raw, biological nature dynamically breaking out of or consuming a rigid machine.