Erica Shires – Photography Portfolio

Compilation of erratic blocks on the Landtagsplatz Hösseringen – Interdisciplinary photography and research project — Thingstätten project – Hösseringen © Erica Shires

Erratic blocks arranged in a circle with a huge stone in the center – Thingstätten project am Landtagsplatz Hösseringen — Thingstätten project – Hösseringen © Erica Shires

Steps to the Thingstätte of Holzminden in the city park. The Thing movement is being reappraised as part of an art and science project at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. — Thingstätte Holzminden © Erica Shires

Buildings of the former Ordensburg Vogelsang – National Socialist buildings — NS-Documentation Center Vogelsang IP © Erica Shires

Illuminated grandstand of the Waldbühne Northeim – former architecture of National Socialism — Waldbühne Northeim – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires

Bookseller Günther Spannaus on the grandstand of the Waldbühne Northeim — Waldbühne Northeim – Bookseller Günther Spannaus © Erica Shires

Bückeberg - The middle path of the festival site is still visible in the landscape. Cultural heritage, National Socialist architecture, thing site — Thingstätte Bückeberg © Erica Shires

Bückeberg - Architectural remains of the thing site built for the Reichserntedankfest 1933 based on a design by architect Albert Speer. Cultural heritage, National Socialist architecture, Reichsthingplatz, Albert Speer — Thingstätte Bückeberg © Erica Shires

Historical article about the opening of the Thingstätte in 1936 — Thingplatz Lamspringe © Erica Shires

View of the grandstand of the former Nazi theater – Mülheim an der Ruhr and its cultural history — Mülheim an der Ruhr – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires

Benches for the audience of the amphitheater with nature and red bus in the background — Mülheim an der Ruhr – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires

Erica Shires was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA and lives in New York City. She received her BFA in Media Arts / Art History from Pratt Institute and her Digital Interdisciplinary MFA from CUNY. Erica Shires traveled to the Thingstätten in Lower Saxony and North Rhine–Westphalia, contributing ﬁlm and photographs of Mülheim, Hösseringen, Northeim, Herchen and Lamspringe.

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