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Have fun with snow artwork in Nuremberg

February 7, 2018

An artist from the German-speaking Italian region of South Tyrol created a colourful landscape in front of a museum in Nuremberg on Wednesday using a snow cannon.

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Deutschland Farbiger Kunstschnee in Nürnberger Innenstadt
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/N. Armer

Philipp Messner said his artwork was a real balancing act as to prevent the coloured snow from melting. The outside temperature had to be below minus 3 dgrees Celsius before he could start working. The humidity also had to be just right.

Deutschland Farbiger Kunstschnee in Nürnberger Innenstadt
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/N. Armer

The aim of the event was for people to walk through the snow and leave their footprints, creating new patterns and shapes, which many gladly did.

The dye for the snow was natural, originating from vegetables like carrots for example, and was harmless to the environment and participants, the Neues Museum (New Museum) stressed.

is/ks (dpa)