Sad news from Lorient, France, this week. At least two gun bunkers type M 170 of battery Locqueltas, near Larmor Plage, are being demolished. A casino will be built on the spot. Photos via http://atlantikwall.superforum.fr/t15717-c-est-la-fin-de-locqueltas
https://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/locqueltas-olsen.jpg533800Arthur van Beverenhttps://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo-bunkersite-transparant-shadow.pngArthur van Beveren2014-10-28 08:41:452014-10-28 08:41:45Gun bunkers demolished at Locqueltas
PhotosNormandie shows high resolution photos of the US Signal Corps and more from 1944 on Flickr. They also have a Youtube channel with raw film material from the same period. There’re a lot of well known images and film images but to see all the raw material is amazing, plus it’s very interesting study material. […]
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The guys of Festung Guernsey continue to work on different projects on the Channel Island of Guernsey. One of the exciting ones is the recovery of remains of the automatic mortar M19 at Stützpunkt Großfels. In the future, the M19 bunker there will be turned into a museum.
https://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/festung-guernsey.jpg524703Arthur van Beverenhttps://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo-bunkersite-transparant-shadow.pngArthur van Beveren2014-05-26 11:47:522014-05-26 11:47:52Recovery of M19 parts on Guernsey
Until the end of March and during July, August and September I’m presenting my photo series ‘Regelbau’ in Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, the Netherlands. It’s a study on the German standardized bunker from World War Two and its current state both as an historical object and a part of present nature. A fascination for modernist materials such […]
https://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lokken-2013-3.jpg533800Arthur van Beverenhttps://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo-bunkersite-transparant-shadow.pngArthur van Beveren2014-03-21 17:30:582014-03-21 17:30:58Regelbau, the photo series
Ruin Lust, an exhibition at Tate Britain from 4 March 2014, offers a guide to the mournful, thrilling, comic and perverse uses of ruins in art from the seventeenth century to the present day. The exhibition is the widest-ranging on the subject to date and includes over 100 works by artists such as J.M.W. Turner, […]
https://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ruinlustbanner0114.jpg540960Arthur van Beverenhttps://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo-bunkersite-transparant-shadow.pngArthur van Beveren2014-03-21 17:11:392014-03-21 17:11:39Ruin Lust in Tate Britain
A long forgotten Regelbau 656 was discovered near the Albert I-monument in Nieuwpoort. The bunker is completely stripped but apart from that in a beautiful conditions. Its number (Ost-W 019-252) is clearly visible and the St sign on the outside and instructional texts on the inside are still sharp. It was probably part of Wn […]
https://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_9659.jpg16001067Arthur van Beverenhttps://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo-bunkersite-transparant-shadow.pngArthur van Beveren2014-02-05 15:51:032014-02-05 15:51:03Regelbau 656 discovered near Nieuwpoort
https://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo-bunkersite-transparant-shadow.png00Arthur van Beverenhttps://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo-bunkersite-transparant-shadow.pngArthur van Beveren2014-02-02 21:37:312014-02-02 21:37:31Atlantikwall from the air
The most complete army battery of the Südwall at La Tamarissière (Agde) has the only built 638 hospital bunker on this side of the front. The bunker was closed since the 1950s but has been reopened this weekend by a local group of enthusiasts. Pipettes, syringe boxes, various tubes and even remains of unused glass x-ray […]
https://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/638-agde.jpg748560Arthur van Beverenhttps://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo-bunkersite-transparant-shadow.pngArthur van Beveren2013-11-17 21:33:092013-11-17 21:33:09Regelbau 638 opened after 60 years
The Norwegian artist Tori Wrånes is known for her daring performances on sometimes strange places. In 2010 she chose the beautiful Leitstand type 636 at Svolvær for a piano play. During the Lofoten International Art Festival she played the piano attached to the wall of the bunker. Loose Cannon was the project title. More images and […]
https://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tori-wranes.jpg557706Arthur van Beverenhttps://www.bunkersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/logo-bunkersite-transparant-shadow.pngArthur van Beveren2013-11-01 17:33:552013-11-01 17:33:55Performance against a bunker
Gun bunkers demolished at Locqueltas
Sad news from Lorient, France, this week. At least two gun bunkers type M 170 of battery Locqueltas, near Larmor Plage, are being demolished. A casino will be built on the spot. Photos via http://atlantikwall.superforum.fr/t15717-c-est-la-fin-de-locqueltas
Batterie Longues-sur-Mer and Pointe-du-Hoc on 1944 video
PhotosNormandie shows high resolution photos of the US Signal Corps and more from 1944 on Flickr. They also have a Youtube channel with raw film material from the same period. There’re a lot of well known images and film images but to see all the raw material is amazing, plus it’s very interesting study material. […]
Recovery of M19 parts on Guernsey
The guys of Festung Guernsey continue to work on different projects on the Channel Island of Guernsey. One of the exciting ones is the recovery of remains of the automatic mortar M19 at Stützpunkt Großfels. In the future, the M19 bunker there will be turned into a museum.
Regelbau, the photo series
Until the end of March and during July, August and September I’m presenting my photo series ‘Regelbau’ in Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, the Netherlands. It’s a study on the German standardized bunker from World War Two and its current state both as an historical object and a part of present nature. A fascination for modernist materials such […]
Ruin Lust in Tate Britain
Ruin Lust, an exhibition at Tate Britain from 4 March 2014, offers a guide to the mournful, thrilling, comic and perverse uses of ruins in art from the seventeenth century to the present day. The exhibition is the widest-ranging on the subject to date and includes over 100 works by artists such as J.M.W. Turner, […]
Regelbau 656 discovered near Nieuwpoort
A long forgotten Regelbau 656 was discovered near the Albert I-monument in Nieuwpoort. The bunker is completely stripped but apart from that in a beautiful conditions. Its number (Ost-W 019-252) is clearly visible and the St sign on the outside and instructional texts on the inside are still sharp. It was probably part of Wn […]
Atlantikwall from the air
A very nice video by Marc Tessier using a drone.
Regelbau 638 opened after 60 years
The most complete army battery of the Südwall at La Tamarissière (Agde) has the only built 638 hospital bunker on this side of the front. The bunker was closed since the 1950s but has been reopened this weekend by a local group of enthusiasts. Pipettes, syringe boxes, various tubes and even remains of unused glass x-ray […]
Performance against a bunker
The Norwegian artist Tori Wrånes is known for her daring performances on sometimes strange places. In 2010 she chose the beautiful Leitstand type 636 at Svolvær for a piano play. During the Lofoten International Art Festival she played the piano attached to the wall of the bunker. Loose Cannon was the project title. More images and […]