Commission for the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
In the context of the commission from the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, to create an artistic chronology of Villa Serpentara, I was particularly interested in the question of which narratives are not preserved in the historical archival records and how I could make them visible and juxtapose them through artistic practice.
Among others, I consulted with natural communicators to speak with the ancient oak trees of the forest surrounding the villa, inquiring into their stories, and translated this dialogue visually into frottages of the bark, which seem to harbor a secret language.
To draw further attention to the forest as a repository of knowledge, I apply the method of inventory drawings, which I originally developed for archival work, to both the photographic material of the historical archive of Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and to the forest itself.
To draw further attention to the forest as a repository of knowledge, I apply the method of inventory drawings, which I originally developed for archival work, to both the photographic material of the historical archive at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and the forest itself.
Installation view (2024, Berlin) with a selection of 33 frottages of tree bark,
approx. 28 × 50 cm–approx. 28 × 390 cm; approx. Ø 14 cm–approx. Ø 71 cm, graphite on paper
and 90 Inventory Drawings (Akademie der Künste, Berlin) + 138 Inventory Drawings (from the forest of Villa Serpentara), each 21 × 29.7 cm, pencil on paper
