Landschaftspark Rietzer Berg, Kloster Lehnin, Brandenburg, Germany
Setting:
Kunst-Eremitage’s artist residency, Landschafts- und Kunstverein Rietzer Berg
Ethical Statement
The animal skull is respectfully included to raise awareness of our complex ecosystem. This work does not reference any cultural or religious practices.
Establishing Context
There are some big roots fixed in the ground, without branches. I thought: it is easy to cut branches, it is not easy to cut roots.
While working outside in a large field, I discovered some large roots. These roots were the only remnants of certain plants, as there were no other visible parts of those plants above ground.
Roots are effective at stabilizing the soil because they anchor it deeply. This quality makes them more difficult to remove than branches, which are easier to cut away.
Later, I explored the forest and found additional roots, branches, and an animal skull.
Returning to the field, I connected these new elements, the symbolic roots, branches, and skull, to the existing old roots.
Linking them together felt like bridging the gap between stability and instability.