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Natürliche Textur

Seeds Instead of Sweets SIS Asphaltsprenger 10. May 2025 Fotos auf Insta: T5Safari Projektpartner: W3, Podcast Nebelhorn, Nordwurm.

Die Erde, auf der wir stehen, ist nicht nur Lebensraum, sondern auch ein Symbol für Wandel, Vielfalt, Kompostierung, Tod und Wachstum. Sie nährt Tiere, Pilze, Pflanzen und Menschen und zeigt uns, wie wichtig es ist, aufeinander zu achten, miteinander zu leben und zu wachsen. In der Natur finden wir viele verschiedene Arten, die zusammen ein Ökosystem bilden. Gemeinsam wollen wir an diesem Tag Erde erleben und unterschiedliche Perspektiven kennenlernen.

 

Wichtiger Bestandteil eines guten Bodens und damit der Grundlage für jedes Wachstum sind Regenwürmer. Unser Maskottchen ist die Regenwurmfamilie namens „SIS“. Diese führt uns durch die Kunstaktion und beantwortet unter anderem die Frage, wieso sie alles frisst – nur die Samen und Sprösslinge nicht!

 

Dazu rätseln wir und basteln Samenkugeln. Das sind kleine Kugeln aus Erde, Samen und Ton, die wir in die Natur werfen können, um Pflanzen wachsen zu lassen. So wie wir Samen in die Erde legen, möchten wir auch die Ideen des Feminismus in unserer Gesellschaft säen und gedeihen lassen. Da unsere Kugeln wie Pralinen aussehen, sind sie eine perfekte Geschenkalternative zu richtiger Schokolade! Auf diese Weise können wir gemeinsam die feministische Saat von Toleranz, Mitgefühl, Gleichberechtigung und Achtsamkeit weiterverschenken und darüber ins Gespräch kommen. Wir setzen uns dafür ein, dass Gleichberechtigung gelebt wird und dass jeder Mensch das Recht hat, gehört zu werden und sich aktiv einzubringen. Gemeinsam schaffen wir einen Raum, in dem Vielfalt blühen kann!Lasst uns kreativ sein und die Samen für eine gerechtere Welt pflanzen!

Brennholz spalten

Die unbekannten Höhlen von Wilhelmsburg

48 h Wilhelmsburg 2024: Danke an den Anleger, der die Location zur Verfügung stellte: ein uralter Holzstapel. Dort trafen sich meine Erlebnisse bei Höhlenbegehungen und den Kleinen den ich begegnete: der Segeberger Höhlenkäfer und die Holzwürmer. Projekt gestaltet in Zusammenarbeit mit Noctalis, der Fledermaushöhle in Bad Segeberg. 

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I N S E C T S 

September 10th and 11th 2018, 2- 10 PM

reading of short stories at 8:30 pm 

Pop-Up Galleries, 79-81 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, UK

right next to the 360i at the beachfront

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August 8th - 12th 2018, St. Petersburg, Russia

INSECTS

 

Exhibition by Elana Neil, Elena Slobtseva and Viv Iana

Elana’s project is based on her father’s suicide, her PhD thesis and her current journey around Europe which she chronicles to some extent in her blog. Within her thesis she analyses the award winning novel about the Bhopal disaster, Animals People (2007) by Indra Sinha, including visiting Bhopal to volunteer at Sambhavna clinic and to conduct research.  In the novel the narrator makes several references to insects i.e “Listen, how quiet”.. “No bird song. No hoppers in the grass. No bee hum. Insects can’t survive here” “There are no insects in paradise,” says Farouq.. “Don`t see why not. If they have flowers and birds in paradise why not ants? Isn`t there room?” (208)

This project is created in partnerschip with Bhopal Medical Appeal (BMA), a Uk charity which supports survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster. The chaity funds two clinics in Bhopal which give free medical care to disaster survivors and those impacted since by the ongoing contaminations. The author Indra Sinha was a cofounder of the charity which was established in 1994 following his hugely successful appeals in the British Press.  

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On her trip Elana Neil seeks out the company of smaller and usually unwelcome fellow earthlings, insects. She started the 70 day trip and the blog to celebrate her father`s 70 years on this planet, during which he was: an organic farmer in the Alps, an inspiring host for people from all over the world, a visionary, and an avid environmentalist. He also struggled with mental illness.

Mental illness, suicide and their correlations with insects, which are regarded as pests in mainstream society, are central to her work. It conveys discomfort, disgust and uneasy emotions. At the same time Elana demonstrates how insects are worthy, necessary and, despite it all, beautiful. Insects are not “charismatic megafauna” but still a vital element of our ecosystems. Neither the sensationalism of “megafauna” nor the stereotypically beautiful, sentimental or kitsch objects are central to her work. Instead, Elana chooses to focus on what others perceive as the disgusting and revolting.  Her work is displayed in areas that are usually reserved for attractions and joyful experiences such as city centres, churches, beaches or museums amongst others. Her photographs and short stories capture peculiar moments. Zooming in and out – visually/physically and intellectually/mentally, shifting between the urban and the natural, if you want to separate these concepts. Can you at all?  

Her approach is primarily and deliberately humorous and involves: interpreting and reinterpreting ideas; a shifting of scales and perspectives; and a blurring of boundaries. Her work is reminiscent of Kafka`s The Metamorphosis, as well as other creative human-insect explorations. Elana’s quest is to see how the urban lives of insects and their perception may correlate with the lives of humans in general and particularly those who are affected by mental illness.

She also explores suicide on a different level. In addition to focusing on the individual, Elana looks at the suicide of humankind and how humans can act like ferocious insects that destroy everything in their reach. Within that framework she also talks about species extinction, by which insects are also affected. We are becoming acutely aware of their importance through their decline en masse. Bees are a great example of this as without their existence, humans cannot survive either.

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Elana`s and Elena`s paths first crossed at college in the United States in 2005. They have stayed in touch since and are now collaborating on this as they wanted to do a project on insects that focuses on shifting perspectives. They had their first exhibition last month in St. Petersburg, Russia.

 

Elena is an established conceptual artist and has had several exhibitons.  She lives and works in Perm, Russia. She uses metal office and construction staples as her preferred material and works in the media of video and installation/object. She took part in several group shows including the parallel program of Moscow International Biennale of Young Art, 2014, and Garage Triennale of the contemporary art in Russia, 2017. The themes that she turns to are the body, the city and urban aesthetics.

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Viv Iana lives in Brighton and will contribute one of her canvasses called "beak".

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Elana: https://elana38.wixsite.com/t5safari

Elena: http://slobtseva.tumblr.com/

Viv Instagram: viv_iana06

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Thank you to all who made it to our exhibition in St. Petersburg, it was a great pleasure to spend time with you! Looking forward to our next exhibition in Brighton.

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Die Schmiede: 
"no plan"
Playground of ideas
10 days in Sept. 2019
"Schnecken Checken
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Schnecke

​An awesome group of 250 artists met in this inspiring environment and collaborated for 10 days. My buddy was the "Nearleology" (studies about the things that nearly happened) guy and a chocolate artist. The smell was intoxicating! I approached snails form an artists perspective and created the snails trail: "Schnecken checken"  

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