Does nature exist? And if so, where? The “Park an der Ilm” in Weimar is a growing landmark
that is protected as cultural heritage by the UNESCO. It was designed as a „landscape
garden“ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Duke Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar- Eise-
nach at the end of the 18th century. Several sites in the park were created with the intention
to imitate phenomena and aesthetics of nature. Still, the well-kept lawn is rhizomatically con-
necting the locations as the „Leutra Springs“ or the „Rock Steps“ creating an assemblage
named a „park“. Yet, is this growing monument nature?
that is protected as cultural heritage by the UNESCO. It was designed as a „landscape
garden“ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Duke Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar- Eise-
nach at the end of the 18th century. Several sites in the park were created with the intention
to imitate phenomena and aesthetics of nature. Still, the well-kept lawn is rhizomatically con-
necting the locations as the „Leutra Springs“ or the „Rock Steps“ creating an assemblage
named a „park“. Yet, is this growing monument nature?
The Sorrows of Nature practically questions the conceptual division of nature and culture
with regard to the socio political, ecological and ecopsychological consequences it brings
along. Based on an artistic analysis of the sites, performative interventions develop an feminist, environmentalist, collectivist counter narrative that interconnects human- and nonhuman, living and non-living agents in a multiplicity.
with regard to the socio political, ecological and ecopsychological consequences it brings
along. Based on an artistic analysis of the sites, performative interventions develop an feminist, environmentalist, collectivist counter narrative that interconnects human- and nonhuman, living and non-living agents in a multiplicity.
Collecting a Meadow, Grass on Paper, Collage, 2021, 42.0 x 59.4 cm.
Floras pants, Grass growing on pants, 2021.
Frottage Gloves, Gloves with graphite nails, 2021.
Replies of the Stone, Graphite on Paper, 2021.
After the Black Beer Flood, Digital manipulation.
Black Beer Calculation, Black Beer on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm.
Black Beer Calculation, Black Beer on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm.