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-Eisenach at the end of the 18th century. Several sites in the park were created by artists with the intention to imitate phenomena and aesthetics of nature while the well-kept lawn is rhizomatically connecting locations, such as the Leutra Springs or the Rock Steps creating an assemblage we call a park. Yet, is this cultural monument nature?
The Sorrows of Nature challenges the conceptual separation of nature and culture in light of the associated socio-political, ecological and eco-psychological consequences. Based on artistic analysis of the sites, performative interventions aim to develop a 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.