Walking through Carcassonne

Canon AV1
Fomapan 100

0145

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Throwback Tuesday

Since our last project in Finland has now been completed, I will be sharing images from past events that took place as part of our project series PRESERVED at irregular intervals from now on.

Apfelblüte / Apple Blossom

This intervention also took place during our Artist Residency in the city of Monheim am Rhein (Germany). PRESERVED // Schwemmland / Monheim am Rhein was realized in 2021 and explored how the land on which the city of Monheim was founded had developed over centuries of interaction with human activity. It investigated which plants grew and have been cultivated, which species have shaped the cultural identity of the region, and what traces of them could still be found today. The focus lied on creating a bridge between the past and present.

In the intervention "Apple Blossom" we hand pollination apple trees in the meadow orchards of Haus Bürgel, Monheim am Rhein. After the use of pesticides led to massive insect die-off in parts of China, many fruit orchards there now have to be pollinated by hand. In Germany, this practice still plays a minor role; however, with the ongoing decline of bee populations, it could become a reality here as well.

The project was realized within the frame of Kunst-Camp at Kunstwerkstatt Turmstrasse in Monheim am Rhein.

Foto: Sandy Craus

#art #participatoryart #artistresidency #artistsinresidence #preserved #schwemmland #monheimamrhein #kunstwerkstatt #apfelbaum #äpfel #apfelblüte #intervention #performance #scheibeundgüntzel #apple #appletree #appleblossom #hausbürgel #obstanbau #handbestäubung #bees #bienen #china #handpollination #sandycraus #reddress #roteskleid #kunstcamp

Throwback Thursday

Since our last project in Finland has now been completed, I will be sharing images from past events that took place as part of our project series PRESERVED at irregular intervals from now on.

Today is about an intervention we presented while being Artists in Residence in the city of Monheim am Rhein (Germany). PRESERVED // Schwemmland / Monheim am Rhein was realized in 2021 and explored how the land on which the city of Monheim was founded had developed over centuries of interaction with human activity. It investigated which plants grew and have been cultivated, which species have shaped the cultural identity of the region, and what traces of them could still be found today. The focus lied on creating a bridge between the past and present.

We visited Monheim in spring, summer and autumn. In our „harvest“ chapter we presented an intervention to honour the Rhenish German coldblood, a horse which has played an elementary role in the development of the Rhineland region. The Reuter family which still breeds Rhenish German horses at Haus Bürgel provided us with Eberhard, a back then 11-year old chestnut. We took a ride with him in the "Berliner Viertel", the former "Neue Heimat", right through the pedestrian zone. We recalled that until recently the area was used for agriculture.

The project was realized within the frame of Kunst-Camp at Kunstwerkstatt Turmstrasse in Monheim am Rhein.

#art #contemporaryart #zeitgenössischekunst #performance #performanceart #monheimamrhein #kunstwerkstattturmstrasse #hausbuergel #rheinischeskaltblut #pferd #berlinerviertel #scheibeundgüntzel #preserved #participartoryart #partizipativekunst #künstlerresidenz #artistresidency #turmstrasse #pferde #horses #kaltblut #eberhard #reddress #roteskleid #reiten #horsebackriding #artinpublicspace #kunstimöffentlichenraum

Our project in Finland is now officially over.
We wish you all a wonderful and peaceful December!

The Christmas tree motif depicts the structural formula of xylose, a sugar that forms a major component of dietary fibre in rye.

[The card is part of our project PRESERVED // Rågens rike / Finland 2024–25, the project explores the role of rye as a crop with identity-creating significance for Finland, particularly in Ostrobothnia, a region often referred to as the Realm of Rye. The project was hosted by Abramsgården in Vörå (Vöyri), Finland.]

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #rye #grainfarming #ragensrike #vöra #vöyri #finland #finnland #österbotten #ostrobothnia #christmas #Weihnachten #Dezember #december #scheibeundgüntzel #preserved

Art meets Finnish grainfarming or It takes a village to plant a rye field.
The Grand Finale (Part 2): Beer at the fire (burning the hut).

On the very last day of our project we gathered the people from the village to collectively burn the hut construction we had built as a place to meet on the rye field. The autumn storms had already knocked over one wall and now the old beams and other parts were piled up and then burned down while we all drank Finnish beer (#Sahti) made of our own rye. (The beer had been brewed by the Westphalian experimental beer brewer Ludger Schweer who has helped us in many previous projects).

Almost exactly 3 years ago we visited #Abramsgården for the first time. That visit was followed by several research stays and in August 2024 the field had been sown. And since then we returned regularly to perform, cook, bake and learn. We can´t thank the village enough, especially Per Johan Grannas and his wife Annika Grannas from #GrannasLandbruk - our farming consultant and the biggest support we could have wished for - for the tremendous backing during all the stages of the project, Sanna and Tommy Antill for the tractor, the help, the tools and for being such great neighbours, Abbe Berglund for his great harrowing job. All the other neighbours and villagers for teaching us so much about the Ostrobothnian culture and rye and especially for the participation in the project itself and our performances. We thank our hosts Dorothee Schulte-Basta and Peter Lüttge for the great trust they have placed in us. It was a wild ride!

The wood that has not burned will be used next year at the same spot for the Easter fire. Then the whole village will come together again.

LE FIN!


With the support of:
#Finnland-Institut
#Finnlines
#Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse

#art #participartoryart #preserved #contemporaryart #finland #beer #ostrobothnia #rye #grainfarming #sahti #andkil #vöra #vöyri #scheibeundgüntzel #finnland #österbotten

Art meets Finnish grainfarming or It takes a village to plant a rye field.
The Grand Finale (Part 1): Beer and bread in the bystugan.

We are back. For the last time in this project. To bring everything to a closure. We invited the village to the bystugan (building where the village meets regularly). We baked bread together with Pelle in the old bread oven, which was reactivated last year. The oven had to be preheated for three days.
The dough was prepared with our rye flour. And we served beer which was brewed for us by experimental brewer Ludger Schweer. He has already accompanied us in many projects. He made IPA and Sahti. Made from our rye flakes. It was a wonderful evening with beer, bread, friends and stories.

[PRESERVED // Rågens rike / Finland 2024-25 deals with the question of the identity-creating significance of rye for Finland - especially in the region of Vörå, resp. Ostrobothnia - and how this relationship can be reflected artistically ("Rågens rike" means "Kingdom of Rye" and describes this very region - Finlands granary) The project is hosted by Abramsgården in Vörå (Vöyri) in the Swedish speaking part of Finland, a cultural center in the countryside run by Dorothee Schulte-Basta and Peter Lüttge. Scheibe & Güntzel = Jan Philip Scheibe and Swaantje Güntzel].

Fotos: Scheibe & Güntzel

With the support of:
Finnland-Institut
Mikko Fritze
Finnlines

#Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #grannaslantbruk
#perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

#rye #preserved #grainfarming #finland #vöra #vöyri #abramsgarden #bystugan #bread #ryeflour #baking #village #finnlines #finnlandinstitut #beer #beerbreweing #ipa #sahti #ludgerschweer #andkil #scheibeundgüntzel #mikkofritze #harvest #ostrobothnia

Meet us tonight at 6 p.m. at Bystugan i Andkil.
We will bake bread in the wood burning oven and serve beer brewed from our rye. Apart from that you can take home your own rye flour.

#preserved #art #participartoryart #conceptualart #iivo #rye #beer #ipa #andkil #ostrobothnia #finland #byastuga