An exploration in a forest and trying to reconnect with its magic…
Memories of a Tree Taking Flight
Running through a forest of departed trees
Zwiegespräch mit einem Bieber (Dialog with a Beaver)
Memories of a Tree Taking Flight
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Category Archives: Performance/ Video
Film production almost completed
An Inifinte Scream – The Documentary: Trailer
How did you make this? Where do you get all your ideas? Why are you working with salt? And what is a Tokoloshe Trap?
Did you ever wonder about these things when you see my art? Well, this time you are lucky and soon you will get some answers.
Documenting SubRosa IRust (c)
We have made a documentary film about my latest land art project ‘…and I sensed and infinite scream passing through the Namib’. It gives you a great behind-the-scene glimpse into the project and an insight how I work and think.
You can join me in the exciting journey from the making of the artworks, the thoughts behind them, the challenges along the way and finally the exhibition. It is a personal portrait as much as a film about the art and its role in society.
Until we can finally publicly release the film, you can already view the trailer and check out the film’s webpage. It will give you a taste of what to expect in the full documentary once it is released. Do not forget to sign up for the blog to find out when and where it will be screened. (I will also keep you updated here.)
A great thank you, to filmmaker and my partner Steffen Holzkamp for the excellent work and the super-cool film. I am really looking forward to sharing the full film with everybody soon.
Click HERE to view the trailer (1:36min)
Making of the Salt Circles © Imke Rust
Making the barbed wire stems for the roses © Imke Rust
Sowing Salt
Still image from ‘Sowing Salt’ (Art Video / Performance )
Have you ever sowed salt?
No? – Why would you?!?!
Any sane person would know that that would be futile and at the same time dangerous, poisoning and destroying your piece of soil.
But how often have you done something like sowing salt? Investing your energy (or money) and only later realising that you have done more harm than good? And how often did you do something stupid, because somebody told you that “that is what we have to do” or “It is a sure way to get rich (you can substitute ‘rich’ with whatever else you desire)”? I guess we all have at least once sowed salt and been utterly disappointed, asking ourselves why we did not think it through before we invested in an idea, and before it was too late…
It is up to us, to stop sowing salt. Stop whatever “get-rich-quick” scheme you are onto.First think your choices through to the end. Think about the larger picture and what impact it will have on others or your environment. If you are not sure, get informed and educate yourself. It is so easy in today’s world to have easy and free access to information. Share your knowledge and urge people to stop following “get-rich-quick” promises of their leaders. That way we can restore our earth and lives to its natural fertility and beauty.
In 2012 I have made a video art work / performance entitled: Sowing Salt. The work is a contemplation about people blindly following their leaders without questioning if it is right or wrong, and thinking about the long-term effects of their actions.
It was first shown as a video installation in December 2012 at my exhibition “…and I sensed an infinite scream passing through the Namib” (Swakopmund, Namibia). If you have missed the exhibition, you can now get a glimpse of this video work.
To get a brief impression of the original video installation, please follow the link below. In the exhibition the video continued in loop endlessly. Watch the video in the highest quality possible and remember to switch on the sound.
Sowing Salt Video
- Sowing Salt (Video Installation, Swakopmund 2012)
Imke Rust 