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Erinnerung: Führung durch die Ausstellung & Film am 24.11.23

Wir laden herzlich ein zur Filmvorführung des preisgekröntem Film:

An Infinite Scream (45min, Deutsch)

von Steffen Holzkamp über Imke Rusts Land Art Projekte in Namibia

Am Freitag, den 24.11.23 um 19Uhr
in der Klosterscheune Zehdenick
Domänenweg 1, 16792 Zehdenick

Künstlerin und Filmemacher sind anwesend und laden im Anschluss zur Diskussion und Führung der Ausstellung ein.

Durch den Film lernt man Imke Rusts Arbeits- und Denkweise kennen. Man bekommt eine Einsicht in ihre ortsbezogene Arbeiten in der grandiosen namibischen Landschaft.

Die Ausstellung ist ein weiteres Zeugnis von Rusts tiefer Verbindung zur namibischen Natur und ihrem Wunsch die Zusammenhänge zu verstehen und sichtbar zu machen, in diesem Fall durch prozess-orientierte Arbeiten und künstlerisch-kreativen Forschungsansätzen.

Imke Rust führt im Anschluss zum Film durch die Ausstellung um einen tieferen Einblick in ihre Materialwahl, Vorgehensweise und Gedanken zu den Arbeiten zu geben. Dabei teilt sie ihr spannendes Wissen über afrikansiche Mythologie, wissenschaftliche Erkenntnissen zu Termiten und ihrem eigenen persönlichen Dialog mit diesen fazinierenden Wesen.

Wir freuen uns auf euch!

Die Ausstellung zeigt Textilarbeiten, Mixed-Media Collagen, Zeichnungen, Videos und Fotografien.
Dauer der Ausstellung: 12.11.23 – 25.2.24
Öffnungszeiten: Mi – So und an Feiertagen von 13 – 17 Uhr

Trailer vom Film:

Synopsis des Films:

In der prallen Wüstensonne über 1000 Weißdornen zu Kreisen legen? Schwarze Müllsackrosen in die Sanddünen pflanzen? Oder eine halbe Tonne Salz zu einer begehbaren Skulptur formen?

Die Landart Installationen der Namibischen Künstlerin Imke Rust folgen einem immanenten Anliegen: Der Sorge über den zunehmenden Uranabbau in Namibia und der Verschandelung der Wüste. Ihre Kunstwerke sorgen für Aufmerksamkeit, verstehen sich aber auch als ein symbolischer Schutz für das geschundene Land.

Kann Kunst etwas bewirken? Was kann ich tun? Mit diesen Fragen beschäftigt sich Imke Rust auf eindringliche Weise.

In 2012 in Namibia und Berlin gedreht, spiegelt der Film die teils meditative Stimmung der Entstehung von Rust’s Landart. Ruhige Einstellungen bei der Installation der „Salt Circles“ oder reportagige Handkamera bei der Videoperformance „The Scream“ auf der Seebrücke am Atlankik: Schnitt und Montage folgen dem Tempo der Kunst.

Die Absage der gebuchten Rust-Ausstellung seitens der Kunstvereinigung bringt dem Film eine dramaturgische Wendung und verlagert den Schwerpunkt hin zu einer gesellschaftlichen und medialen Kontroverse über die „Freiheit der Kunst“ in Namibia.

So organisiert sich die bekannte Künstlerin mit Hilfe durch ein Netzwerk von Unterstützern ihre Ausstellung einfach selbst.

Starke Bilder an atemberaubenden Orten, sowie Illustrationen und Musik verdichten den Film zu einem eindrucksvollen Statement für Courage und Eigeninitiative im eher konservativen Namibia.

Die Filmarbeit in Namibia wurde teilweise vom National Arts Council of Namibia unterstützt.

Listening to Mountains – Einzelausstellung

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Ein intimer Dialog mit Termiten und anderen Naturwesen

(English below)

Sie sind herzlich eingeladen zur Eröffnung meiner Einzelausstellung
Listening to Mountains

am 11.11.2023 um 15Uhr, in der Klosterscheune Zehdenick
Domänenweg 1, 16792 Zehdenick

Zur Eröffnung spricht Dr. phil. Constanze Jaiser.

Dauer der Ausstellung: 12.11.23 – 25.2.24
Öffnungszeiten: Mi – So und an Feiertagen von 13 – 17 Uhr

und am

24.11.23 / 19Uhr zur Filmvorführung: An Infinite Scream (45min, Deutsch) von Steffen Holzkamp
Über Imke Rusts Land Art und Umweltaktivismus in Namibia.
Künstlerin und Filmemacher sind anwesend und laden im Anschluss zur Diskussion und Führung der Ausstellung ein.

Ich freue mich auf euch!!

Imke Rust nähert sich neugierig der geheimnisvollen Seele der Termiten. Dabei erforscht sie ihre eigene Verbindung zur Erde, den Sternen, ihrer afrikanischen Herkunft und der Mythologie durch eine intuitive, tiefe Wahrnehmung. Sie spürt mit allen Sinnen dem Urgefühl der Zusammengehörigkeit nach. Mit einer großen Vielfalt an Materialien und Formen schenkt sie ihren Entdeckungen Ausdruck, und entführt den Betrachter in eine mystische, aber sehr greifbare, fremde Welt.

English:

You are cordially invited to the opening of my solo exhibition

Listening to Mountains

An Intimate Dialog with Termites and Other Nature Beings

on 11.11.2023 at 3pm, Klosterscheune Zehdenick
Domänenweg 1, 16792 Zehdenick

Dr. phil. Constanze Jaiser will introduce the artist.

Duration: 12.11.23 – 25.2.24
Opening times: Wed – Sun and on public holiday 13 – 17h00

and on

24.11.23 at 19h00 for the film screening: An Infinite Scream (45min, German) by Steffen Holzkamp
About Imke Rust’s land art and environmental activism in Namibia.
The artist and filmmaker will be present and invite you to a discussion and guided tour of the exhibition afterwards.

I am looking forward to welcoming you!!

With Listening to Mountains Imke Rust curiously approaches the mysterious soul of termites. In doing so, she explores her own connection to the earth, the stars, her African origins and mythology through an intuitive, deep perception. She traces the primal feeling of togetherness with all her senses. With a great variety of materials and forms, she gives expression to her discoveries, transporting the viewer into a mystical, but very tangible, alien world.

KunstTREFFpunkt: Adopt-a-Cloud

Performance Art Action von/by
Imke Rust: Adopt-a-Cloud / Wolkenadoptionsstation

Teil des / as part of the:

KunstTREFFpunkt Performance Festival

Wo / Where: Darmstadt Waldkunstpfad am Goetheteich
Wann / When: 29.8. – 1.9.23 (14h00 – 18h00)

Auch / Also:

An Infinite Scream (Deutsch)

Film über Land Art, Aktivismus und die Kunst des Regenmachens von Imke Rust

Wann / When: Fr 1.9.2023 l 19:30 Uhr (Film: 45 Min mit Diskussion im Anschluss)
Wo / Where: Internationales Waldkunstzentrum, Ludwigshöhstr. 137

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In vielen Teilen der Welt sind die Wolken scheu und rar geworden. Oder sie marodieren in wilden Rotten und überfluten das Land…

Wir Menschen haben unsere Rolle als Hüter der Natur vergessen und unsere persönliche Verbindung zu den Wolken und anderen Naturwesen verloren.

Die namibische Künstlerin Imke Rust hat über 333 einsame Wolken gesammelt, die nun von Ihnen adoptiert werden können.

Mit einer Patenschaft übernehmen Sie die Verantwortung ihre Wolke zu ehren, zu hegen und zu pflegen. Durch diese bewusste Wertschätzung helfen sie das natürliche Gleichgewicht wieder zu erlangen.

In many parts of the world, clouds have become shy and rare. Or they maraud in wild packs and flood the land….

We humans have forgotten our role as guardians of nature and lost our personal connection to the clouds and other natural beings.

Namibian artist Imke Rust has collected over 333 lonely clouds that can now be adopted by you.

By adopting a cloud, you take on the responsibility to honour, cherish and care for your cloud. Through this conscious appreciation, you help to restore the natural balance.

Durch die Adoption einer Wolke bestärken wir unsere persönliche Verbindung zu unserer Umwelt. Wir übernehmen symbolisch die Verantwortung für etwas nicht Greifbares aber Wichtiges. Dadurch erinnern wir uns daran, das wir allein durch unser Sein schon einen Einfluss auf das Ganze haben.

By adopting a cloud, we reinforce our personal connection to our environment. We symbolically take responsibility for something intangible but important. In doing so, we remind ourselves that by our very being we have an influence on the whole.

KunstTREFFpunkt Performance Festival

Wo / Where: Darmstadt Waldkunstpfad am Goetheteich
Wann / When: 9.8. – 17.9.23

Program herunterladen / Download program HIER / HERE:

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Ich freue mich auf euern Besuch bei meiner Wolkenadoptionsstation und bei der Filmforführung! Außerdem hoffe ich, das ich euch dazu begeistern kann eine Wolke von mir zu adoptieren!

I am looking forward to your visit at my cloud adoption station and at the film screening! I also hope that I can inspire you to adopt a cloud from me!

Aquamediale15 with my installation ‘einFluss’

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(Deutscher Text weiter unten)

Vernissage/Opening : 03.06.2023 at 14:00 Uhr

http://aquamediale.de
Region: Schlepzig | Słopišća
Where / Veranstaltungsort: Großer Hafen Schlepzig
Hafenstübchen, Dorfstraße 53b, 15910 Schlepzig

About the Aquamediale15

The 15th aquamediale is committed to addressing the factors influencing the climate and examining the effects of an unrestrained consumer economy on people and nature. As a result of their subjective perceptions, the artists will present their views and sensations as objects and installations in the landscape and for discussion under the theme “UNART NATURE – Man procontra Nature”.

You can expect artistic objects & installations that :

depict the influence of man in nature
compare the values of society with the values in nature
show the responsibility of the individual
stimulate the influence of every human being as a sustainable consumer
visualise the quality of living with nature.

About my work at the Aquamediale15:

einFluss / inFlow
[1] the influencing of something or someone.
[2] the possibility of having an influence
[3] to flow in
[4] rarely: Mouth (of a river)

A flow of energy, seemingly floating, alien and yet natural.

In the Spreewald, branches flow along the water. Mounted on thin iron rods, they flow along about half a metre above the surface of the ground or water.

The stream adapts to its surroundings, seeks its natural course. Man-made and yet nature, because we are nature and not separate from it.

In our being and doing, we are constantly interacting with the greater whole. We have an influence.

2023 for the Aquamediale15 UNART NATUR
Dimension: 44 branches over approx. 30m.
Medium: Branches, iron bars, environmentally friendly forester’s marking paint.

Side view of einFluss

Close-up view of einFluss

Map of the Aquamediale15 / Karte der Aquamediale15 (Schlepzig, Spreewald)

Online Catalogue: please click on the link to the Aquamediale page at the top, go to ‘Veranstaltungen’ and under Vernissage you can download the catalogue.

Deutsch:

Über die Aquamediale:

Die 15. aquamediale verpflichtet sich zur Auseinandersetzung mit den das Klima beeinflussenden Faktoren und untersucht die Auswirkungen einer ungebremsten Konsumwirtschaft auf Mensch und Natur. Als Ergebnis ihrer subjektiven Wahrnehmung werden die Künstlerinnen und Künstler unter dem Thema »UNART NATUR – Mensch prokontra Natur« ihre Sichten und Empfindungen als Objekte und Installationen in die Landschaft und zur Diskussion stellen.

Es erwarten Sie künstlerische Objekte & Installationen, die :

den Einfluss des Menschen in der Natur abbilden

die Werte der Gesellschaft mit den Werten in der Natur abgleichen

die Verantwortung des Einzelnen aufzeigen

die Einflussnahme jedes Menschen als nachhaltigen Konsumenten anregen

die Qualität eines Lebens mit der Natur visualisieren.

Über meine Arbeit:

einFluss
[1] das Einwirken auf etwas oder jemanden
[2] die Möglichkeit, einwirken zu können
[3] Einfließen
[4] selten: Mündung (eines Flusses)

Ein Fluss von Energie, scheinbar schwebend, fremd und doch natürlich.

Im Spreewald fließen die Äste am Wasser. Montiert auf dünnen Eisenstangen strömen sie etwa einen halben Meter über der Boden- oder Wasseroberfläche entlang.

Der Strom passt sich an die Umgebung an, sucht sich seinen natürlichen Lauf. Mensch-gemacht und doch Natur, denn wir sind Natur und nicht getrennt von ihr.

In unserem Sein und Tun wirken wir ständig mit dem großen Ganzen. Wir haben Einfluss.

2023 für die Aquamediale15 UNART NATUR
Dimension: 44 Äste über ca 30m.
Medium: Äste, Eisenstangen, umweltverträgliche Förstermarkierfarbe

View of the installation einFluss

Setting up the installation

Tea in the Forest – an interactive artwork

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Tea in the Forest (Ongoing), Images from October 2017- February 2019

Tea in the Forest – an interactive artwork

In October 2017 I collected some porcelain shards in the forest and placed them in a small circle next to a small pathway. As I found more shards, I added them and changed the circle.

In my mind I called this work: “Tea in the Forest”, because there was a snout of a teapot among the shards. This small work was destroyed by the wild pigs every now and then, but everytime I walked past, I would fix the circle again.

I kept this circle going for more than a year, when I noticed that somebody else also added some extra shards to the circle. I was delighted.

Soon after that I got bored of the circle and added a rectangle. Then sombody placed a smiley face into the circle.

I loved, that there was somebody out there, creatively interacting with my little collection of shards.

At some stage I found some blue and and pink shards and added them. Now the fun started for real…

I am not sure anymore which changes I made and which were made by others from then on. Eventually I met an elderly couple from down the street at the artwork and they told me they made some of the changes. They were worried that I would be upset, when in fact I could assure them how much fun it was to know that others added and changed it too. Later I found out that another neighbour also made changes every now and then.

So now, everytime I walk into the forest I am curious to see if there might be a new arrangement. And whenever I can and feel like it, I also create something new out of it.

Today I met my neighbour in the forest, and she showed me two shards, one with a beautiful pattern. She told me that she got it from the lady down the road with the task to add it to the latest image…

This interactive artwork brings me so much joy! Every time I go there and find something new, I am happy like a child. Knowing that this small, little creative interaction has inspired others to also become creative and keep it going and exciting. Just look at all the ideas that they and I have already come up with, during our walks into the forest.

Click on the images in the gallery below, to be taken on a tour through the individual changes. The last image is from the 29th of February 2020. I will keep on updating this page, as and when there are more changes. At the end you can see an overview and the dates of each change.

The Seven Gates of the Rainsnake

Participating in the Abidjan Green Arts Biennale, 2019

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Imke Rust at work in the Banco forest, Abidjan. ©Gaël Gellé and Cyrille Kouassi for Abidjan Green

(German version below)

Recently I had the honour to take part in the first Abidjan Green Art Biennale. Only twelve international artists have been invited to participate in the two-week event in the Cote d’Ivoire, which took place between the 25^th of November and the 10^th of December.

The artists were invited to create new artworks in the Parc National du Banco, one of the last primary rainforest in the country. The works should raise awareness about the danger of deforestation and the necessity to protect the environment. Banco is unique, as it is a protected area of about 3500 hectare in the middle of the coastal city of Abidjan.

An exciting prerequisite of the AGA Biennale is, that the artists were only allowed to make use of materials, which they found on site to create their works. If they needed any additional material, it had to be natural and biodegradable. They were also not allowed to cut or damage any living trees to create their works.

As a multidisciplinary artist I am known for my artworks created in and with nature. Already in 2012 I have started to raise awareness about environmental issues in Namibia with my art project and exhibition ‘An Infinite Scream’, commenting on the dangers of the ever-increasing uranium mining and plans for marine phosphate extraction.

For the Abidjan Green Art Biennale I have produced four new artworks. One work is a huge nest made of branches, titled the Circle of Life. The second work is made of bamboo, branches, and a natural paint made of talcum powder and cooking oil, it is called ‘The Seven Gates of the Rainsnake’. While the third work, The Passage, is made with clay on a dead tree trunk. The fourth ‘Magical Rain Collector’ is a less obvious object made of Bamboo and local seeds – and used in a performance

The initiator of the AGA 2019, Jems Koko Bi, famous Ivorian sculptor, commented that the new artworks are a welcome and poetic tribute to the forest. All works are ephemeral and will sooner or later return to nature.

You can find an overview of my artworks created at the Abidjan Green Arts Biennale HERE.

Who else participated or was involved?
Jems Koko Bi (Ivorian sculptor and initiator and organisor)
Ute Ritschel (Curator – Germany)
Ousseynou Wade (Curator – Senegal)
Artists: Elena Redaelli (Italy), Ri-Lee Eung Woo (South Korea), Karin van der Molen (Netherlands), Ernest Daetwyler (Canada), Soly Cissé (Senegal), Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny (Coté d’Ivoire), Nathalie Vairac (Performer, France / Senegal), Adama Adepoju Dit <Taxi Conteur> (Storyteller, Coté d’Ivoire), Joseph Baffrou Dit Bee Jo (Slam poet, Coté d’Ivoire) and Sow Souleymane (Comedian, Coté d’Ivoire)

Detail of ‘The Seven Gates of the Rainsnake’ by Imke Rust

(Deutsch)

Vor Kurzem hatte ich die Ehre an der ersten Abidjan Green Arts Biennale teilzunehmen, die zwischen dem 25. November und 10. Dezember in der der Elfenbeinküste stattfand.

Aus aller Welt wurden 12 Künstler ausgewählt, in einem geschützten Regenwald in Abidjan Kunstwerke zu produzieren. Diese Arbeiten sollen auf die Bedrohung der Regenwälder durch Abholzung und die Wichtigkeit des Umweltschutz aufmerksam machen. Der Parc National du Banco ist ein etwa 3500 Hektar großer, streng geschützter Urwald mitten in der Meteropole Abidjan. Hier wurden die Künstler kreativ.

Mir liegen solche Projekte sehr am Herzen und ich bin inzwischen ja auch schon bekannt dafür, dass ich mich mit meiner Naturkunst immer wieder gerne für den Schutz der Natur einsetzte. Gleich vier Arbeiten produzierte ich direkt vor Ort.

Die spannende Voraussetzung der AGA Biennale ist, das die Künstler nur Materialien die sie vor Ort finden oder natürliche, biologisch abbaubare Materialien in kleinen Mengen gebrauchen dürfen, um ihre Arbeiten zu produzieren.
Ausserdem durften auch keine Bäume gefällt werden oder oder die natürliche Umgebung sonst irgendwie zerstört werden.

Der Initiator, Jems Koko Bi, ein international bekannter Bildhauer aus der Elfenbeinküste, nannte die entstandenen Werke eine poetische Bereicherung für den Wald. Alle Werke sind vergänglich und werden nach und nach wieder Teil der Umgebung werden.”

HIER findest du einen Überblick von meinen Arbeiten die bei der Abidjan Green Arts Biennale entstanden sind.

Visitors in my artwork ‘Circle of Life’: (from left) Jems Koko Bi – artist and initiator of the AGA Biennale, unknown, me, the Italian Ambassador H.E. Stefano Lo Savio, the Swiss Ambassador H.E. Anne Lugon-Moulin, artist Karin van der Molen, (not visible) the Spanish ambassador H.E. Ricardo López-Aranda Jagu, the Italian ambassador’s wife Valeria Lo Savio and artist Elena Redaelli)

Some Press Links:

Ivory Coast: carving in the forest to protect it (France 24, 10.12.2019)

Abidjan (AFP) Ephemeral carvings of international artists in the middle of the rainforest is the challenge of the first biennial Green Arts which has invested the Banco National Park in Abidjan.

“Deciphering the forest instead of clearing it.The idea is to create, while sensitizing to the protection of the environment,” says the artistic director of the event, the famous Ivorian sculptor Jems Koko Bi, who played with his relationships to attract fellow sculptors from all over the world for a 12-day residency: Senegal, Canada, South Korea, Namibia, Italy, the Netherlands … (…)

Enabling Art in Challenging Environments

C& (Contemporary&) By Cédric Vincent, 18. December 2019

In Conversation with Illa Donwahi
In just over ten years Illa Donwahi has transformed her family home in Abidjan into a space dedicated to an ambitious artistic, cultural, and educational project. With C& she talks about the launch of her artistic complex in the midst of Côte d’Ivoire’s political and social crisis in 2008. (…)

Floating Energy Video

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I am so excited and grateful!

My talented husband, Steffen Holzkamp, has once again created a video to document my latest site-specific nature art installation. A big thank you also goes to Hans-Peter Wollmann, who has kindly provided us with his video material to use in combination with mine.

In this short video clip (1:49min) you can the ‘making-of’ and get an impression of the artwork itself.

But – it is still much better to experience it in person! If you can, please go and visit it.

I got so much wonderful feedback from the visitors while I was working there and even afterwards. All saying what a lovely surprise it was for them when they first noticed it on their walk through the forest. And then as they came closer and realised how long it was, how it was winding its way down the hill and crossing two paths, they got even more excited. It brought them so much joy, they said.

For those of you, who cannot go and visit the forest and my installation yourself, this video gives an impression, adding to the photographs in my previous post.

Enjoy! And do let me know in the comments what you think. I would appreciate it.

Floating Energy – 9. Int. Forest Art Path, Darmstadt

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Floating Energy by Imke Rust

The Site-specific Installation

106 Red branches seemingly floating about half a meter above the ground. Flowing down the hill, winding its path through the forest. The total length is approximately 70m and the width varies between 1m and 4m.

Created in August 2018 as part of the 9th International Forest Art Path, in Darmstadt, Germany. Located in the forest behind the Darmstädter Böllenfalltor.

The Idea Behind it

The environment is comprised of energy and energy is always in motion. We can see many of these energy streams or sense them in one way or another. Many other such streams we are not as aware about, as we have unlearned to sense them. When we understand these energies better, we know how to flow with them or understand why crossing or opposing them might be more difficult.

When thinking or talking about nature, we often forget, that we are part of nature and we are nature too. We bring our own energy to the world, just by being who we are and doing what we do.

Usually I work in a very ephemeral way or I take my works away after I have documented them. This is the first time that I will leave a work in nature for an unknown period of time.

How will my energy and installation impact on its surroundings? And how will other energies of the forest react to it or interact with it? Will the wild pigs manoeuvre around it or destroy it or not even bother? What kind of energy will the visitors to the park bring to it?

The Process and Details

Before I installed the work, I walked around the forest to find a suitable place. While I kept some necessary artistic criteria in my mind, I mostly looked for a place that felt right.

Once I had the right place I spent quiet time walking around, sitting, listening, noticing and feeling into the place, to know where the energy comes from and where it wants to flow.

There is a special fountain of energy at the beginning of the energy flow of my installation. It starts from a large beech tree, but the real fountain is only noticeable from close by and for visitors who are willing to look and listen a bit closer. There is a root hole in which there is a lot of life and activity. Mosquitoes are buzzing around in it, seemingly in a constant energetic flow. Because of this very strong natural concentration of energy I decided to start my installation from here. From the starting point or well, I used my senses to feel how the installations energy would best flow, and followed this intuitive path.

Water offering at the beginning

Mixing the water for the two points

Water offering at the end of the energy stream

After completion of the installation, I have been able to spent lots of time in and around it, to feel and understand the energy that was created. Once I was satisfied, I placed an offering of water at the origin of the flow and carried a second bowl down the ‘river’ to place it at its end. This way I hope to create even more of a flow and a connection throughout the installation.

I also believe that giving an offering to the forest and its spirits/energy/beings is a way of showing them (and myself) that I am aware and respectful of their existence as equal to mine. I chose water, as it emphasis the flow and also, as it is desperately needed during this very hot and dry time. While I was installing my work, I also realised that the red branches emphasise a warm, fiery energy. I felt a bit apprehensive about this, in a time where the danger of fire is a very real and everybody is on high alert. Water would symbolically cool down the fire energy – I hope.

The energy stream crosses two paths. Here the energy seemingly disappears into the ground and reappears on the other side, so that anybody can cross the stream easily and safely. I have connected the separate parts with a small water ceremony.

The Colour and Materials

I have used Signal Red spray paint for the beech branches, which make up my installation. I consciously choose a colour that symbolizes energy and which is very noticeable in the forest. Especially noticeable as something that was introduced by humans.

It was important to show that we are not separate from nature and everything we do is part of nature. There is only one nature, one energy. This installation is an attempt to better grasp this idea in its complexity and meaning.

Thin metal rods hold the branches up.

…but, is it Environmentally Friendly?

I have used graffiti spray paint from Montana, and doubt that it would be considered as really environmentally friendly. Once the work is starting to decompose, the organisers from the Waldkunstpfad will de-install it and dispose of it through the right channels.

I do hope that this artwork raises the question with everyone who sees it. While contemplating about the environmental friendliness of the paint, I hope we ask ourselves how environmentally friendly our own lives are? The plastic that our food is wrapped in, the cars we drive, the flights we take, the washing powder we use… Even the energy of negative thoughts we bring into this world.

Hopefully each of us is doing whatever we can to live more consciously and I do believe that making people happy through a beautiful artwork adds a lot of positive energy to the bigger equation.

I would love to hear your thoughts about this artwork! Do you have questions? Let me know in the comments below.

Floating Energy by Imke Rust © (Detail from below)

9th International Forest Art Path Darmstadt

There are a few official dates where you can learn more about my art:

Wednesday, 25th of July, 20h00 I will be speaking at the Wednesday Forum Artist Talks at the International Forest Art Centre. Ludwigshöhstr. 137

Tuesday, 31st July, 20h00 I will be giving a presentation about the ‘Creative Secrets of Rainmaking’ at the International Forest Art Centre. Ludwigshöhstr. 137

And the official opening of the 9th International Forest Path will take place on Saturday, the 11th August 2018 at 15h00 at the Ludwigshöhturm.

Hope to see you there. But you are also welcome to contact me to arrange to meet me in the forest while I am working. (between the 23rd of July and the 10th of August).

Click HERE for the full program and details (PDF in German).

I will also be revisiting some of my old works, which I have created in this forest in 2017 during the Global Nomadic Art Project Germany – Urban Nature Art.

Here is a list of the other artists who are participating and whom you might like to meet too:

431art – Torsten Grosch und Haike Rausch (Germany)
Isabelle Aubry (France)
Emanuelle Camacci / Fulvio D’Orazio (Italy)
Rebecca Chesney (UK)
Mark and Beth Cooley (US)
Georg Dietzler (Germany)
Kim Goodwin (South Africa)
Joachim Jacob / Florian Schneider (Germany)
Daniela di Maro (Italy)
Anke Mellin (Germany)
Imke Rust (Germany/Namibia)
Noboyuko Suguhara (Japan)
Kevin Sullivan (USA)
Vera Thaens (Belgium)
Stefanie Welk / Bianca Bischer (Germany)
Susanne Resch / Christoph von Erffta (Germany)
IMD Projekt Julia Mihaly, Stockhausen Konzert