19. September 2024
„The Glenkeen Variations: ArtNature/NatureArt“
The extensive landscape garden Glenkeen Garden in West Cork, Ireland, was designed by Ulrike Crespo (1950-2019) and has been the location of an artist-in-residence programme of the Crespo Foundation since 2021. The works developed by the artists invited there will be shown together for the first time in an exhibition entitled ‘The Glenkeen Variations: ArtNature/NatureArt’ from 12 October.
Glenkeen Garden served as an artistic laboratory for the artists to explore the themes of ‘ArtNature/NatureArt’ and the relationship between humans and nature. This resulted in a variety of artistic approaches in different media - from music and performance to film, painting and media art. Very different tools are used, including microphones, UV filters, tin pots, brushes and compost thermometers.
In addition, composers and sound artists captured the hidden soundscape of Glenkeen by recording the voices of flowers, water, seals, birds and insects. The ‘Sounds of Glenkeen’ were born.
The exhibition shows works by these artists
Ulrike Crespo; Markus Huemer; Tania Rubio; Moritz Fehr; Carolin Liebl, Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler; Marcus Maeder; Christiana Cheiranagnostaki, Konstanza Kapsali; Filippa Pettersson, Kristin Reiman; Jan Wagner; Max Brück, Katerina Sidorova, Yulia Carolin Kothe; STRWÜÜ (Jo Wanneng & Lukas Fütterer); Lorenzo Rebediani, Vera Scaccabarozzi, Luca Trevisani, Francesca Verga; Elisa T. Bertuzzo, Doireann O'Malley
Opening of the exhibition
Vernissage in the presence of the artists, followed by a party and snacks from Freitagsküche
The following will speak
Dr Ina Hartwig
Head of Department for Culture and Science, City of Frankfurt am Main
Prof Dr Brigitte Franzen
President of the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach
Ben Livne Weitzman
Curator of the exhibition
We welcome
Prof Christiane Riedel
Chairman of the Crespo Foundation
Party
music by Yulia C Kothe (Live Set w/ Cassettes) and DDM b2b QT-XTC (DJ Set)
When and where?
Opening
Thu, 10.10.24 Admission 5pm, start 6pm,
party from 8pm
Exhibition
12.10.24—26.01.25
Saturday to Monday 11 am to 6 pm
Tuesday and Wednesday closed
Thursday 2 pm to 8 pm
Crespo Haus
Weißfrauenstraße 1—3
60311 Frankfurt
Free entry
Doireann O’Malley & Elisa T. Bertuzzo: Maolaigh, 2023/2024, Einkanal mit Ton, Filmstill
Carolin Liebl & Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler: Nature Soft, 2024, detail of scans Nr. 1, Fotography, 300 × 300 cm
Moritz Fehr, Plant Stress (SPF 50), 2022,Videoinstallation, Full HD 4:3, without sound 42 min, Loop, Videostills
Yulia Carolin Kothe, Katerina Sidorova & Max Brück: How to navigate a bog, 2024, Interactive installation with multi-channel sound. Stage elements, ceramic, wood fibre, natural fibre, loudspeakers, headphones, card, 14 sqm
Marcus Maeder, Imeall an Chosta, 2022-2023, Sound recordings and data capture archive