Exhibition
The Glenkeen Variations: ArtNature/NatureArt
Glenkeen Garden is a landscape park on Roaringwater Bay in West Cork, Ireland, designed by Ulrike Crespo. Since 2021, it has been the site of an artist in residence programme, the results of which will be shown for the first time in the exhibition ‘The Glenkeen Variations: ArtNature/NatureArt’.
Exhibition
12.10.24—26.01.25
Saturday to Monday 11 am to 6 pm
Tuesday and Wednesday closed
Thursday and Friday 2 pm to 8 pm
Location
Crespo Haus
Weißfrauenstraße 1–3
60311 Frankfurt
Free admission
About the exhibition
As part of the Glenkeen Garden Residencies, the Crespo Foundation invites artists to spend three months at Glenkeen Garden, during which they research and work on the theme of ‘ArtNature/NatureArt’.
‘The Glenkeen Variations: ArtNature/NatureArt’ marks a premiere in two respects: it is the first exhibition of the first phase of the Glenkeen Garden Residencies and the first exhibition in the open space of the new Crespo Haus in Frankfurt.
The exhibition also embodies the condensation of a network of relationships: of Ulrike Crespo's centres of life in Ireland and Frankfurt, of her work as a photographic artist and garden designer and of her attention and support for artists.
Photo: Christof Jakob
Photo: Christof Jakob
Photo: Christof Jakob
Photo: Christof Jakob
Photo: Christof Jakob
Photo: Christof Jakob
Photo: Christof Jakob
Photo: Christof Jakob
Photo: Christof Jakob
The Artists
The exhibition shows the works of the international artists and collectives who were in residence at Glenkeen Garden for a three-month residency from autumn 2021 to the end of 2023:
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
Ulrike Crespo's photo series ‘Under the Skin of Water’, which was created in Glenkeen Garden, is also part of the exhibition.
The Works
The works of the former residents are as diverse as the nature of Glenkeen Garden itself. Sonic explorations, material investigations, scientific research and poetic imaginaries retell the story of the landscape park.
The thought experiments developed by the artists during and after their residency challenge and expand our perceptions and ideas. In the galleries of the Crespo Haus, the geographical distance between Frankfurt and West Cork seems to shrink. The works invite visitors to immerse themselves for a moment in the world of Glenkeen Gardens – and suddenly it seems surprisingly close.
Carolin Liebl & Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler: Nature Soft, 2024, Detail of scan no. 1, Photography, 300 × 300 cm
Moritz Fehr, Plant Stress (SPF 50), 2022,video installation, Full HD 4:3, no sound, 42 min, loop, video stills
Yulia Carolin Kothe, Katerina Sidorova & Max Brück: How to navigate a bog, 2024, interactive installation with multi-channel audio. Stage elements, ceramics, wood fibre, natural fibre, speakers, headphones, map, 14 qm
Marcus Maeder, Imeall an Chosta, 2022-2023, Sound recordings and data capture archive
‘In and around the garden, through moorland and seaweed forests, along dry stone walls to the pub, the exhibited works contain the traces of the paths and the conversations held along the way.’
Events
Exhibition
12.10.24—26.01.25
Saturday to Monday 11 am to 6 pm
Tuesday and Wednesday closed
Thursday and Friday 2 pm to 8 pm
„Paths Unseen: The Sounds of Glenkeen“
Concerts and performances
Fri, 29.11.24, 19:30
Free entry
Media Download
The bilingual (german/english) booklet accompanying the exhibition is available:
Partners
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt | University College Cork, Environmental Research Institute, Cork | The Glucksman, Cork | Working Artists Studios, Ballydehob | Goethe-Institut Irland, Dublin
