Not in my Garden (2019) Photographic Print on copy paper, wooden sticks, projection onto the surface (26 seconds looped)
“At the time I could no more believe my eyes than I can now trust my memory.”
― The Rings of Saturn
― The Rings of Saturn
Gaerd (2019), Digital transfer photographs on copy paper, wooden sticks
210 cm 
x 1190 cm (h)
x 1190 cm (h)
Projection of 16mm film onto folded paper substrate, 3 mins looped
SEED POWER
A new project exploring the cultural, social and political exchange between Europe and the Americas at the turn of the century and its impact on our encounter and relationship with plant matter, gardens and trees today. The contradictions of this colonial exchange and its implications have repercusions in the light of strict laws prohibiting the introduction of ‘foreign’ species into the Americas and vice versa- . A metaphor for immigration and migration issues today and an ironic and political look at the prohibition of species being brought back to their country of origin.
VICTORIA AHRENS 