Landscape V

Earth, stone, pieces of plastic, thread,
folded 26 x 36 cm, opened 104.5 x 73 cm.

Landscape V is a continuation of the
series Landscape I-IV, which was created in 2023.
The drawing makes reference to
landscape, traces and memories.

The fine lines of the predetermined folds and creases of the used paper are highlighted with earth, creating a view of a conceivable landscape. Small rectangular pieces of plastic are distributed and sewn onto this uneven surface. On the other side of the drawing there is an application of oil shale rock, which not only reproduces the filigree lines and structures of the materials, paper and rock, but also shows the threads of the sewn-on plastic pieces. They form a network that stretches inconspicuously across the paper, like plastic material that has been (un)secretly spreading and depositing itself all over our world and in the oceans for a long time. Likewise in our bodies in the form of microplastics and gradually in our cultural memories.

The drawing is currently traveling in the project
AUS DEM KOFFER, a project by the Linienscharen
in the cities of Stuttgart, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne, 2024-2025.
Photo Credits: Barbara Karsch-Chaïeb
Image rights VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, Barbara Karsch-Chaïeb.