Verordnung zum Schutz eines Toteislochs

Verordnung zum Schutz eines Toteislochs (2025)
Hazel, nylon string, hand-twisted wool cord, brass thread, beeswax
site-specific installation, Plot 14

Berlin Britzenale 5
KGA Zufriedenheit e.V.
11- 13 July 2025
curated by Christof Zwiener & Vincent Schier

“Die erste Skulptur war ein Eisblock.
Ihre Negativform ist ein Naturdenkmal.
Die Skulptur lebt weiter.
Wirst auch du verschmelzen?
Murmele eine Melodie für das Toteisloch.”

 

"(...) The dead ice hole is a relic from the last ice age, during which large blocks of ice were left behind in the moraine landscape, often covered by gravel or debris. After the glaciers retreated, these blocks of ice gradually melted, and the material above them subsided and formed depressions in the landscape. In her exploration of this particular landscape, the artist Ellen Martine Heuser asks herself what influence archaeological practices can have in seeking to approach the dead ice hole artistically? With this question in mind, Ellen Martine has developed a structure from hazel twigs that can be understood as an accompanying measure alongside the official regulations for the protection of an ecosystem that has formed around the dead ice hole in the Kienpfuhl. (…)"

- Britzenale 5

All photos by (c) Ellen Martine Heuser