CHÂTEAU BLEREAU - Since 2019 I have been establishing and building a residential studio called Château Blereau. Located deep inside the forest, without telephone signal nor internet reception, it offers shelter, tranquillity and inspiration for fellow artists. Since the start of construction in 2021 the worksite has been visited by Artists, Filmmakers and Musicians, who have participated in the realization of this dream. I see the project as a never ending, habitable, shareable, sculpture. 22 square meters of living space, 14 hectares of wild nature as an atelier/playground/exhibition space. The official launch of the artist residence program is scheduled for summer 2024. The program will run in cooperation with the artist house Vorwerkstift Hamburg and Gallery 21.
Past artists in residence:
Carlos Léon Zambrano, Nils Knott, Lion Frenster, Speedboot, Laura Kahler, Tintin Patrone, Max Sänger, Sultan Alawar, Laura Staab
GONE FISHING (excerpts) - Gone Fishing is a experimental documentary film, following the life and work surrounding the "Château Blereau" since 2019. - 4K 2:1 56min 2023
TUNNEL - Digging a tunnel with a spoon. - 4K 16:9 11min 2022
S.A.S. - Getting trapped by a wild animal, through placing the trigger mechanism & bait outside of the trap, deep in the forrest, while waiting in camouflage inside the trap itself. - 4K 16:9 19min 2021
THE WORLD´S ENDS (excerpts) - Lifting boulders in places called "the end of the world" in order to leave folded paper notes behind, that hold secrets. Verdens Ende, Norway / Finistére, France - HD 16:9 6min double projection 2018/2021
BEFORE AND AFTER - analog photo 14,8cm x 8cm 2019
BARNDOMSDRØM - HD 16:9 2min 2019
SAW - Don´t cut the branch on which you are sitting. - brass, aluminium, engine, spring, cable, oak 2016
SAW 2 - Don´t cut the branch on which you are sitting. - aluminium, engine, spring, cable, oak 2016
ONCE UPON A TIME - A tree equipped with a contraption that drags a saw against its trunk as it is rocking in the wind. The final moment of collapse was captured by a motion triggered wildlife camera, in a series of 13 photographs. - 13 dibond prints 14,8cm x 10,5cm 2017
RHODODENDRON, RHODODENDRON - epoxy resin 2018
LEANING CURTAIN - curtain, glass fiber 2017
RUBBER BOOTS - rubber boots, electro magnet, timer, led, cable, 12v power supply, plug 2017
More works can be found on my Instagram.