Kaus Australis kindly invites you to the Open Studio & Artist Talk by
PETRA SPIELHAGEN
Date: Sunday May 24th 2015
Open Studio from 2pm to 5pm
Artist Talk at 4pm
Venue: Kaus Australis, Melanchthonweg 137, 3045PN Rotterdam
orange_glowing – a photo-project about Westland at night.
‘Westland interests me as a very particular cultural landscape, formed by highly technologized agribusiness with the aim to supply fresh vegetables, plants and flowers to broad parts of Europe. Large parts of this growing utopia has been realised through these technologies of all season production. Artificial lighting is a key technology to do this, giving rise to faster growing plants. Permanent orange luminescence emerges from the serried ranks of greenhouses. The nightscape with it’s special rhythm of production is characterized by this particular orange glowing.
This project follows a series of photographs Land (Kreis Borken) – country (district of Borken) about intensive and industrialized farming in the districts of Borken, Münster and North Rhine-Westphalia.
In my work I address public space and landscape; and especially what occurs there. Therefore my work is in series photography, interventions and installations.’
PETRA SPIELHAGEN studied visual arts and stage design at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee.
Exhibitions: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Festival der Regionen Linz; nGbK, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst; Marseille. Prices, grants, residences: otte 1 künstlerhaus, Eckernförde; Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen;Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, art IT, Senate of Cultural Affairs, Max-Planck-
www.petraspielhagen.de
Kaus Australis kindly invites you to the Open Studio & Artist Talk by
PETRA SPIELHAGEN
Date: Sunday May 24th 2015
Open Studio from 2pm to 5pm
Artist Talk at 4pm
Venue: Kaus Australis, Melanchthonweg 137, 3045PN Rotterdam
orange_glowing – a photo-project about Westland at night.
‘Westland interests me as a very particular cultural landscape, formed by highly technologized agribusiness with the aim to supply fresh vegetables, plants and flowers to broad parts of Europe. Large parts of this growing utopia has been realised through these technologies of all season production. Artificial lighting is a key technology to do this, giving rise to faster growing plants. Permanent orange luminescence emerges from the serried ranks of greenhouses. The nightscape with it’s special rhythm of production is characterized by this particular orange glowing.
This project follows a series of photographs Land (Kreis Borken) – country (district of Borken) about intensive and industrialized farming in the districts of Borken, Münster and North Rhine-Westphalia.
In my work I address public space and landscape; and especially what occurs there. Therefore my work is in series photography, interventions and installations.’
PETRA SPIELHAGEN studied visual arts and stage design at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee.
Exhibitions: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Festival der Regionen Linz; nGbK, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst; Marseille. Prices, grants, residences: otte 1 künstlerhaus, Eckernförde; Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen;Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, art IT, Senate of Cultural Affairs, Max-Planck-
www.petraspielhagen.de
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