Publikation

Anka Leśniak hat nicht nur die großartige Ausstellung „Lost Element. Re-construction of the Witch“ Anfang 2022 in der VBKÖ kuratiert, sondern nun auch diesen tollen Artikel zur Ausstellung geschrieben. Ich freue mich sehr, dass ich mit dem Werk „TREMATE“ Teil der Ausstellung und des TFR-Archives werden durfte!

„The Exhibition Lost Element / Re-Construction Of The Witch. Curatorial Reflections“, Anka Leśniak, in: Art and Documentation no.26

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The work by Lena Violetta Leitner refers to ecological issues, but it’s also somehow „uncanny.“ In her way of connecting the natural elements (plant, soil, water) and technology (steam, clay), one can also see a subtle sense of humour. The second part of the work – the plant – „spoke“ to us in Morse code. The plant was shaking from time to time unnaturally and in its subsequent movements (longer or shorter) the message „I will survive“ was encoded. These two messages – projected on the steam and encrypted in Morse code, could be interpreted in the context of the need to return to so-called female values, such as care, and respect for the environment and other entities, but also with the belief that witches (wise women) can overturn the harmful patriarchal order. Additionally, the plant chosen by the artist was a fern, which is one of the oldest plants on Earth. 

Anka Leśniak