als sich nichts auftat (2022) — Destroyed photographs of destroyed forest areas in the Wiehengebirge are left on wooden stumps as an image-bearing medium. In Germany, 83 million cubic meters of wood were cut in the forests in 2021. Cutting trees have risen by 3.2% compared to last year, so more and more forest areas are disappearing into nothingness. In the series »als sich nichts auftat« (when nothing opened up), black-and-white long exposures were colored with the average hue of deforested soils and the prints were defaced with chemistry and brushes. These prints were reproduced and transferred on tree discs. Thus, for a short period of time, the vicious circle of human destruction of the environment is closed.
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