Napoli

Hand-painted porcelain plate showing the streetscape of Naples/Italy when the litter service was on strike.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Napoli, 2014, hand-painted porcelain, diameter: 19,9 cm]

The plate was painted by Heike Tropisch.

Foto: Swaantje Güntzel

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #porcelain #handpainted #porzellanteller #neapel #naples #napoli #schmuckteller #goldrand #heiketropisch #wastemanagement #waste #müll

PRESERVED // Rågens rike / Finnland 2024/25
sowing

In our current project in Vörå/Finland we planted a rye field in August 2024 and developed a series of interventions, cooking events and performances related to the importance of rye for Finland. The whole project is a participartory project carried out with the cooparetion and help of the whole village. We will now go back to Finland for Easter for the next event and are so excited to see how the rye has grown. Stay tuned.

Foto: Peter Lüttge

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

#art #contemporaryart #conceptualart #participartoryart #finland #finnland #zeitgenössischekunst #konzeptkunst #partizipativekunst #ostrobothnia #österbotten #Vörå #Abramsgården #rågensrike #rye #performanceart #preserved #scheibeundgüntzel #farming #grainfarming #finlandsweden #participartoryart #sowing #sowingseeds

Stereoscopy

A miniature Volvic plastic bottle was glued into a historical stereoscopy showing a historical maritime view.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Stereoscopy, 2021, paper, plastics, 37,5 × 29,9 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #stereoskopie #stereoscopy #volvic #miniaturobjekt #maritimeansicht #maritimephotography #fotografie #photography #marinedebris #waste #plastikflasche #plasticbottle #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #marinepollution

ARCTIC YOGHURT
Intervention

“On December 2nd, 2021 at 12.04 a.m. I ate a yoghurt and threw the plastic pot into the Ofotfjord (Norway)”

[Swaantje Güntzel, Arctic Yoghurt, 2021, Intervention]

Foto: Jan Philip Scheibe

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #intervention #performanceart #performance #marinedebris #waste #yoghurt #artcticyoghurt #plasticpollution #ofotfjord #norway #norwegen #reddress #fjord #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #womensart #womenartist #arktis #arctic

Throwback Friday
CASTING SHADE

In the frame of our series PRESERVED we realized several projects that lasted for more than a year. One was the project „Old Land – New Land [Vegetable Shooting]“ which took place in 2020 in the Münstlerland region. We explored the ways in which the landscape of Westphalia will be transformed through the effects of climate change. The idea was to not only make visible the effects of climate change on Westphalia’s countryside, but also to mirror the emotional significance of the anthropogenic changes incurred upon the landscape for the people. Due to the extraordinary situation of Covid-19, select activities and planned actions needed to be modified so that the public could also engage with the work from home. The project was hosted by Schloss Senden.

During the ‘dog days of summer’ – the hottest periods of the year – temperatures in Senden rise up to 35° Celsius. The regional newspaper, Westfälische Nachrichten, reported that the past three summers had been so hot and dry that they had led to the worst drought in the Münster region in over 250 years. In the midday heat, the artists offered shade to the roses outside Senden’s town hall. In the years to come, providing shade for plants will play an ever-greater role in farming.

Foto: Scheibe & Güntzel

The project was funded by RKP Münsterland and Kunststiftung NRW.

#art #conceptualart #performance #performanceart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #preserved #schlosssenden #kunststiftungnrw #rkpmünsterland #senden #scheibeundgüntzel #scheibeundguentzel #klimakrise #climatecrisis #westfalen #westphalia #drought #dürre #partizipativekunst #participartoryart #münster #münsterland #sonnenschirm #roses #rosen

Setzkasten XL

Display case filled with toys washed ashore the beaches of Kure and Midway Atoll and swallowed by Laysanalbatrosses. The albatrosses were found with stomachs filled with plastic objects on both atolls (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Setzkasten XL, 2018, plastics, wood, glass, 41, 3x 31,5 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #object #marinedebris #pacific #kureatoll #midwayatoll #midway #pazifik #waste #toys #spielzeuge #beach #strand #kureatollconservancy #plastik #plastics #laysanalbatros #albatrosse #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel

HIMMELI II

In the frame of our project PRESERVED // Rågens rike / Finnland 204/25 we dealt with the traditional himmeli objects that are made of rye straw and are now used as a traditional Christmas decoration. In the former days they would be used to ask for a good harvest. In our winter chapter (November 2024) we asked the people of the area where our project is taking place (Vörå in Finland-Sweden) to join us to create a detail of a huge himmeli by using light tubes. The village came and in joint forces the ephermeral himmeli installation was created.

The whole project is carried out with the help of the village.

Our next stay will take place soon, stay tuned.


Fotos: Erik Åhman

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

#art #contemporaryart #conceptualart #participartoryart #finland #finnland #zeitgenössischekunst #konzeptkunst #partizipativekunst #ostrobothnia #österbotten #Vörå #Abramsgården #rågensrike #rye #performanceart #preserved #scheibeundgüntzel #farming #grainfarming #finlandsweden #himmeli #eijakoski #lightart #illumination #winter #erikahman #lichtkunst #lichtinstallation #lightinstallation #light #winter #snow #participartoryart

GOLD II

Common packaging for take away menus made of polystyrene covered with gold leaf.

[Swaantje Güntzel, GOLD II, 2020, polystyrene, gold leaf, 20,5 x 25 x 7 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #singleuseplastic #fastfood #waste #gold #einwegplastik #müll #blattgold #goldleaf #könnensienichtmalwasschönesmachen #cantyoudosomethingniceforachange #takeaway #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #polystyrene #goldII

PRESERVED // Rågens rike / Himmeli, 2024

Our current project in Finland will probably go on for a whole year. We started with the preparation of the rye field in August 2024 and came back in November for the winter session.

In the winter chapter we worked with the so called "himmelis", traditional objects made of rye straw, orginally applied to ask for a good harvest, today mainly used as Christmas decoration. We projected the structure of a classic himmeli onto the facade of a grain dryer and examined the abstract pattern. This particular himmeli is a work of the famous himmeli artist Eija Koski whom we had the honour to meet.

The dryers belong to our cooperation partners in Vörå.
Thank you @Katrin-Bethge for your great overhead projector!

With the support of: #Finnlandinstitut, #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

#art #contemporaryart #conceptualart #participartoryart #finland #finnland #zeitgenössischekunst #konzeptkunst #partizipativekunst #ostrobothnia #österbotten #Vörå #Abramsgården #grannaslantbruk #rågensrike #rye #performanceart #preserved #scheibeundgüntzel #farming #grainfarming #finlandsweden #himmeli #eijakoski #lightart #illumination #graindryer #winter

BLOWBACK IV / Ystad, 2019
Performance

Relocating garbage collected on the streets and beaches of Ystad/Sweden at the marina of Ystad. Part of the exhibition DEEP SEA at Ystads konstmuseum (1.6. - 1.9.2019).

[Swaantje Güntzel, 2019, BLOWBACK IV / Ystad, 2019, Performance]

Foto: Jan Philip Scheibe

#art #performance #performanceart #kunst #konst #conceptualart #konzeptkunst #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #womensart #womensartists #ystad #sweden #schweden #ystadskonstmuseum #artmuseum #museum #konstmuseum #marinedebris #intervention #waste #müll #garbage #publicspace #photography #fotografie #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #deepsea #exhibition #blowback

PLASTISPHERE / Portrait

Scheibe & Güntzel, 2016
PLASTISPHERE / Portrait

Foto: Scheibe & Güntzel

#art #contemporaryart #conceptualart #konzeptkunst #photography #fotografie #plastik #waste #müll #plasticcrisis #recycling #scheibeundgüntzel #scheibeundguentzel #plasticpeople #plastification #plasticbags #plastiktüte #reddress #suit

PLASTIFIED/Vortex II
Intervention

Marine debris washed ashore the beach of Órzola/Lanzarote was collected and relocated in a natural pool. The artist took a bath in the middle of the debris. Lanzarote/Spain.

[Swaantje Güntzel, PLASTIFIED / Vortex II, 2016, intervention]

Foto: Jan Philip Scheibe

#art #contemporaryart #conceptualart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #photography #fotografie #intervention #performanceart #performanceartist #womenartists #womensart #lanzarote #marinedebris #pollution #plasticpollution #orzola #spain #kanaren #canaryislands #spanien #waste #müll #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #artistinresidence

Today is the first WORLD DAY OF GLACIERS

Therefore I will share another work of my series "Crevasse" in which images of glaciers found on photographs, postcards, CdV, maps etc. were cut out and preserved.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Hintertuxer Gletscher / Gletscherhütte, Austria, ca. 1970s, 2024, postcard cropped, 31 × 26.6 cm (frame)]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #conceptualart #kunst #zeitgenossischekunst #konzeptkunst #fotografie #photography #postcard #postkarte #crevasse #glacier #gletscher #meltingglacier #worlddayofglaciers #climatecrisis #klimakrise #hintertuxergletscher #austria #österreich #gletscherhütte

Work of the week.
BRONZEPFERD
Copy of a plastic horse washed up on Midway Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) after drifting in the Pacific Ocean.

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Bronzepferd, 2021, bronze, 10 x 10 x 2 cm]
Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #contemporaryart #conceptualart #konzeptkunst #kunst #zeitgenössischekunst #skultur #Bronzeskulptur #marinedebris #pacificocean #bronzepferd #bronze #kureatollconservancy #midwayatoll #kureatoll #pazifik #laysanalbatros #albatrosse

Aufbau für die Gruppenausstellung PINK in der #PasingerFabrik in München. "Eine Ausstellung über die Bedeutung der Farbe in Kunst und Alltag „Pink matters“, gerade in Zeiten wie diesen! Was die Farbe in Kunst und Alltag bedeutet, ist das Thema der Ausstellung PINK, die vom 13. März bis 3. August 2025 in der Pasinger Fabrik zu sehen ist. Präsentiert werden Werke von knapp 30 Künstler*innen, begleitend gibt es ein Programm mit Tanz, Theater, Film – und Workshops, in denen die Gäste selbst künstlerisch mit der Farbe Pink experimentieren können. Bis zum Rokoko stand Pink für Männlichkeit, mit der Französischen Revolution änderte sich die Bedeutung: Männer verzichteten auf farbige Kleidung, Pink wurde von Frauen vereinnahmt. Nach dem Verkauf der ersten Barbie-Puppe 1959 in einer pinkfarbigen Verpackung wurde sie zur „Mädchenfarbe“, und in Westeuropa repräsentiert Pink nicht selten klischeeartig Weiblichkeit. Doch im Kampf für die Gleichberechtigung steht die Farbe zugleich für Empowerment und Selbstbestimmung hinsichtlich Sexualität und Lebensentwurf. Die Ausstellung reflektiert in zeitgenössischer Kunst die symbolischen Bedeutungen der Farbe wie auch deren gesellschaftliche Vereinnahmung."

[Swaantje Güntzel, Piñatas, 2025 (2021), div. Kunststoffe, Masse variabel]. Mex. Piñatas/Ü-Eier und Spielzeuge, die aus einer Containerhavarie vor Langeoog Januar 2017 stammen.

#konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #art #conceptualart #contemporyart #pasingerfabrik #münchen #üeier #spielzeug #containerhavarie #pink #langeoog #marinedebris

#ThrowBackThursday to the first #BrokenBody shoot I did in photoschool when we started with conceptual photography. The beginnings were in an artschool application some years before though.

Friederike, #Kiel 2010

#photography #legcast #gipsbein #ballet #ballerina #portrait #krücken #crutches #ballett #balletttänzerin #dutt #bunhead #zehen #toes #toughgirl #portrait #portraitphotography #fotografie #fotoschule #photoschool #konzeptionellefotografie #conceptual #art #conceptualart #photoart #fotokunst #konzeptkunst #konzept #injury #injured #verletzung #verletzlich #sportlerin #sport #tänzerin #tanzen #tfpkiel #tfphamburg #tfpshooting #tfpmodel #tfpschleswigholstein #igerskiel