PROJECT DESCRIPTION
In my work I deal with transience. It’s about birth, growth, mutation and death. During the pandemic, some of these terms can be heard in the media on a daily basis, the impermanence is more present for many and the perception of time and processes has changed for many people during the lockdown. Many buildings have been closed and people are spending more time at home. With the Belgrade Art Studio Residency, I wanted to explore these changes and take inspiration from Belgrade as a city I’ve never been to. During the residency I wanted to merge two subject areas (space and symbols of transience).
For me feeling on standby is a fallacy, nothing is really on standby just growth or decay is slowed down.
THE PROCESS
I began to draw placental structures and faded peonies that are fed via an umbilical cord. At the same time, I tried to get an idea of Belgrade. I looked at pictures and videos. I developed an idea of this city, but above all the longing for a trip to discover the city for myself grew. This was followed by the realization that an idea alone is not enough for me to make space tangible. In another drawing, I cut out simple architectural forms. The section directly incorporates the surroundings of the picture and connects the space in which it was created and the location of the respective installation.
GERMANY I VISUAL ARTIST
What is left of the vanitas still life of the Christian West? And what can a contamporary still life look like by a female artist, when there are equal rights for women supposedly and patriarchy is crumbling? Mariella Kerscher’s artistic work is concerned with providing access to the often-taboo matter of natural transience in our culture. She works with symbols of collective memory and deals with attributes of birth and death that are still unfamiliar, such as the placenta. She collects and dissects organic elements in order to preserve them in her works. The fragments are replicated and combined to create ornamental structures. An infinite cycle forms: growth, mutation, death, growth.
Keeping my mind open for new inspiration everyday is also essential
