A two-week residency in Weitenhagen, Nordvorpommern, Germany
For two weeks in August 2019, I could work, immersed between forests and cultivated land, in the rural village of Weitenhagen, in the north-east of Germany. The observation of the shades of green in the forest, the wall textures in house, the forms of the vegetables in the garden, the rapid weather changes lead to a series of formal research on paper with acrylic and cyanotype. These works were then associated with various found objects – both natural and manufactured, in the form of installations.
These objects whether they are decorative or used bear witness to a particular relationship between the inhabitants and their territory. The decorative object reveals the existence of an affective bound with some components of the environment, sometimes they even expose a lifestyle. On its part, waste hints at the consumption habits and the type of materialistic preoccupations of inhabitants on a specific living environment. The free and intuitive associations between the objects and the paper works, invite to a sensitive and amused reading.
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![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, GREEN GRASS, ACRYLIC ON PAPER, FOUND WOOD,
ACRYLIC PRINTING ON PAPER, 1 X 1,30 M](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-1-c-claire-ebendinger-2-1024x768.jpg)
![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, HORIZON, ACRYLIC, AND CYANOTYPE ON PAPER, DECORATIVE OBJECT FOUND IN THE HOUSE, VARIABLE DIMENSIONS (BTW 13 X 13 CM AND 18 X 18 CM)](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-2-c-claire-ebendinger-1-1024x666.jpg)
![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, STUDY OF THE VEGETABLE GARDEN, ACRYLIC ON PAPER, PIGMENTED PLASTER CHIP, BAMBOO CHIME, VARIABLE DIMENSIONS](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-4-c-claire-ebendinger2-1024x724.jpg)
![Claire Ebendinger](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-5-c-claire-ebendinger2-1024x724.jpg)
![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, SKY BUES, CYANOTYPES, 35 X 26,5 XM / 57 X 78 CM](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-6-c-claire-ebendinger2-1024x724.jpg)
![Claire Ebendinger, WASTE GATHERED FROM THE FOREST OVER A 90 MINUTES WALK](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-7-c-claire-ebendinger2-1024x724.jpg)
![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, SALES ON GREEN, INSTALLATION (PLASTIC AND ALUMINUM PACKAGING AND PLASTIC BAG FOUND IN THE FOREST), VARIABLE DIMENSIONS](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-8-c-claire-ebendinger-1-1024x724.jpg)
![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, GARDEN PARTY, INSTALLATION IN SITU, FLAGS MADE OF PLASTIC PACKAGING AND PLASTIC BAG FOUND IN THE FOREST](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-10-c-claire-ebendinger-1-1024x724.jpg)
![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, THE PHOENIX OF THE HOSTS OF THIS WOOD, GLASS BOTTLES FOUND IN THE FOREST, ACRYLIC PRINT ON PAPER, TOWEL HOLDER AND DECORATIVE CROWN, VARIABLE DIMENSIONS,
(PRINT 1 X 1,70 M)](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-11-c-claire-ebendinger-1-1024x659.jpg)
![Claire Ebendinger, THE PHOENIX OF THE HOSTS OF THIS WOOD (DETAIL), ACRYLIC ON PAPER, TOWEL HOLDER, 1 X 1,70 M (PRINT)](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Weitenhagen-12-c-claire-ebendinger-1024x724.jpg)