UmArts Artist researcher in residency Ana Zdravković is currently working on a new artwork. This project is exploring the forest through the lens of its biodiversity and intricate web of connections, where every organism plays a role in maintaining a cohesive whole. The new work, an installation, will construct a forest using everything but trees, emphasizing overlooked smaller-scale organisms installation.
An invitation to participate
Ana is inviting you to contribute to the project. Contribute by bringing an element (an artwork, an object, or any other meaningful addition) to the installation at UmArts Research Centre. Drop in: 24 March to 4 April, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 14.00-16.00. Deadline for contributing is the 4 April.
Open studio event 11 April 15.00
Warm welcome to join us for the presentation of the research project and to take a forest walk in the new artwork You can’t see the forest for the trees / Du ser inte skogen för alla träden.
About the project
Ana’s artistic research explores forests through the lens of their biodiversity and intricate connections, where every organism plays a role in maintaining a cohesive whole. This new artwork will construct a forest using everything but trees, emphasizing overlooked smaller-scale organisms. Despite their size, these tiny beings are essential to forest ecosystems, contributing to their health, resilience, and biodiversity. You are welcome to contribute ideas, texts, objects, artworks to this large installation to create a collection of visual representations of the diverse organisms that compose Swedish forests. The installation will feature cut-out drawings on paper, suspended in space, allowing visitors to “walk through” the forest seen from this unique perspective. The species selected for the installation include lichens, fungi, mosses, plants, insects, molluscs, birds, and mammals, with a focus on those classified as Nationally Extinct (RE), Acutely Threatened (CR), Highly Threatened (EN), and Vulnerable (V).[*]
Feel free to drop by and discuss your participation, or simply have a look at the development of the artwork. All the elements should be brought to the UmArts Research Centre no later than 4th of April.
Ana Zdravković is Artist in Residence, UmArts Research Centre (18th March – 13th April)
Email: anazd3@gmail.com
Instagram: @a.zdrav
[*] Information retrieved from www.artfakta.se, a webpage dedicated to the Swedish biodiversity.