Practical land art when travelingJana has been an artist since childhood. Starting with painting and drawing, she came to land art a few years ago. Because she didn’t want to take her painting utensils with her when she traveled, she started painting large pictures in the sand at the French Atlantic Ocean. She only takes […]
Late summer on the Rietzer BergWith a very special light at this time of year, artist RéArt was able to capture the colorful late summer at the Rietzer Berg in pictures. Painting as a balanceRéArt discovered painting during the Covid pandemic. It serves as a balance to his job and family. It frees his mind […]
Connecting with naturePulling a carrot out of the ground, popping it straight into her mouth with the soil attached and eating it – that was an experience that made Sophie Stein feel more connected to nature than ever before. She also enjoyed spending time with George, probably the most love-struck sheep in the area. In […]
A fitting novel for the Year of the EarthHer latest novel about roots and home was a perfect fit for our Year of the Earth. That’s why Wlada Kolosowa not only continued writing it during her stay at the artist residence, but also presented it in a short reading.The writer and journalist has already published […]
Artists with a clear focus It felt a bit like a hacienda in Mexico in the hermitage on Rietzer Berg, says artist Paul-Hermann Gruner. He didn’t spend the whole day relaxing. He had a clear roadmap for his ten-day writer-in-residence fellowship. He got up early every morning, enjoyed the morning freshness and drank his coffee. […]
Get into the flow of writing here Elisabeth Huber has experienced something in her life that she wants to process in her first autobiographical novel. She cared for her grandfather for 10 years. Until his death. Elisabeth is now 36 years old. The scenes have already been written. She had to do this to clear […]
A little mini-adventure in solitudeAuthor and painter Sonja Crone gladly accepted our hermitage offer for artists. She was keen to try something new again. “It was like a little mini-adventure in solitude, which sometimes felt threatening and sometimes exciting,” says Sonja about her stay here. In any case, it awakened many emotions in her. Ideal […]
Always with photos and camera in tow Nigerian artist and photographer Nseabasi Akpan was our guest at the end of April. In his luggage was a large collection of photographs by himself and artist friends he had met along the way. This resulted in a pop-up photo exhibition in our bunker on Rietzer Berg. For […]
If you walk through the landscape park with your eyes open and let your gaze wander a little longer over the future pond in the lower part of the park, you will notice that something has changed there. An art installation has been created there by the hands of artist Vincenzo Fiore Marrese. During his […]
“I want to capture the essence of the forest, that you breathe in it and smell the forest when you walk in it.” Freelance artist Birgit Rakette took this quote by van Gogh as her motto during her stay at the artist hermitage. Her time in the nature of Rietzer Berg was supposed to be […]
