“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 […]
The composer and performer of experimental music, Richard Scott, was a guest at our hermitage on Rietzer Berg. We gave him the chance to start his sabbatical with a three-week stay in the remote nature of Rietzer Berg. The native Briton lives in Berlin and was eager to get out of the city. In Berlin, […]
The author Felix Geiser had long been planning to write at such a remote place. He is looking forward to completing his first novel and used his time in the hermitage to give his story the final touch. The Berlin based writer arrived with the goal to get done as much as possible. However, the […]
Ben has been an actor for 25 years and after a long stay in California, he again lives in Germany, in his chosen home Berlin. He spontaneously moved into the Hermitage for two weeks with his dog Gizmo after hearing about us through a fellow actress. Ben arrived without expectations, rather with the hope of […]
Ada Bienkowska lives with her family in Warsaw. She speaks German and Polish as her mother tongue and moved into the Hermitage for 3 weeks with her husband and son. She found the Hermitage through the site Literaturport.de and the ad came as if on cue. Of her time here, she says, “It was magical!” […]
At the end of May the artist Ute Safrin spent 10 days in our Hermitage. Ute studied sculpture in her adopted city of Berlin and had applied to us last year. She wanted to use the time at the Hermitage to try out a new material. It has succeeded in this to the fullest extent. […]
Therese Rink’s stay at the hermitage was just as she had imagined it – only better. In her search for quiet places in nature without the noises of the city, the residence at Rietzer Berg was an ideal component of her 3-months trip through Europe. The South African artist started her travels in Belgium, will […]
Objectively, the hermitage at Rietzer Berg is rather small. But it’s still big enough for three workspaces. In the two-weeks stay of the artist couple Stefanie Müller and Klaus Dietl there was a sound studio inside, a painting studio on the terrace and a sewing shop next to it. The two artists from Munich are […]
Like the impressionists, Sebastian Kommerell was always in the search for light. After searching interesting atmospheres in the surroundings of Rietzer Berg by walking or cycling, he went off with canvas, paint and paintbrush to paint outside. The aspect of time plays a major role when painting in nature, because the atmosphere is to be […]
The Berlin artist Ruth Spichtig was mostly inspired by the storm that swept through the forest during her stay at the art residence at Rietzer Berg. The power of nature and the blown over trees that support each other even after having fallen were the model for her “giants pick-a-stick”. She built this installation out […]
