series of drawings, 70g paper, ink, 2023
The movement of the ocean washes various organic materials onto the beach at The Sea Ranch. In an archaeologically sensitive manner, Asef-Burckhardt appropriate this material as objet trouvés to record traces with ink on paper on site.
In this series of 25 „drawings“, Asef-Burckhardt seek „handwritten“ encounters with space. But instead of representing landscape by ink, Asef-Burckhardt use ink to fasten the landscape to the paper: The ink becomes the carrier of the landscape itself. Asef-Burck- hardt thereby purposefully push the liminal space between depicting and interacting with environment.
Just as Lawrence Halprin previously approached the Sea Ranch through drawings, Asef-Burckhardt seek a „handwritten“ encounter with the space. The photographs of the drawings in their natural environment are shown as prints.
Ein Tag am Strand
Textbeitrag: Dr. Alexander Leinemann (German)
Oil and Discarded Matter on Canvas
Mario Asef 
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