Ink and Dead Organisms on Paper

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.

See also:

Ein Tag am Strand
Textbeitrag: Dr. Alexander Leinemann (German)

Oil and Discarded Matter on Canvas