Sophie-Therese Trenka-Dalton (*1979, Berlin, DE/US) develops central working methods on project trips within Europe, to Los Angeles and to the United Arab Emirates. In her research-based installations, Trenka-Dalton examines processes of cultural displacement and appropriation that arise in the course of the implosion and reshaping of centres of power. Using objects, buildings and stories, she traces the continuous migration of cultural motifs. She develops architectural displays that present collected artefacts, sculptures, photography and video. Image lectures expand the context of the motifs and visual chains of association that run through her work.

Fern Pavilion picks up on one of the few existing architectural elements in Krämerwald: A pavilion made of narrow aluminum poles that stands, almost invisibly, like a line drawing in a clearing. For the installation, the pavilion is converted into a refuge for ferns, including an irrigation system. The work combines elements of renaturation, botanical laboratory and domesticated garden. Time will tell whether the ferns will be able to populate the forest beyond the pavilion or remain dependent on this artificial habitat.

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