Solo- and Site-Specific Installations

2019 Sustainable Art Installation, `Merging Layers`, Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany
Prinzessinengärten, Berlin, Germany
2018 Nachhaltige Kunst Installation, `Minaminals III` Installation ,Die Erde von der Wir Leben‘,
Reckenthin, Deutschland
2017 Sustainable Art Installation, ‘Minaminals’, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin, Germany
2015 Conceptual Exhibition, ‘Navigating The Maze’, Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, Windhoek, Namibia
2014 Paper Installation, ‘Like’, (assignment) Goethe Centre (boundary wall), Windhoek, Namibia
2013 Paper Installation, ‘Change’, Goethe Centre (boundary wall), Windhoek, Namibia
2013 Installation, ‘Close Connection’, (assignment) Arebbusch Travel Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia
2012 Multi-Media Installation, ‘The Road Less Travelled’, Goethe-Centre (courtyard), Windhoek, Namibia
2012 Paper Installation, ‘Muse’, Goethe Centre (entrance), Windhoek, Namibia
2012 Multi-Media Exhibition, ‘Conscious Connections’, Goethe Centre (auditorium), Windhoek, Namibia

2017 Sustainable Art Installation, ‘Minaminals I’, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin, Germany

‘Minaminals’ is a public, sustainable art project which addresses sustainable development of micro and macro ecosystems by using sustainable production materials. The project creates emphasis on celebrating diversity, integration, recycling, creative change management and edges or margins of ecosystems it interacts with.

The ‘Minaminals’ installation is made from a recipe of bioplastic and sand created by myself in 2012 for the installation ‘The Road Less Travelled’ exhibited at the Goethe Institute in Namibia. The recipe was further developed for an artist residency in South Australia where I produced the ephemeral work ‘$Edge’ at the Arid Lands Sculpture Festival, which earned me the first prize.

The bioplastic and sand recipe is made entirely of natural ingredients which decompose over time when exposed to wind, rain, sunshine and small insects such as ants and thus becomes food for the plants and dissolves into the ecosystem it is placed in.

The installation consisted of + -80 mini sculptures each with an average size of 10 * 10cm per sculpture. The sculptures for ‘Minaminals I’ were a snake, a bird and a snail. Each installation will see more animals added which are all vital for a healthily functioning ecosystem. The animals were installed in the vegetable beds of Gut Hellersdorf for the Berlin Prizessinengärten Wandelwoche on the on the 9^th of September 2017.

After completion of the installation there was an artist talk at, Projektraum mp43, run by Carola Rümper a few blocks away.

Bioplastic and sand snail and bird in high bed at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Installed bioplastic and sand animals at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Bioplastic and sand snake in high bed at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Bioplastic and sand birds in high bed at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Bioplastic and sand snails in high bed at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Bioplastic and sand birds in high bed at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Bioplastic and sand snake in high bed at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Bioplastic and sand bird in high bed at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Bioplastic and Sand Bird

Bioplastic and sand snails in high bed at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Cooking bioplastic and sand at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Casting bioplastic and sand snake at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

First bioplastic and sand snake at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

First bioplastic and sand at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

First bioplastic and sand snake at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Installing bioplastic and sand animals at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Cooking bioplastic and sand at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Pouring Plaster for mould

Second Half Bird Mould. Rubber Latex and Plaster. Foto Kirsten Wechslberger – Mobile Camera Phone

Bioplastic and sand at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

2nd Rubber Latex Mould Layer bioplastic and sand at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Bioplastic and sand at Prinzessinengärten Wandelwoche, Gut Hellersdorf, Berlin. Foto: Sascha J. Bachmann

Snail Sculpture from Clay for Mould

Finished Clay Snake for mould for bioplastic and sand casting. Foto: Kirsten Wechslberger – mobile phone camera

Snail Sculpture from Clay for Mould

Process of snake production from clay to make mould for bioplastic and sand casting. Foto: Kirsten Wechslberger – taken with mobile phone

2015 Conceptual Exhibition, ‘Navigating The Maze’, Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, Windhoek, Namibia

Recycled material and performance

2015, ‘Identity’, Performance, Franco Namibian Cultural Center, Namibia

‘Navigating the Energy Points’ – Multi-media installation, with Mulit-sensory Installation ‘Tunnel’ in the background Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, Windhoek, Namibia, 2015

‘Hope’ Participatory Art, FNCC, Windhoek, Namibia, 2015

2015, ‘Identity’ – Performance Art, Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, Windhoek, Namibia

Left- ’50 Shades of Black’, Right – ‘Mania’ Assemblage, FNCC, Windhoek, Namibia, 2015

Photo by Viho-DefeateHate Photography commissioned by the FNCC

http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=24932&page_type=story_detail&category_id=19

https://kirstenwechslberger.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/navigating-the-maze-a-discourse-by-melanie-sarantou-phd-visual-arts-university-of-south-australia/

2014 Paper Installation, ‘Like’, (assignment) Goethe Centre (boundary wall), Windhoek, Namibia

2014, ‘Like’ (Assignment), Goethe Centre Boundary Wall

2013 Paper Installation, ‘Change’, Goethe Centre (boundary wall), Windhoek, Namibia

Paper

http://az.com.na/kultur-unterhaltung-bild-des-tages/nicht-zu-bersehen-ich-mag-goethe-zentrum-und-nads.413724

Change, Installation, Goethe Centre, Windhoek, Namibia, 2013

2013 Installation, ‘Close Connection’, (assignment) Arebbusch Travel Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia

String

Close Connections between humans and the envionment

2012 Multi-Media Installation, ‘The Road Less Travelled’, Goethe-Centre (courtyard), Windhoek, Namibia

Recycled Material and Bioplastic

http://allafrica.com/stories/201211230856.html

2012, ‘The Road Less Travelled’, Recycled Material Installation, Goethe Institute Namibia

The Road Less Travelled Installation

2012 Paper Installation, ‘Muse’, Goethe Centre (entrance), Windhoek, Namibia

Paper

http://www.az.com.na/lokales/bunte-schmetterlinge-zieren-goethe-zentrum.145862.phphttp://travelnewsnamibia.com/archives/flamingo-magazine/conscious-connections-an-exhibition-by-kirsten-wechselberger/#.VDvF7_mSyCc

2012, ‘Muse’, Paper Installation. Goethe Centre Windhoek Boundary Wall

2012 Multi-Media Exhibition, ‘Conscious Connections’, Goethe Centre (auditorium), Windhoek, Namibia

http://www.az.com.na/gesellschaft/die-frau-im-glsernen-kfig.148975.php

2012, ‘Concious Connections’, Goethe Centre Auditorium, Windhoek, Namibia. This performance art symbolises the fragile nature of the connections between people.

2012, ‘Angel’, Acrylic on Canvas, 120x120cm, Goethe Institut, Namibia

2012, ‘Cry’, Acrylic on Canvas, 120x120cm, Goethe Institute, Namibia

2012, ‘Concious Connections’, Goethe Centre Auditorium, Windhoek, Namibia. This performance art symbolises the fragile nature of the connections between people.

2012, ‘Depressed’, Acrylic on Canvas, 120x120cm, Goethe Institute, Namibia

2012, ‘Kiss’, Acrylic on Canvas, 120x120cm, Goethe Institut, Namibia

2012, ‘Concious Connections’, Goethe Centre Auditorium, Windhoek, Namibia. This performance art symbolises the fragile nature of the connections between people.