Mämmi Mämmi Mämmi
About yesterday

We were lucky and the rain didn´t fall while we were performing. And we were lucky to have a photographer because the one that we usually work with (Erik Åhman) turns out to be the brother of one of the singers of the band KAJ who will represent Sweden at the ESC. And understandably he is very busy at the moment travelling with them. Funny enough the whole band is from the area and the wholw area is going nuts about it. We found replacement in Kim Blåfield who will send us the official performance documentation next week, so for now its just the afterwards mämmi feast. It was great that so many people came. Stay tuned for more.

And thank you @Pejuksu@mastodon.social for the lemon and orange slices. That was a great addition to the mämmi/memma.

Fotos: Scheibe & Güntzel and Dorothee Schulte-Basta

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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Preparing for tomorrow

Today we went to Vasa to buy mämmi. A traditional finnish pudding made of rye malt. We will serve it tomorrow after our sound performance. The performance will deal with the term "mämmi". In Swedish and in Finnish (since we are in Finland-Sweden). Dorothee, our host also prepared her legendary eggnog. It will be wild.

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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The hut in the middle of the rye field..
... is progressing. Philip used more wood shingles and finished for now. The space will be used tomorrow for our upcoming sound performance and has been used in the last months already as a meeting point. We are only using material that the neighbours provided or that we found. The next part will be build when we are back in July. We called the space "Plaza del Råg" and the small path that leads to it "Råg Boulevard".

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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About today

We made it and arrived in Vörå at Abramsgården. Spring is here and our rye field is slowly awaking. We are now continuing to build the meeting point in the middle of the field (which we startet calling "Plaza del Råg") using material that we get from the neighbours. Today Schindeln. The cats are still tiny.

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #finnlandinstitut #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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SEASCAPE I / Nordfrieslandmuseum Husum

This is the first work I produced within my ongoing series "SEASCAPES" in 2020.

Portrait staged in front of a seascape without title by Karl Rohwedder-Ruge (1865-1940), dated on the first third of the 20th century. The painting is part of the collection of Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus Husum. The artist is surrounded by single use plastic items typically found in public space.

[Swaantje Güntzel, SEESTÜCK I / Nordfrieslandmuseum Husum, 2020, Diasec, 80 x 120 cm]

Foto: Henriette Pogoda

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SEASCAPE III / Bröhan-Museum

Portrait realized in front of the work "Wellen im Sturm" (Waves in the storm), 1915, by Karl Hagemeister at Bröhan-Museum Berlin. The artists is holding foil balloons while contemplating the painting, being surrounded by balloons found on different German beaches and balloons that already deflated.

[Swaantje Güntzel, SEESTÜCK (Seascape) III / Bröhan-Museum, 2021, Diasec, 80 x 120 cm]

Foto: Henriette Pogoda

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SEASCAPE IV / Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr

Production in front of the work “Harbor Entrance” (1916) by Erich Heckel (1883–1970). The work was realized in the painting depot of Museum Kunst der Westküste (Föhr). The artist holds a 100-pound US aerial bomb under her arm which was recovered from the North Sea. The work is part of the artist´s ongoing series "Seascapes".

In the German North and Baltic Seas, there are contaminated sites of about 1.6 million tons of conventional munitions and 5,000 tons of chemical warfare agents dumped during World War II by military operations or afterwards by dumping (source: Federal Environment Agency Germany).

Realized with the help of SeaTerra GmbH.

[Swaantje Güntzel, SEESTÜCK IV / Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, 2024, Diasec, 80 × 120 cm]

Foto: Henriette Pogoda
Assistance: Joana Bacelar

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ARCTIC YOGHURT
Intervention

“On December 2nd, 2021 at 12.04 a.m. I ate a yoghurt and threw the plastic pot into the Ofotfjord (Norway)”

[Swaantje Güntzel, Arctic Yoghurt, 2021, Intervention]

Foto: Jan Philip Scheibe

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #intervention #performanceart #performance #marinedebris #waste #yoghurt #artcticyoghurt #plasticpollution #ofotfjord #norway #norwegen #reddress #fjord #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #womensart #womenartist

Setzkasten XL

Display case filled with toys washed ashore the beaches of Kure and Midway Atoll and swallowed by Laysanalbatrosses. The albatrosses were found with stomachs filled with plastic objects on both atolls (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Setzkasten XL, 2018, plastics, wood, glass, 41, 3x 31,5 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

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HIMMELI II

In the frame of our project PRESERVED // Rågens rike / Finnland 204/25 we dealt with the traditional himmeli objects that are made of rye straw and are now used as a traditional Christmas decoration. In the former days they would be used to ask for a good harvest. In our winter chapter (November 2024) we asked the people of the area where our project is taking place (Vörå in Finland-Sweden) to join us to create a huge himmeli by using light tubes. The village came and in joint forces the ephermeral himmeli installation was created.

The whole project is carried out with the help of the village.

Our next stay will take place soon, stay tuned.

Fotos: Erik Åhman

The project is hosted by #Abramsgården in Vörå, supported by #Vöråsparbankaktiastiftelse #harryschaumanstiftelse #Finnlines #grannaslantbruk #perjohangrannas #tommyantill #abbeberglund

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GOLD II

Common packaging for take away menus made of polystyrene covered with gold leaf.

[Swaantje Güntzel, GOLD II, 2020, polystyrene, gold leaf, 20,5 x 25 x 7 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

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PLASTIFIED/Vortex II
Intervention

Marine debris washed ashore the beach of Órzola/Lanzarote was collected and relocated in a natural pool. The artist took a bath in the middle of the debris. Lanzarote/Spain.

[Swaantje Güntzel, PLASTIFIED / Vortex II, 2016, intervention]

Foto: Jan Philip Scheibe

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Today is the first WORLD DAY OF GLACIERS

Therefore I will share another work of my series "Crevasse" in which images of glaciers found on photographs, postcards, CdV, maps etc. were cut out and preserved.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Hintertuxer Gletscher / Gletscherhütte, Austria, ca. 1970s, 2024, postcard cropped, 31 × 26.6 cm (frame)]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

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Discounter Still Life II, 2017
based on the painting „Pronkstillleven with fruit and fowl“ by Abraham Hendricksz. van Beyeren (1651)

The work „Discounter Still Life II“ refers to the painting „Pronkstillleven with fruit and fowl“ (1651) by Abraham Hendricksz. van Beyeren (born 1620 or 1621 in Den Haag; died 1690 in Overschie), one of the most famous Dutch still life painters of his time. The arrangement of the original was reinterpreted in a contemporary approach using food that represents the consumption patterns of today: plastic wrapped discounter goods from overseas bought in cheap supermarkets.

Swaantje Güntzel, 2017
Discounter Still Life II
Diasec
80 x 67,7 cm

Foto: Henriette Pogoda

#art #kunst #conceptualart #konzeptkunst #fotografie #photography #stillleben #stilllife #Abrahamhendrickszvanbeyeren #pronkstillleven #plasticculture #plasticcrisis #brathuhn #discounterstilllife #muscheln #trauben #arrangement

Work of the week.
BRONZEPFERD
Copy of a plastic horse washed up on Midway Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) after drifting in the Pacific Ocean.

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Bronzepferd, 2021, bronze, 10 x 10 x 2 cm]
Foto: Tobias Hübel

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Aufbau für die Gruppenausstellung PINK in der #PasingerFabrik in München. "Eine Ausstellung über die Bedeutung der Farbe in Kunst und Alltag „Pink matters“, gerade in Zeiten wie diesen! Was die Farbe in Kunst und Alltag bedeutet, ist das Thema der Ausstellung PINK, die vom 13. März bis 3. August 2025 in der Pasinger Fabrik zu sehen ist. Präsentiert werden Werke von knapp 30 Künstler*innen, begleitend gibt es ein Programm mit Tanz, Theater, Film – und Workshops, in denen die Gäste selbst künstlerisch mit der Farbe Pink experimentieren können. Bis zum Rokoko stand Pink für Männlichkeit, mit der Französischen Revolution änderte sich die Bedeutung: Männer verzichteten auf farbige Kleidung, Pink wurde von Frauen vereinnahmt. Nach dem Verkauf der ersten Barbie-Puppe 1959 in einer pinkfarbigen Verpackung wurde sie zur „Mädchenfarbe“, und in Westeuropa repräsentiert Pink nicht selten klischeeartig Weiblichkeit. Doch im Kampf für die Gleichberechtigung steht die Farbe zugleich für Empowerment und Selbstbestimmung hinsichtlich Sexualität und Lebensentwurf. Die Ausstellung reflektiert in zeitgenössischer Kunst die symbolischen Bedeutungen der Farbe wie auch deren gesellschaftliche Vereinnahmung."

[Swaantje Güntzel, Piñatas, 2025 (2021), div. Kunststoffe, Masse variabel]. Mex. Piñatas/Ü-Eier und Spielzeuge, die aus einer Containerhavarie vor Langeoog Januar 2017 stammen.

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