Natur/Retur (2017)

Nature/Return - Anthropocene exhibition at Arken

June 3 opens the exhibition "Nature / Return" at the Arken Museum for Modern Art. See more here

The exhibition takes place outside the man-made landscape that constitutes Køge Bay beach park and is based on the anthropocene, a time when nature is both about to disappear but also returns in unexpected ways. The exhibition shows works by Nanna Debois Buhl and Tue Greenfort, but also scotch pine and a beehive are part of the works. The exhibition is supported by the Beckett Foundation and conceptualized in collaboration between Arken, the artists and Nils Bubandt, who is local-researcher-in-charge of AURA and was affiliated with Arken as a guest professor funded by Kunstfonden.

Read a world in a grain of sand A conversation between researcher-in-charge Nils Bubandt and artist Nanna Debois Buhl

Cranefly (Tipulidae) Photo by Nanna Debois Buhl

Køge Bugt Strandpark. Photo by Nanna Debois Buhl

20-4-2017, 21.43, 55° 36’ 18.99’’ N 12° 23’ 9.8736’’ E. Photo by Nanna Debois Buhl

Marram grass (Ammophila) recorded with the camera-less photographic technique originally discovered by the British photographic pioneer, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877). More than two million stalks of marram grass was planted during the 1970s when the artificial beach park, Køge Bugt Strandpark, was established. Originally from the area of Thy in the west of Denmark, the marram grass was part of the social democratic plan of the time to provide a “natural” and recreational beach for the inhabitants of Copenhagen. The exhibition Natur/Retur at Arken Museum of Modern Art, located at Køge Bugt Strandpark, sought to provide a site-specific reflection of global anthropogenic change. Photo: Nanna Debois Buhl.

Cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae) collected at Køge Bugt strandpark and documented using the camera-less technique of the nineteenth century scientist, William Henry Fox Talbot. The cabbage butterfly is one of many species that have recolonized the human-made landscape of the area. Photo: Nanna Debois Buhl.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota) Photo: Nanna Debois Buhl

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