Inspired by the unique location, the Lütschine river in the background and the stones and boulders along the path, the idea of creating «stones» between stones from the spruce branches found on site grew during the creative process.
The only tool we used was a pair of rose scissors to cut the branches to size. The five «pebbles», which were created from the intertwined and intertwined branches, appeared delicate despite their sometimes remarkable size, which contrasts with the  chunks of stone between which they have found their place.

Natural Collagen
The object represents two burnt cities of war together with two large figures and symbolises the importance of communication: „You better talk before“. With my art, I want to express how nature can continue to decompose in art.

Don‘t we all wish to glide through life lightly and weightlessly? Perhaps not constantly, but from time to time? Just as our woodland creatures «lightly and weightlessly» through the clearing. They invite us to linger, discover, and float along with them in ease.

Elves and fairies love to dance at dusk in secret places within untouched nature. However, the places where they can do so freely and unseen are becoming increasingly rare. A new, young generation of these enchanting nature spirits is now shedding their shyness and daring to step into the public eye. Especially for «LandArt Grindelwald», they have choreographed a dance to raise awareness about nature conservation and the needs of all nature beings. Most still perform within the safety of a «nest» we have prepared as their stage. Yet, some adventurous ones are already venturing further out to reconnect with humans.

In a sensitive process of compaction, boulders are brought into a graceful form of self-supporting spanning. The delicate balancing of these stones requires a great sense of manual dexterity. As each stone constantly strives to fall towards the centre of  the earth, a balance of forces is created that ensures a certain stability and strength.

Two stone men become one stone woman. They meet and lean towards each other as they like each other. Touching each other, leaning on each other, supporting and strengthening each other in the common new. Bridge and empty space at the same time. The missing and the expected in balance. Abundance and enrichment are space through cohesion. Stone and stone.

Closeness and distance. Speech and silence. Moment and eternity. Yesterday and tomorrow. Fate and Destiny. Roots and wings. Body and soul. Silence and noise. Stone and stone.

The rise of social networks and the widespread dissemination of information channels have made it increasingly difficult to create spaces for oneself. «Conexiones neuronales» invites the viewer to return to nature to activate thinking. In this way, a dialogue is generated between the viewer and the artwork, the artwork and the landscape, and finally between the landscape and the viewer, far from noise and close to silence.

Moss roots growing from the forest floor.
The trees communicate with each other through mycorrhiza – the symbiosis of fungal network and tree roots that allows trees to exchange information. What information do they share with each other? Mossy branches found in the forest, buried in the ground for a root conversation.

2024 Moss branches, wool

Horizon as the tangible, visible edge of our immediate environment. The landscape extends towards the horizon. Around the horizon, the environment pours out, flows around me, through me. The work ties in with last year‘s theme and carries it further. It is interested in recognising and experiencing our environment, the space in which we are integrated, the simultaneity before and beyond the horizon. The relationship to our environment in general is at the centre of my work; it is important to create a connection to this environment, this surroundings, this landscape, because we are in a constant exchange with it; flow and return flow.

Brigitta Backhaus (*1960) works with all kinds of plant materials, preferably branches. She creates objects that are reminiscent of vessels, nests or cocoons - or even free forms. Her curiosity about the properties of plant material and her appreciation of this material characterise her work. Since 2015, she has been creating land art objects from whatever nature gives her as a balance to her everyday life.
Originally a landscape gardener, Inge Lager (*1974) discovered her passion for creative design in and with nature at an early age. It was during her subsequent work in forest education that she first came across land art. Since then, she has mainly focussed on artistic work with natural materials. She creates organic and sculptural forms inspired by nature.

To the website of Inge Lager:  www.intotheweave.de
To the website of Brigitta Backhaus: www.brigittabackhaus-nurnatur.de

Helena Brunner (*1948) has a wealth of experience in creative design with natural materials thanks to her varied activities as a gardener, florist, alternative practitioner and amateur botanist. With her work, she wants to express how nature can continue to decompose in art. Over many years, she has preserved materials from nature just before they decay and composed them into ‘botanical collages’ for interiors. Over the years, the works have remained more and more at their place of origin in nature.
Since 1986, she has participated in group exhibitions or held solo exhibitions in private and public spaces and galleries.

To the website: Helena Brunner

Claudia Morgenthaler (*1985) grew up in a small farming village and knew early on that she wanted to become a florist. After completing her apprenticeship, she obtained her federal certificate and master craftsman's diploma. She describes her style as nature-orientated and intuitive. In addition to her professional work as a florist and terrace designer, she runs her own flower field in Alchenstorf BE and uses these cut flowers to design creative works that are constantly changing due to seasonality. For her first Land Art event, she receives active support and cooperation from Claudia Rohn, mother, confectioner and evolutionary educator.

Reinhard Böhme (*1962, DE), who studied interior design and is a light and landscape artist, lives and works on Lake Constance. For years, his art projects have been an integral part of cultural nights in the Lake Constance region and beyond. He plays with existing conditions, modifies natural or architectural situations and creates spaces full of poetry and lightness. On his many journeys at home and abroad, he repeatedly creates smaller and larger works of art in nature, which he captures with his camera. Here he often works together with his wife Mary Hardy.

To the website: Kunst-Raum-Natur – Reinhard Böhme

Heidi Bernet (*1986, CH) completed her training as a florist in Gstaad. Her love of nature brought her back to Grindelwald, where she successfully ran a flower shop for 10 years. The art of a florist is to conjure up a work of art from nothing. Her love of flowers led her to land art. She currently has two children at the centre of her life, but her passion for nature remains.
Erwin Bernhard (*1963, CH) is a nurseryman and has been transforming existing and new gardens into green oases as an independent garden designer with his small team for 30 years. Thanks to his passion for flora and fauna, his farm with woodland has become a jewel and a refuge for birds and amphibians.

As a successful team, Heidi Bernet and Erwin Bernhard have taken part in various land art festivals in Switzerland and abroad, including in Grindelwald and Montreal.

Retired art teacher, permaculture expert and clay oven builder Michael Engele (*1956) is taking part in this year's Land Art Festival Grindelwald together with Waltraud Ohrwalder (1948*). Together they will create self-supporting stone arches from loose stones lying around and found in the stream bed. Stone arches are temporary interventions, elude museum utilisation, are very fragile and exposed to decay.

Susana Malagón (*1982) studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona and completed her training in Athens, Granada and Peru. She describes herself as a multidisciplinary artist. She uses various techniques to develop her works. The aim of her work is to awaken a question in the viewer, to evoke a sensation or to transport them to another place.
Georgina Queralt (*1982) studied Social Pedagogy at the University of Barcelona and currently works at the Mollet del Vallès Hospital. She has a great artistic sensibility and uses artistic means to support the healing process of her patients.

To the website: Susana Malagón (susanamalagon.com)

Yvonne Christen Vágner (*1959, CH) attended the Lucerne School of Design (sculpture class) and the Camberwell Art School (sculpture) in London. She works in the fields of installation, sculpture, object art, video and land art. She has received various studio scholarships, including the studio scholarship from the Binz 39 Foundation in Zurich and the Art-Est scholarship in Prague. She has already realised numerous projects in Switzerland and abroad. She lives and works in Zurich. Jan Vágner (*1963,CZ) studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, assistant and assistant, lives and works in Zurich.

To the website: YVONNE CHRISTEN VAGNER

Alexia Chang-Wailing (1967) studied physics and music in Geneva and geoinformatics in Lund. «Drawing and painting allow me to complement my musical activity with a visual expression. Land art is close to music through its moving and ephemeral side».

A. Spitteler (1964) «I work mainly in sculpture / installation and drawing. Various materials come into consideration, but plaster is one of my favourite materials; it allows infinite shaping. In general, I favour mainly natural, simple and poor materials».

Theme: Horizon
I have always been strongly attracted to climbing a mountain to the point of revealing what is beyond. For me, working with volume is working with space, bound to the horizon that surrounds me.
Trained as a stone sculptor, ceramicist and master's degree in museum studies. For over thirty years I have exhibited regularly in Switzerland and abroad and have received various scholarships. See my website : aspitteler.tomodul.com