MARTA LEITE: CORES PODRES / LA MESURE DU TEMPS/ 2020-2021

STUNDENFLAGGEN and STUNDENDECKE

work conceived for the garden of A. Giese, Parzelle 213, Bornholm II e. V., entrance Esplanade, Berlin Artspring 26.5-6.6.2021

Stundenflaggen und Stundendecke, Day 1.

For the Artwalk - Berlin Artspring 2021 - I created two works out of fabric dyed with natural colours. All the fabrics that I have used are parts of old clothes, just like my bed linen.

The two works “Stundenflaggen” and “Stundendecke” are part of the project “La mesure du temps” in which I create a series of objects that serve as time measuring devices in an unusual way.

During the exhibition period, the colours slowly faded just as the old fabric torn as a result of the action of wind, rain, sun and time.

Stundenflaggen, 22 flags, 4,52 m, plant dyed bed linen, 2021, Day 1.

Stundendecke, 1,80 x 1,10 m, plant dyed old clothes and bed linen, 2021, Day 1.

Stundenflaggen, Day 2.

Stundenflaggen und Stundendecke, Day 3.

Stundendecke, Day 4.

Stundenflaggen und Stundendecke, Day 5.

Stundenflaggen, Day 6.

Stundendecke, Day 6.

Kleine Stundenflaggen, Day 7.

Stundenflaggen und Stundendecke, Day 8.

Stundenflaggen, Day 9.

Stundendecke, Day 9.

Kleine Stundendecke, Day 9.

Stundendecke, Day 10. (Detail)

Stundenflaggen, Day 10. (Detail)

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CORES PODRES / COMPOST AND WEED

Cores Podres / Compost and weed (Rotten Colours) is a project that I started in April 2020 in Berlin. It’s an artistic reflection on the cycle “life, rot, compost, new life”. All pictures are painted on paper with self-made ink from berries, weed and vegetable peels.

The following images present a selection of a total of works and colour studies, accomplished between April 2020 and April 2021. All the organic material used to make the ink was collected from local vegetables and wild plants.

COLOUR STUDIES