news texture outdoors

Posted on Tuesday March 14th, 2017 by Ines Seidel

wearing the news, talking to earth.

Almost exactly one year ago, this newspaper texture has been part of “The Talk”, an installation and a dialogue together with Allun Turner. As a kind of continuation, the news texture is now talking to trees, leaves and earth. I am wearing the news, while multi-talented artist Allun Turner is behind the camera.

wearing the news, talking to earth. photo: Allun Turner.

Limited Range of Expression

Posted on Monday January 16th, 2017 by Ines Seidel

yes i can say no. self with limited range of expression.

One image of the series of self-portraits with limited range of expression is part of Nasty Women Everywhere, an online exhibiton for women’s rights that is running to 26th of February.

yes i can say no. self with limited range of expression.

Home. currently in Augsburg

Posted on Tuesday October 4th, 2016 by Ines Seidel

Drahthaus mit Papier und Garn. Ines Seidel

Some of my little wire houses have moved to Augsburg for October.
Dagmar Rippl, who owns the nice little perletti shop for her handmade glass bead jewellery, exhibits works of one artist of her choice every month. Happy she asked me to show some of my “homes”!

a place where every story is being listened to

Posted on Tuesday August 2nd, 2016 by Ines Seidel

A place where every story is being listened to. A place where every sentence, every chapter and every break in your story and mine is received with attention.

Installation with shapes made from book pages and ear shapes made from concrete and polymer clay. Work in progress.

ways to wear the news

Posted on Tuesday July 26th, 2016 by Ines Seidel

Last week I have been walking my newspaper dress through Munich. Originally I made it for the installation “The Talk” earlier this year. Walking along the river Isar and across Marienplatz, I became a piece of news myself. I lingered around some places for a while, reading a daily newspaper and ripping out headlines to mark the spot where I had been. Emmy Ann Horstkamp, founder of MunichArtists.com followed me with her camera. She will publish a video of the intervention after the summer. More of her pictures can be seen here.

Paper & Explorations in Australia

Posted on Monday July 25th, 2016 by Ines Seidel

For almost two weeks have I been in Australia, far too little time to get to know the country. Yet, the people, places and landscapes I met made me fall in love with this part of Earth. Here are some impressions that I collected in Newcastle and Ballarat.

Newcastle is a coastal city in New South Wales that welcomed me with nice weather, beautiful beaches and fine little shops. My wonderful host Anne Kempton runs the Timeless Textiles Gallery in a part of Newcastle’s former lock-up. This was also the venue for my three-day-workshop Crocheted Stories. Anne inspired me with her dedication to fostering contemporary fibre arts, her commitment to community work and – last but not least – her delicious veggie food.

With “Black White & Restive the Newcastle Art Gallery had an excellent exhibition of contemporary Australian art.

plant and beach patterns found in Newcastle.

The former lock-up is today the exhibition space Lock-Up and home of the Timeless Textiles Gallery.

impressions from the Crocheted Stories workshop in Newcastle.

My next destination was Ballarat, Victoria, some 1,5 hrs out of Melbourne. The energetic Glenys Mann had invited me to teach a workshop during the Fibre Arts Australia Winter School that she organizes on a regular basis. For five days I had my students explore ways to take paper apart and put it together again. We even had time to alter some books! The whole week was a lot of fun, with a tribe of fibre arts women from 8 different workshops bustling about, with entertaining events to top off the day, and with yummy traditional Australian desserts on every single evening.
Despite the intense work on paper projects, there was time left to get to know a bit of Ballarat. Lake Wendouree with its sanctuary for birds was just around the corner. And one of my workshop participants made sure I got to see some kangaroos and koalas at the local Wildlife Park.
I left Australia feeling blessed with new inspirations and friendships.

Welcome to Fibre Arts Australia in Ballarat! During the winter school around 100 participants from 8 workshops peopled the campus.

exhibition from my workshop “Paper, Yarn & Explorations”

Impression from my workshop "Paper, Yarn & Explorations"

impressions from my workshop “Paper, Yarn & Explorations” in Ballarat

Ballarat Wildlife Park.

gifts from Australia.

formations of changing

Posted on Tuesday June 21st, 2016 by Ines Seidel

formations of changing. Ines Seidel, Seelenart-Galerie

From June 14 to September 30 the Munich Gallery Seelenart-Galerie is showing artwork by me and Heribert Haselstein. Thematically, all works refer to the process of transformation. My view on changes in stories/in history is exhibited through book objects, works in concrete and paper, and photographies. Heribert Haselstein is exhibiting intricate drawings that give an impression of the layered process he is working in.

formations of changing, Ines Seidel, Seelenart-Galerie

the story goes on. book installation.

the wondering

Posted on Tuesday May 31st, 2016 by Ines Seidel

Das Wundern kommt dir entgegen. text on concrete, Ines Seidel.

Das Wundern kommt dir entgegen. (Wondering is coming towards you.) text on concrete. wire, polymer clay. 15 cm diameter.

the text translates

the wondering
is already coming to
wards you. Have you come
to wonder? towards won-
dering. oh. uh. oh. going towards
all wonders at this
time of day. here, wondering comes t-
owards you. oh! uh! oh!
you! Are you moving towards
wondering? oh! you! here!
the wondering is al-
ways coming towards you here
right now. Are you coming
towards wondering?
oh! you! here is the spa-
ce where you both meet:
you + wondering.

being the news

Posted on Tuesday April 12th, 2016 by Ines Seidel

being the heart of the news. Ines Seidel.

being the heart of the news. altered newspaper.

Texture. altered newspaper.

being the news. altered newspaper.

The Talk

Posted on Wednesday March 9th, 2016 by Ines Seidel

“The Talk” was an installation that was on show at the a href=”http://fridaygallery.com/”>Friday Gallery, Munich during Munich Jewellery Week from 24 Feb to 1 March. In a dialogue with the South African artist Allun Turner I have been creating jewellery objects, textures and masks from newspaper. Over the course of several weeks I got the chance to dive deeper into my favorite subject – words and gestures. Here are a few impressions: