Susanne Kriemann
Germany
 

Kriemann recently participated in a residency in Colombo, Sri Lanka to investigate similar habitats and will spend this final month re-examining and consolidating the gathered materials.

Susanne Kriemann

5 March - 24 March 2019

Interested in chemical processes caused by human interference in nature, the practice of Susanne Kriemann unfolds slowly across extended periods of time. Splitting her residency into two parts, the first of which took place last August, the artist is conducting field research on the presence of (micro)plastics in the intertidal mangrove habitats of Singapore and the Riau Archipelago. Since the 1950s, plastic has become the chief material of industrial mass production due to its lightweight, durability, and low production costs. With a decomposition time of about 500 years, all plastic items ever produced are still extant on the planet. Through most disposal systems, they enter the oceans where ultraviolet light, heat, wind, and waves progressively reduce them to “mermaid tears”, pellet-shaped particles with a diameter of approximately five millimetres. Kriemann recently participated in a residency in Colombo, Sri Lanka to investigate similar habitats and will spend this final month re-examining and consolidating the gathered materials.

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Susanne Kriemann, 11 July – 16 August 2018 and 5 March – 24 March 2019, Courtesy the artist.
Susanne Kriemann, 11 July – 16 August 2018 and 5 March – 24 March 2019, Courtesy the artist.
Susanne Kriemann, 11 July – 16 August 2018 and 5 March – 24 March 2019, Courtesy the artist.
Susanne Kriemann, 11 July – 16 August 2018 and 5 March – 24 March 2019, Courtesy the artist.
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Contributors
Susanne Kriemann
Susanne Kriemann
Artist-in-Residence
Germany

Susanne Kriemann (b. 1972, Germany) is an artist and Professor for Artistic Photography at the University of Design in Karlsruhe, Germany. Kriemann‚ research-based work investigates the medium of photography in the context of social history and archival practice. Recent solo exhibitions include Canopy, canopy at The Wattis Institute, San Francisco, United States (2018) and dyeing until the water runs clean, at the Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland (2017). Her works have also been included in numerous international group shows such the 11th Shanghai Biennale, China (2016)and the 5th Berlin Biennale, Germany (2008).