weeds // charging
weeds // charging is an exploration of usefulness and of weeds, growth and desire. The emotional starting point is the frustation of waiting.
A staircase is shook until water pours down the side of a glass, no longer full to the brim. Spit replaces each drop.
A spiral of seeds is blown out in every direction. A path is formed through the garden to gather the weeds.
The German word for weed is unkraut, directly translated it means unherbal. If a herb is a plant with a use, then a weed is useless. Blooming nettles are presented and their poisonous spines are felt gently grazing across a cheek and a shoulder blade.
This work was presented at Gymnasium Groß Ilsede, by invitation of the students, and PODO Performance Art Festival Berlin, curated by Anja Ibsch + Adri Disman
September 2023
Photos courtesy of the students of Gymnasium Groß Ilsede and Anja Ibsch