Postcards from Nowhere
It is within this dialogue that we would like to work during Postcards from Nowhere. How do memory, emotion, and imagination shape what we see? How does a place become intertwined with personal experience? Through drawing, writing, and experimentation, we will explore the ways in which geography and subjectivity continuously influence one another.
Genau in diesem Spannungsfeld möchten wir in Postcards from Nowhere arbeiten. Wie prägen Erinnerung, Emotion und Vorstellungskraft das, was wir sehen und erleben? Wie verbindet sich ein Ort mit persönlicher Erfahrung? Durch Zeichnen, Schreiben und experimentelles Arbeiten erforschen wir, wie sich Geografie und subjektive Wahrnehmung gegenseitig beeinflussen und kontinuierlich neu formen.
Meet artist Hannah Waldron
„Drawing especially becomes a place of observing and witnessing and accessing a space-time of attention, focus and imagination that goes beyond language, to a receptive relational wavelength of attuning. (…) The things I sense, my intuitions about the experience I’m having in the universe, are what I'm trying to materialise in the weaving.“
Interview with the artist and guest teacher Hannah Waldron
The Invisible
“Everyone was encouraged to be exactly who they are, and Gosia especially supported and empowered us in our creative work (…) It was really the mix that made it so special: the balance between personal contemplation and active community allowed me to be productive – freely and with great joy!”
“Jede und Jeder durfte so sein wie sie/er ist und wurde besonders beim kreativen Arbeiten durch Gosia ermutigt und bestärkt (…) Die Mischung hat’s echt gemacht: persönliche Kontemplation und aktive Gemeinschaft im Wechsel haben es für mich möglich gemacht frei und mit ganz viel Freude produktiv zu sein!”
Collaborative Interview about the workshop The Invisible with guest teacher Gosia Machon
Meet chef Mélanie Wehrli
“I cook from my heart, my memories, my body and my mind. I cook intuitively. Which means by feeling, experience, and exploration. With not so many techniques involved.”
Interview with the chef Mélanie Wehrli
Meet artist Gosia Machon
“Its’ a philosophical subject and it’s also a very personal subject, because everything about and in me is also nature: my body, psyche, genes, my heritage, my yearnings, my urge to reproduce, my wish to feel connected, to overcome the fear of death… it’s all about nature.”
Interview with the artist and guest teacher Gosia Machon
My stay with Studio Schmal
“And you relax, and experience a sense of openness that makes the hours pass differently. An openness that for those of us who enjoy drawing allows us to experiment, to draw without expectations, to let ourselves go.”
In this post Andrea Peregrini our intern in 2024 tells about her experience at the studio and especially in Erlau during 3 summer courses 2024.
On connection and creativity
"Back then my vision was born to build a place to unfold creativity, bringing together a variety of artistic disciplines, artists and participants that fertilize one another. And through each course opening up the space for the experience of connection."
This post takes you to the beginnings of the Studio Schmal art workshops and tells about the overall vision for the project.
