La casita transforms a small cabin of the fishing club SAC Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth 1909 e.V. at Lake Suitbertus in Düsseldorf into a space for gathering, shelter and care. The existing structure remains visible while becoming intertwined with nets, fibres, ropes and colourful textiles, creating a new skin that connects the architecture with the surrounding landscape.

Inside, a triptych painted in acrylic and oil pastel on wood depicts a mountainous landscape with an elderly woman balancing on a hula hoop. A condor, puma and serpent reference Andean cosmology, while the figure’s movement becomes a metaphor for the balance between humans and nature, and the question of how this balance can be maintained.

The work reflects on the particular history of the Lake Suitbertus as a Baggersee (gravel pit lake), a landscape shaped by human intervention and subsequently reclaimed by nature. The woven exterior extends these reflections, by mixing natural and synthetic fibers.

The work continues my practice of using weaving as a collective tool for building connections and shared spaces.

Exhibition views from ‘Beneath the Surface, Beyond the Trees’, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf at Suitbertus See

Foto credits: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Foto: Katja Illner