Network – Af Strå, Af Sten 

Sofie Clausager Sörensen NO, Tina Wulff DK, Alida Mølgaard DK, Sidsel Bonde DK, Sara Nielsen Bonde SE

The network meeting brings together a group of artists from across the Nordic region with a shared interest in exploring natural materials. The primary focus is to exchange knowledge and experiences about materials that can be sustainably sourced and processed directly from the local environment.

Throughout the dates 07.07.25-13.07.25 the group will meet at Gistad Änghagen 1, Sotenäs, Sweden. This site offers a cabin for housing and a small piece of land owned by Sara Nielsen Bonde with access to forrest, stone cliffs and meadow.
Here the group will engage in collaborative research, investigating the potential of materials such as roots, stones, straw, soil, clay, and wood. Participants will experiment with various techniques, exploring their artistic possibilities and how they can be integrated into creative practices.

Each artist will during this week present a technique used or familiar to their own practise.

The long-term vision of this initiative is to foster a deeper connection between resources and art production. This topic will commonly be discussed throughout the week. 

The network hopes to discover innovative ways of using natural materials and provide tools for uncovering new possibilities within the resources available to us. It is an effort to normalize artistic processes with greater awareness of the materials and techniques used, without necessarily categorizing the resulting works as land art or nature art