DIALOGUE

Henning Schmiedt Performs 3 at Moerenuma Park, Sapporo, Japan. More details coming soon.

NATURA MORTA II continues the dialogue between Natsuko Mizushima, Alina Naomi Abke, and Maxim Pritula, exploring nature not as a fixed still life but as a living process of transformation and renewal. Working with wood, leaves, clay, plants, found materials, beads, and metal, the three artists bring jewelry, objects, and wall-based works into a shared reflection on material, fragility, memory, and change.

Group exhibition at KUNST FORUM Werkschule, Oldenburg.

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The collection is more than an adornment. It is a symbol of gratitude and harmony. Created in appreciation of the environment that sustains our lives, it reflects the ever-changing beauty of nature. Wearing it quietly reflects the connection between the wearer and nature. The collection was presented at Piet Hein Eek’s studio in Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week 2025.

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NATURA MORTA brings together three Berlin-based artists whose practices share an intensive engagement with natural materials and their symbolic, emotional, and formal impact. Natsuko Mizushima and Alina Naomi presented jewelry objects inspired by the works of Maxim Pritula, combining silver, wood, glass, and Heishi beads in dialogue with sculptural and wall-based works.

Group exhibition at artrelations Galerie, Berlin.

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Symbiotic Flow is a photographic project exploring the relationship between human beings and nature through works developed over many years around the idea of symbiosis. My practice begins with materials gathered directly from nature. Bark is peeled, carved and polished by hand, while its texture, scent and changing character are kept as present as possible. At a time when our environment is undergoing profound change, the way materials are encountered and transformed is also part of the work: taking only what is needed and allowing the qualities of the material itself to guide the process.

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The project began in spring 2020, when the pandemic suddenly increased the amount of time spent at home. I wanted to share a simple way of making an accessory from materials close at hand. An instruction drawing made by my son became the starting point for a film created with artist Mizuki Kin outside Berlin. Without a detailed plan, we worked improvisationally and allowed what happened on location to become part of the process. Henning Schmiedt later composed “Selbst” for the film, and Satoshi Okamoto (sub-tle.) created the sound design. What began as a small tutorial based on a single drawing gradually changed through collaboration. The film began as a way of showing how to make an accessory, but it also became an experiment in touching nature, making with our hands, and looking at familiar things from a slightly different perspective.

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