Artists in Residence | Crow's Nest Bmore

Artemis Herber shows where we currently stand. Humans have made the world fragile and the collapse shows around each corner as human activities have transform our biosphere. The German-Greek US immigrant artist shows how deep time is transformed into fleeting moments caused by man made interventions. For this she primarily uses matter from geological time or materials that come out of the mining and extortion process of natural resources. In the wider context Herber explores how myths are revealed in the new human made top stratum through metabolic regimes and their tectonic intervention, exploitation, and the use of land.

Enriched with incorporated geological materials, ancient natural myths, such as Gaia and their relatives, are displayed in her work as hybrid configurations in thematic spaces. These subjects open up a time-spanning look at the relevance of grand narratives in the face of man-made “Erdauflösung“ (Earth disappearance). Currently she works in her eponymous block “Danger Zones” which addresses the worldwide dwindling biosphere as an impact of the Anthropocene and creates a sculptural monument worth seeing.

SOPHIE MAGUIRE - Artist in Residence

Sophie Maguire is an artist and landscape architect. Her practice focuses on storytelling, intimacy between the human & nonhuman, landscape as theater, and the meaning of resiliency. Sophie works through many mediums including, but not limited to, cooking, drawing, collage, embroidery, performance, writing and, most recently, small metal work.

As a designer, Sophie has worked on projects (built and unbuilt) for institutional campuses, public parks, residential sites & gardens, forest restoration, set design and public art installations. Sophie currently practices landscape architecture under the name Princess Pine with longtime friend and veteran gardener, Emily Drury. The studio's practice focuses on ecological horticulture and design of rural landscapes throughout New England.

Currently, Sophie teaches in the department of Landscape Architecture at Morgan State University. Sophie is currently at work on an experimental performance/installation about the cultural history of ‘invasive’ plants (coming in 2025).