2025/22 | continuous series of sculptures
A round shape grows out of wooden branches, which stands out with its strong colors and accentuates its surroundings. Sonja Feldmeier was inspired by an event that took place close to her second studio in Kleinlützel in the canton of Solothurn. Due to the threat of a rockslide, the authorities decided to cut down the trees on the site and plant a landscape of shrubs to give the rock more stability. Two thousand five hundred trees had to make way and some were flown away by helicopter. The felling of this large stock of trees moved the artist emotionally. On walks, she collected what was left of the trees and took them back to her studio. These finds now form parts of the key-like objects and open the way to thoughts about how we deal with our natural environment. They exemplify man›s attempt to orchestrate nature. (Michael Babics)