I wasn’t sure about visiting the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe for a third time, but I reasoned that my first visit had been in deepest Winter when it was covered in snow. My second was in late Spring, the weather mild, the sunlight kind. Today is high Summer, very hot, brilliant sunshine, and busy with tourists. It looked and felt different. I walked many of the intersections and observed the crowds doing the same. In the sharp light I had flashes of memory of old German Expressionist films, those harsh monochrome film sets. I took a few photos but mostly I committed the sights and feelings to memory. Back at the hotel I worked from the photos into a heavy Khadi paper (320 gsm) with Derwent Inktense blocks and a water reservoir brush.
I’m in Germany on an artist residency with three other Welsh women artists, Chris Bird-Jones, Sarah Hopkins and Rhiannon Rees with support from Wales Arts International. We are all members of AGOR Abertawe, set up to facilitate creative activity between women artists in Swansea / South Wales, and the Brandenburg area.
We’re at the Atelier-Werenzhain, founded in 1996 by artists from East and West Germany, in a 14th century former feudal tavern estate.
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I’m near Swansea all next week, but I guess you’re still in Germany.
I’m back from Germany but only for a couple of days and then I’m off to the Lake District for a family wedding. I’m back in Swansea at the end of the next week then setting up an exhibition in Aberdare at the beginning of the following week. Are you staying somewhere nice?
Yes Oxwich. Just arrived. Looks good.
Oh lovely. Oxwich is idyllic. The Oxwich Bay hotel has a very good reputation for food. Enjoy your stay 🙂
I drove past Bryn road where I lived more than half a century ago and the Swansea Print Workshop on our way to Tescos today.
I have been here and was also moved to create images.
It’s an intense place.
Yes, an extraordinary and affecting place
Intense. Solemn indeed.
It’s a deeply moving place