Katja Strunz
In my paper collage “In Formation”, I explore the fusion of the ancient art of folding with contemporary satellite imagery. The images, captured from space, depict natural phenomena – such as California’s forest fires, the depletion of water sources, and an African salt lake – while also revealing traces of human impact. These aerial views evoke connections to biological structures, reminiscent of tissue patterns, the interior of an organism, or even veins – transforming macrocosmic landscapes into microcosmic forms, and vice versa. To me, peace is not a static state but a dynamic process, unfolding both inwardly and outwardly, converging into a web of interconnectedness and the fundamental principle of interdependence.
Katja Strunz is a German artist. Her constructivist language of folding, unfolding and falling revolves around the interaction of time and space and the materiality of form.
“In Formation”, photo collage (71,5x53cm), Courtesy Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin and Planet Labs PBC
