Art Project by Maren Hansen & Christiane Lüdtke
Statement of the artists about their residency in oesterfeld04
We, Maren Hansen and Christiane Lüdtke, are visual artists and are working on the joint art project ‘Lebensbogen’ (arc of life) in parallel to our own work.
For this reason, we meet at irregular intervals for a week away from our usual surroundings in a place where we can live and work.
In November 2024, this place was the ,artists in residence oesterfeld04’ in Dithmarschen.
We lived in the comfortable apartment and another bedroom, which was accessible via a large attic.
This attic was very suitable for our evening meetings to discuss the work we had created during the day.
There is also a spacious studio and a very well-equipped workshop.
We set up our workstations in the spacious outdoor area. The vastness of the landscape, the unobstructed view, the wind, the migratory birds flying overhead and the fresh air helped us to concentrate on our artistic endeavours.
Overall, the oesterfeld04 residency offers very good opportunities to combine practical artistic activity with conceptual work. We were each able to work on our own work, but at the same time exchange ideas, develop further steps and discuss our work with each other.
www.christianeluedtke.de
https://marenhansen.com/