Flowering Death
Nina Klaasing is a visual artist who engages in artistic research, creates installations, and is skilled in a wide range of techniques. In her work, she primarily focuses on the relationship between humans and nature, and her work is often situated in public space. She typically works from an interest in materials: she investigates how something is made, what she can do with it, and how we as humans interact with it. A recurring theme in her work is transience and cycles.
Her fascination with transience and cycles is connected to her personal history, her relationship with nature and death, and her interest in material development. By working with biodegradable and recycled materials, she explores not only outward form but also responsibility and surrender. She accepts that the work changes and eventually disappears.
For her, transience is not only about the disappearance of form, but about returning to the earth and the emergence of something new. Within the finite always lies the potential for a new beginning. Transience creates space for reflection, stillness, and awareness in a world that seems to be moving ever faster.
Nina develops ephemeral wool grave blankets that function as gravestones. The coverings are made of felted wool. When placed outdoors, optionally with human remains beneath them, plants begin to grow through the fibers. The textile acts as a water reservoir and as slow-release nourishment for the plants.
In Flowering Death, the graveblankets are introduced through a research-based exhibition and an interactive installation, creating an immersive experience of death.
