{"id":45881,"date":"2026-08-11T12:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/?post_type=event&p=45881"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:55:16","slug":"exhibition-architecture-of-traces-by-piloya-irene","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/event\/exhibition-architecture-of-traces-by-piloya-irene\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition opening by Piloya Irene & Performance by Rencontres Plurielles"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[634,649],"class_list":["post-45881","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","category-exhibition","category-performance-en"],"acf":{"bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","custom_color_css_variable":"","content_type":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":8,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"

Exhibition \u00bbArchitecture of Traces\u00ab<\/span><\/h3>\r\nIn Architecture of Traces<\/em>, Piloya Irene explores memory as a living, evolving process. Grounded in the concept of neuroplasticity \u2013 the brain\u2019s ability to reorganize itself through experience \u2013 she approaches memory not as a static archive, but as a dynamic system that is continuously reshaped through repetition, interaction, and environmental influence.\r\n\r\nDeveloped in dialogue with the history of Schloss Solitude and its gardens, Piloya investigates how landscapes, architecture, and trees bear traces of labour, resilience, power, and regeneration. Drawing on Jane Bennett\u2019s concept of thing-power in Vibrant Matter<\/em>, she considers plants, trees, and found materials as active material agents rather than passive carriers of history. The Schloss garden emerges as a living archive where historical, ecological, and social processes intersect, revealing how beauty and nature are inseparable from memory, ideology, and transformation.\r\n\r\nThe exhibition presents five new works, including sculptural installations of plant materials from the Schloss garden preserved in resin, drawings of tree bark textures on handmade paper, cyanotype prints combining archival and contemporary imagery, and textile works featuring photographs of the historic trees surrounding Schloss Solitude. Through these material processes, the works explore growth, preservation, decay, and transformation, asking what architecture and landscapes remember \u2013 and how these memories continue to evolve through time, material, and human intervention.\r\n\r\n \r\n

Performance \u00bbGreening: around Hildegard von Bingen, Emma Kunz and Kimpa Vita\u00ab<\/span><\/h3>\r\nDuring their residency at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Rencontres Plurielles \u2013 the collective formed by Orakle Ngoy (DRC) and Magali Dougoud (CH) \u2013 are developing the performance Greening: around Hildegard von Bingen, Emma Kunz and Kimpa Vita<\/em> in collaboration with guest musician Laure Boer.\r\n\r\nInspired by Hildegard von Bingen\u2019s concept of viriditas<\/em> \u2013 a vital force of growth, renewal, and transformation \u2013 the performance brings into dialogue the visions and healing practices of medieval visionary Hildegard von Bingen, Swiss artist, healer, and researcher Emma Kunz, and Kongolese prophet and political leader Kimpa Vita. It explores healing as a feminist practice and reflects on the relationships between bodies, territories, and more-than-human forms of life.\r\n\r\nCombining video projection, live spoken word, and experimental sound recordings of plants, stones, water, and soil, Greening<\/em> creates an immersive environment where artistic and scientific approaches intersect. Using contact microphones, hydrophones, and geophones, the artists amplify subtle vibrations and movements, inviting audiences to listen to the voices and rhythms of the living world in new ways."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"bgcolor":"has-bg-yellow","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":12,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"Exhibition opening:<\/span> September 9, 2026, 6 pm\r\nOn view:<\/span> September 10 to 24, 2026; Mon\u2013Fri, 10\u201312 am & 2\u20134 pm\r\nPerformance:<\/span> September 9, 2026, 7 pm\r\nWhere:<\/span> Akademie Schloss Solitude"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/45881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}