Saskia Krafft
Bio: Saskia Krafft grew up in rural Germany near the world’s largest automobile plant. Raised amongst car mechanics and construction workers, she witnessed the forces that transform raw materials into consumer products. The land and the people that live in it are solely dedicated to agriculture and commercial use.
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Artist Statement: Saskia’s projects originate from field trips to places remote and natural, densely populated and cultured. These observations led her to study drawing and sculpture at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and Applied Sciences. She is interested in questions surrounding human's impact on complex ecosystems, the material relationship between urban and rural geographies, proposing that the ‘wilderness’ we are interfacing with is already humanmade.