Insights
"In her work, Winkler explores the role of women in society. Her interpretation of straitjackets as a metaphor for the limitations women often experience is particularly powerful. These works reflect the social constraints and expectations that have a significant impact on women's lives and fulfilment.
Over the years, Winkler's artistic focus has increasingly shifted towards themes of sustainability and transience. Her choice of materials - often paper and other fragile materials - as well as the themes she explores, emphasise the ephemerality and decay that permeate her work. In this way, she refers to natural and social transience and challenges the viewer to reflect on his or her own footprints in life and the environment.
Ilona Keilich, Exo Gallery Stuttgart, 2024
Parmelia and Ramalina, There are about 25,000 species of lichens worldwide, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, with an emphasis on temperate climates. Many lichen species are bioindicators of air pollution. Some lichen species are also used to monitor local climate change through lichen mapping. Lichens are intermittent wetland organisms and can survive extreme climatic conditions. In dry conditions, they reduce their metabolism and regenerate completely when sufficient moisture is available. Lichens can also survive cold periods in the dormant stage. ... >>> ...
... This adaptability does not mean that lichens are very resistant. They do not have a protective waxy layer or closable stomata, so increased air pollution can lead to stunted growth or even death. Because of their sensitivity, lichens have been used as bioindicators of air quality in recent decades.
Lichens grow very slowly, but some lichens can live up to 9,000 years. Lichens can only reach such old ages and stable populations if their habitats have a high degree of ecological continuity. Lichens are a community of fungi and algae that need the plant only as an adhesive base. They do not take nutrients or water from the plant and do not harm the plant.
Themes: Relationship between humans and nature & environment ‘We humans as part of nature’, special plants in biocoenoses, living together in mutuality
Book: ‘Indigenialität’ - Learning from the worldview of indigenous communities; Author: Andreas Weber, philosopher and biologist
Beate Christine Winkler, Esslingen am Neckar, 2024
Echinops echinatus, the Indian Globe Thistle, commonly known as Usnakantaka, is a drought-resistant herbaceous medicinal plant. It was originally used as a stimulant to treat sexual weakness. The plant is known for its bitter and pungent flavour, as well as its ability to aid digestion, relieve pain, reduce fever, increase appetite and promote liver function. Globe thistle's spherical heads are an insect's paradise, attracting important pollinators such as bees, bumblebees and butterflies with their rich supply of pollen and nectar. Topics: Species extinction, Insect extinction, Medicinal plants
Book e.g.: Das große Insektensterben - Was es bedeutet und was wir jetzt tun müssen by Eva Rosenkranz and A.H. Segerer
Beate Christine Winkler, Esslingen am Neckar, 2024
"The time for action is now" Scientists are urgently warning us that the tipping point of the climate crisis could be reached by 2035, making catastrophic consequences for the planet inevitable. Rising greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and other human activities are driving irreversible changes in the Earth's climate system. Decisive action is urgently needed to curb emissions and mitigate the worst impacts before we reach the critical threshold beyond which it will be impossible to slow or stop the progression of negative impacts. ... >>> ...
... > > > "The time for action is now" this sentence in constant repetition - similar to a Criminal work - I wrote the title in pink fluorescent ink on tracing paper, then cut the paper into strips and woven the strips back together, so that the mnemonic or 'slogan' is no longer legible. The title of the work, the bright colour of the writing and the weave are still visible. I also used the phrase 'we need climate action now'. In this way I hope to draw the viewer's attention to the issue and perhaps inspire them to take action.
Living and working in the countryside myself, I am constantly aware of the huge changes that are already taking place. In urban areas, these changes are not yet as noticeable and therefore the need for action seems less.
Book e.g: "Rethinking Our World: an invitation to rescue our future" by Maja Göpel (political economist and sustainability researcher at the interface of science, politics and society).
Beate Christine Winkler, Esslingen am Neckar, 2024
Ich weiß nicht", "I don't know", we want to determine our own lives. Our dignity and happiness depend on it. The prerequisite and source for this is self-knowledge.
Self-knowledge, why is it so valuable? We need it when our life and our feelings no longer fit together. We need to learn to see and understand ourselves anew in order to overcome the crisis and move on. This is a weighty, practical reason, and it shows: The search for self-knowledge is not a luxury, not an artificial, philosophical ideal for the few... Self-knowledge is the source of freedom and therefore of happiness. This includes a liberated relationship with the time of one's own life. Memories can be a dungeon, they can force a paralysing turn backwards and prevent a liberated view into the future... Self-knowledge as a prerequisite for a self-determined life.
Buch: Peter Bieri ; Wie wollen wir leben?
Beate Christine Winkler, Esslingen am Neckar, 2002