Art in the sluice 2025

Kunst in Slusen ist eine jährlich wiederkehrende, inspirierende 14-tägige Kunstausstellung, die in der ganz besonderen Umgebung unter der Entwässerungsschleuse in Hvide Sande stattfindet. Das einzigartige Event bringt die Kunst aus den traditionellen, polierten Galerierahmen heraus und ins Sommerland an der Westküste: genauer gesagt in den 120 Meter langen Manövriergang, der die Drahtseilwinden der Entwässerungsschleuse im eigentlichen Schleusenbauwerk beherbergt.

Die Ausstellung wird traditionell am ersten Augustwochenende eröffnet.
Das Schleusenbauwerk mit seinen insgesamt 14 massiven Toren in einer Reihe bildet mit seiner ingenieurtechnisch gestalteten Funktionalität einen dramatischen Rahmen für die Kunst und verleiht den ausgestellten Werken einen andersartigen, augenöffnenden Kontext.
Teilnehmende KünstlerInnen: Doris Leuschner, Ellen Munk, Henrik Busk Andersen, Søren Leegaard Fuhlendorff

As a sculptor, I dedicate my work to the element of water - its aesthetic power, its biological diversity and its significance as a source and habitat. I am particularly fascinated by the survival strategies of micro-organisms and single-celled organisms that have developed in the course of evolution, as well as the benefits that humans derive from them. At the same time, I am concerned with the fragility of these systems and the consequences of human activity, such as marine pollution, plastic waste or the planned mining of methane nodules in the deep sea. In my series of works, I specifically address such themes and work them into sculptures - such as coral bleaching or the barely explored deep sea as a place of mystery and threat at the same time. The sculptures are an expression of an intensive examination of the relationship between humans and nature - and the question of how responsibility and design can be combined.
The decision to move to Jutland on the Danish coast in 2021 was a natural consequence of my artistic path. Here, close to the sea, I experience the maritime landscape as a daily source of inspiration. The interplay of nature, light and water flows directly into my work - both thematically and formally.