Journal

  • Magdalena am Strand Usedom

    No life-threatening events today!

    I’m happy to feel solid ground under my feet again after the sailing accident last September. – in the truest sense of the word. Because being confronted so directly with your own end leaves its mark. Getting back into everyday life was the main task at the beginning. In the first few days at home,…

  • The new solo exhibition is coming

    Magdalena Hohlweg announces her upcoming solo exhibition from 8.3.2025 at Schlossmuseum Bad Arolsen.

  • Kunst mit Banane

    Art? All banana!

    Art – The definition Is sticking a banana on the wall still art? Or: what actually makes Salvador Dali famous? And why does everyone love Mona Lisa? I am sure of it: that it takes courage, wit, timing and the right location to create an impressive work from a rotting banana – some works live…

  • The metamorphosis

    Caterpillar and butterfly are actually one and the same thing However, they undergo a metamorphosis that changes their appearance so colossally that it seems incredible to have an individual in front of you all the time. Sounds kind of human, doesn’t it? After all, from birth to old age, we also transform in a way…

  • Room for new bird species!

    It’s slowly getting a little tight – The bird perch is just 11 cm long and about 2 mm thick. How many birds fit on such a tiny bird perch? I was able to fit nine extremely rare bird species next to each other. Two more are still trying to get a perch. I had…

  • Cranes and moths

    Let me introduce you to an extraordinary pair of artists. To be honest, it’s once again about the very last remnants Do you still have box trees in your garden? That’s no longer a matter of course these days. A small moth called the European Box Borer has already eaten a large part of the…

  • Review of the year 2024

    Great highlights and a sailing accident in 2024 The year was packed full of exciting excursions, encounters and new impressions. I worked long and hard on the creation of my card game. From the motif design to the digital development, it was a completely new project for me that was simply great fun. Organizing a…

  • Game with new rules -MATRIA SKAT

    It began with the traditional Schwalenberg blueprint and the exhibition withBLAU – This became my card deck – MATRIA SKAT What is blueprinting? 1st development: From the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, the Lippe region was home to this fabric printing process. White patterns were created on blue-dyed…

  • THE DUST OF TIME

    Deconstruction|Conversion|Exhibition For the ancient Egyptians, the scarab was a symbol of death, rebirth and wealth. Our native dung beetle is related to this pill-popper – the beetles roll balls of dung into which they lay their eggs. The larvae eat dung and grow into magnificent, iridescent beetles. Exhibition Gallery HAUS BACHRACH Schwalenberg 11.8. -29.9.2024 Sat./Sun.…

  • Museum exhibition

    Insects and bird species in the castle museum! The last remnants of civilization among the princely treasures of the Beletage of Bad Pyrmont Castle! Hanging contemporary art on baroque fabric wallpaper! Splendor and glory for the most banal fragments – if that ever works! The spacious rooms of the castle were indeed a worthy setting…