“Anthrom Compositum” an installation by Heinrich Ledebur curated by Ida-Marie Corell at Kunstraum Retz

Bringing biodiversity, the conciousness of farming and earth cycles into the art/culture space. Learning from natural deveoplements within one exhibition phase.

The term anthropogenic biome (anthorm) describes a large habitat whose essential natural properties are based on the influence of human land use. The consideration includes the plants, animals and people occurring in it as well as all inanimate factors. “Compositum” (compost) from Latin means “that which has been put together” and describes both the collecting point and the material stored there.

With the installation “Anthrom Compositum” the attempt is made to establish art and culture (again) as fertile soil for social structures (cultures) of different societies in diverse large habitats of culturally innovative land use concepts and to move the act of natural alchemy into an everyday focus. (How does garbage become fertile soil.)

The Kunstraum Retz (KRR) sees itself as a collection point in the large Retz habitat of cultural land use. With the installation “Anthrom Compositum” KRR would like to create a “social sculpture” that refers to Beuys' term “social sculpture” as a specific definition of his expanded concept of art. Beuys established this term to explain his idea of ​​an art that would change society. In contrast to a formal aesthetic justified apprehension, Beuys included the structuring and shaping of a society in his art concept and was not limited to materially tangible and facade-like artifacts.

Heinrich Ledebur is a management consultant and business coach. In Germany and Austria he has a.o. managed renowned agricultural estates. The main focus of his work is the differentiated translation of ecological “natural laws” to the economic, cultural system. He lives and works in Lower Austria.