Nocturnes (2026) — www.bartlunenburg.com

Nocturnes, 2025-26
Photo series
Various dimensions

Nocturnes (2026) is an attempt to connect this inspiring workspace, steeped in history, which was left virtually intact after the sale of the farm complex, with the sculptural studies I developed during my artist residency at this location. I was curious to see how I could relate the clay floors, the weathered roof beams, the bricks baked by the farmer himself — objects that bear witness to a life that has been connected to the surrounding landscape for generations — to my own wooden models and objects.

In the series of photographs, smoothly sanded and oiled wooden surfaces alternate with the fire- and woodworm-damaged wooden beams of the barn and the weathered paintwork of the farmhouse. For me, the series is an attempt, both as an artist and as a temporary guest, to use the materials of this place to connect with the users of the building who preceded me here

A vanished staircase, a burnt roof, a deep blue hue hidden under a thick layer of lime, the shadow of one ladder over another. They form both a concrete reason for new work and a representation of the lives and stories that were probably never recorded in archives. They are objects of unpretentious beauty that would probably have been thrown away with the rubbish during many other house sales and subsequent renovations.

- Excerpt from essay Driftwoods (2026)