Studio Frowijn

On June 21, 2025, artists .i.e.l.s.a.l.b.e.r.s, .koen, , and I concluded our residency—hosted by Stichting den Den at the Den Treek estate—with a public gathering at sunset for the longest day of the year. The event reflected on our time living in the forest among more-than-human beings with a lecture by biologist , a shared dinner with wood oven pizzas and soup, and a walk with local ranger John, all surrounded by our open-air artworks.

During my residence over the past months, I was struck by the return of wolves in the area and the fear that this evoked. This reminded me of witch hunts that also took place in this forest in the 16th century. In the body of work I developed here, I aimed to draw a comparison between the exclusion of ‘the other’ then and now, and searched for ways to live together with people and more-than-humans in a changing world.

I presented ‘Hagazusah in Widdershins’, a new installation that combines local branches and archival jacquard-woven textiles obtained from , forming hybrid vegetal-human figures that bridged industrial and organic forms, hanging centred on a pine tree.

The soundscape ‘Air Spirits’ offers a sensory journey into interspecies intimacy, voiced through echoes from the forest.

Nearby works included a dense pinecone path with ‘Hybrides’; paper-cut human-animal collages, and their gatekeepers, ‘Romulus & Remus’; textile-mâché wolf heads, recalling myths upon the wolf’s return. Together, they form an ecofeminist vision of coexistence and relationality between species.

Get touched by the warmth of the sun with pictures of this mesmerising evening by photographer

Happy Summer to you all! 🌞

Misfit #12, 2023
20 x 5 x 20 cm
recycled belts, wooden chair seat
photography by Io Cooman

          

Misfit #2, 2023
100 x 50 x 200 cm
recycled clothing, wooden easel, glass lamp, battery
photography by Io Cooman

Misfit #4, 2023
40 x 55 x 90 cm
recycled clothing, wooden chair, glass
photography by Io Cooman