"being part of evolution as a designer, how to become more sensitive, how to interact with the continious changes in nature, how to let forms unfold, and be creative and efficient through nature"
Maria Blaisse

Art and nature denotes in a conventional sense opposite sides of a spectrum where human action and intended creation separates the former from the latter. The work and teaching of Maria Blaisse form a playful vacillation between the two. In the workshop, Listening to Form, which Maria conducted with members of the First Year Group in the Architecture Class of the Städelschule in November 2006, this playfulness was acted out on collected natural objects: leaves, stalks, branches, moss and similar gathered items. A strange surgical theatre unfolded over the next few days. (more)