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From YouTube: Artemis Herber, Baltimore County Artist

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Artemis Herber, Baltimore County Artist

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(Upbeat music).

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Her works, express the coexistence of man and nature.

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A relationship that is both peaceful and conflicted.

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Having exhibited in her native germany,, artemis herber now lives and creates art in baltimore, county and she's with us in our studio, today.

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good to see you.

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Good to see you, too., thank you for the invitation.

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Well,, it's a pleasure.. I know you come from germany, you've exhibited all over the world and you are now,, fortunately for us, here in baltimore, county, still creating your artwork..

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But I would imagine that your art has developed.

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Over the years., you do mostly what, sculptures?.

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I create sculptures and large-scale paintings.

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And mostly on corrugated cardboard or with corrugated cardboard.,.

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Okay,, so I have to ask you, corrugated cardboard..

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I see it a lot in all the packages I get from amazon.

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Why corrugated cardboard? well, first of all,, I think it's a very global material.

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That we use for packing and shipping in our everyday life.

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It's a very ubiquitous material. We are aware of.

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And at the same time,, the financial world names it.

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As the beige gold. (laughing), just using it as a market indicator for our consumerism,.

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And trade in our everyday lives,.

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So when the sales of cardboard are high,.

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The value of cardboard, raises. so,, I thought it would be the ideal material to use it as a base for my artwork.

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That relates to those themes of man, nature and the environment.

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[Carolyn] yeah., I would imagine it's pretty malleable, too., I mean, you can do a lot of different things with it, right?.

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So,, just from a practical standpoint,, it's an interesting...

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It has a lot of texture, and...

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[Artemis herber] exactly. I like to think about how we as humans, as we humans, shape the world and in correspondence,.

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I start a dialogue with a material in many different ways., exploring a tet-out compositions,, revealing the corrugation,.

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Disintegrating, thinking about disintegrating.

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And assemblage in many ways.

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So that I can investigate the way how we create our world., how we shape our landscapes, also shaped through disappearance.

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Yes, right. absolutely. so, you're, taking that kind of man-made consumer product.

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Right?, this kind of fabricated, I guess, actually from wood, right?- is that what is corrugated cardboard?.

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[Artemis herber] yes. there's a certain amount of wood,, but also a lot of scrap paper.

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[Carolyn] okay.

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So I transform something that is of a meager material,, a meager value,.

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I transform it or convey it into art., something that is supposed to be of value.

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Right, and then do you use also other kinds of products?.

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I was looking at some things about your artwork.

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like coal chips, for example..

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Can you explain how you bring all of this together?.

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Well,, I think about those materials as resources.

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So,, whatever we do as humans,.

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We are sort of invasive, yeah?

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through land seizure to exploitation.

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Everything we use for our sustain,.

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To sustain a life,, we extract our resources.

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No matter if it's recycled.

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Or if it's a natural material, like a marble powder or coal,,.

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We always dig something out of mines and pits.

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[Carolyn] yeah. now you've exhibited, I've said, in your native germany,, but also in europe, here in the united states. so,. How are you hoping to.

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Enlighten folks about this kind of yin and yang,, if you want to call it,.

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Or relationship between kind of man-made and the natural?.

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Well,, I think we are all affected by the consequences.

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Of our techtronic activities across the world.

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Basically, we create a new strata,, a new geological layer of all kinds of waste. We create.

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The way of life.

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and no matter where you live, we affected by.

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Cataclysmic events of global warming., we are affected by issues how to keep our water or air clean.

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and,. Most of the time, artists.

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Find a way to address that issue., and, also, artists also live in these local,.

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But also global communities.

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so,. It's not only the way that I work secluded in my studio,.

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But I also like to reach out to artist communities.

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Or local communities so that we make suggestions,.

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How to make changes in our direct environment- and I think baltimore county is a great way to connect with people and with artists.

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right,. So for us who are in baltimore county.

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And you've exhibited all over the world., I'm thinking,. Well, where can we go to see some of your work locally?, you do have an installation in patterson park?.

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[Artemis herber] correct. correct? yeah., any other places close by?.

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Not yet,, but next year, there will be an installation.

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In washington, d.c. in a resident courtyard.

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And next month I will have a very nice show.

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At the arlington arts center. opening reception is october, 13th.

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So please come and see my new work.

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All right. and in 2020, I'm already starting to think.

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About participating in an exhibition,.

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Landscapes in an eroded field...

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Oh, interesting. at the american university. oh, wonderful! well,. We appreciate you taking time from work in your studio to come and talk with us.

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And give us some insight about the creative process and the inspiration behind your work.

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artemis, great to have you here.

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Thank you very much for the conversation.

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Thought-Provoking art.: your watching smarts,, the baltimore county arts and culture show.