Elena Redaelli and Karin van der Molen form a collaborative artistic partnership grounded in a shared exploration of ecology, materiality, and the layered social and environmental contexts of place. Working across sculpture and site-specific installation, their practice brings together ephemeral gestures and semi-permanent structures, creating works that are responsive to both the physical characteristics and cultural histories of the environments they inhabit. Each project emerges through careful observation, research, and dialogue with the site, allowing the work to evolve organically over time.

Central to their collaboration is a commitment to locally sourced and reused materials. By engaging with what is immediately available, they emphasize processes of transformation and sustainability while fostering meaningful exchanges with local communities. Their approach often involves participatory elements, inviting others into the making process and encouraging shared authorship. This creates a dynamic interplay between artist, audience, and environment, where each contributes to the unfolding narrative of the work.

Their practice is rooted in a sensitivity to the relationships between human and nonhuman worlds, as well as the intersections of nature and society. Through this lens, their installations become spaces of reflection, where material, memory, and environment converge. Karin’s background in Human Rights and her experience in founding artist collectives bring a strong socially engaged perspective, enriching the collaborative process. This complements Elena’s focus on material experimentation and environmental storytelling.

Together, they weave historical, ecological, and communal threads into immersive experiences that highlight interdependence, encouraging a deeper awareness of the connections between people, place, and the planet.

《Saltwater Atlas》Participants：劉家凱、張妤榛、劉子寧、劉珈華、馮耘浩、劉明捷、唐梓恩、陳立恩、何京融、鐘昊廷、蘇俊昇、熊貓、江慧群、劉宏榮、紀凱倫、李麗卿、陳芊妤、莊育慈、洪振銘、羅宇岑、黃棨偉、劉宏儒、張家銘、許晉齊、陳大森、中島美玲、彭美玲、浜屋清美、范家睿、張千暐、范家瑜、鄭又嘉、田中彩乃、劉鄭富子、葛庭妤、李芊、王志強、黃雅梅、洪涼絹、陳品戎、王品倫、王意宣、劉育伶、 Yu-Hsuan、Simon、Omi、Snow、Karin、Elena、Lukas、Paul、Wendy、Ilana、Alina、Ben、JYJ、Sophie Wang、Lily Hsieh、Lilio Chang、Wei Hsiang Wang、Polly、Lalita、Rina、Amber Lee、Mizore、Roland、Ya-Mei、CYW、LIA、Chang Che Jui。

First Photo by Yangbibi, a creator from Taiwan