Patrick Ostrowsky – Week Number 1 – TRUSTING THE PROCESS

Jul 27, 2022

About Arriving and Connecting

Hello new world,

my name is Patrick. I’m an artist and researcher living and working between Munich and Basel.
Revisiting my first week here at Sasso by notes and pictures, I conclude it was all about connecting in various ways (6) to this magical place and the nature. As my usual practice has a strong material-based approach, I decided before arriving in Ticino to focus on another side of my artistic work.
So, the first attempt to connect (1) has been via adopting a new working rhythm and trusting the process in doing so. Thus, I just started to read cubistically everything that my hands found a grip on. Besides that, I was laying out a map of scattered dots.  

Here are some thoughts, ideas and references that I started to think about:

– Medieval architecture
– Water as connection (2) and lifeline, e.g. watering the garden/using it as material
– Clay and soil as potential materials, Raku
– Writing poems
– Water coloring as a way to better understand my new environment  
– Strolling around the village to make connections (3)
– A garden as an ambivalent gateway (4) to link to your surroundings. Smth in between care labour and recovery.

Here are some watercolor sketches I made during the first week:
To be honest, the practice of painting the nature right while sitting next to it – made me realize how precious it is. A Meditation about the site by connecting (5) with it via my eyes and hands helped me a lot to understand my new environment.

Here some snaps during my strolls through the village. I might start to pick up my practice of jogging through the landscape in order to find a different connection (6) to Gambarogno. But cliff hanger – that’s something I’ll might talk about in week number 2.

Unfortunately, spoiler alert! My second week has a little break in between as I need to go back to Munich to set up a group show there.
But if you’re interested in seeing these and other works, you can follow me on
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/patrickostrowsky/
or
Have a look at my website:
https://www.patrickostrowsky.eu

All the best and see you soon,
P

P.S.: The selection of fellow artist colleagues here, is just amazing. I’m glad to connect to them and learn about their practise.