Laura Skehan Tecnica: Photo Anno: 2024 Dimensione: 60 x 90cm Descrizione: During my residency at ZK/U, Centre for Art and Urbanistics in Berlin, I spent time working in the community garden at Moabit Stadtgarten. As I observed the changing light, the plants as they bloomed and bore fruit, and the insects and creatures that wandered through this urban meadow, I was reminded of nature’s unhurried cycles. The wanted plants and the weeds—both would eventually wither when winter arrived. This ongoing transformation became symbolic, a chance for introspection. The garden, asking nothing of me except to witness, allowed me to lose myself in thought, to remember. That summer, I wrote incessantly. My scribbled notes revealed reflections on missed opportunities, forgotten dreams, first kisses, a yearning for something undefined, a fear of embracing myself, and the resistance I found in moments of joy and sharing. I noted the passing of time, the shifting mix of boredom and bliss. I felt the pull of spring’s hope, the fullness of summer, the harvest’s abundance, and the need for autumn's reflection before hibernating through winter’s long nights—only to begin again

Laura Skehan Tecnica: Photo Anno: 2025 Dimensione: 40 x 60cm Descrizione: The cherry blossoms blooming period in Berlin this year was exceptionally short. The streets were filled with pink one day, the next the flowers were gone. This days I walked through the streets trying to find one that had lasted to photograph. This tree still had it’s flowers, but it would not be for long. These shorter blooms can be due to many factors, including unseasonably warm weather earlier in the year with sudden frost, extreme weather events, climate change and poor soil health due to drought.