Victor Ghostin began his residency on the 10th of July. He reflected on the local verirrte Steine—stones carried from Scandinavia by glaciers during the last ice age—which not only revealed the region’s geological history but also bore inscriptions expressing a longing for a lost home.
His residency focused on the relationship between marbling and Plön’s natural and historical environment. Victor experimented with lake water and local plants or algae as alternatives to traditional marbling materials, while consulting city archives to reinterpret historical images through marbled patterns. He engaged with local history by restoring the stolen Jupiter model on the Planetenpfad and exploring figures such as Christian Gottlieb, the schwarze Feld Trompeter, and Johann Kunckel, whose experiments with salts and materials influenced his own work.
He also explored the region’s lakes and landscapes, observing how the glacially shaped geography informed both his process and the textures in his work.
Victor Ghostin is an artist based in Brussels with Austrian-Lebanese roots. He mainly works with marbling, a technique that involves floating pigments on water to create fluid, stone-like patterns which are then transferred to paper or fabric.
His residency focused on the relationship between marbling and Plön’s natural and historical environment. Victor experimented with lake water and local plants or algae as alternatives to traditional marbling materials, while consulting city archives to reinterpret historical images through marbled patterns. He engaged with local history by restoring the stolen Jupiter model on the Planetenpfad and exploring figures such as Christian Gottlieb, the schwarze Feld Trompeter, and Johann Kunckel, whose experiments with salts and materials influenced his own work.
He also explored the region’s lakes and landscapes, observing how the glacially shaped geography informed both his process and the textures in his work.
Victor Ghostin is an artist based in Brussels with Austrian-Lebanese roots. He mainly works with marbling, a technique that involves floating pigments on water to create fluid, stone-like patterns which are then transferred to paper or fabric.
Application Deadline:
31.3.2026
31.3.2026