Art / Environment- 1 July 2022

CULL by Uta Kögelsberger

The Royal Academy of Arts announced the Chalet Wollaston Award Winner 2022

Summer exhibition: 21 June 2022 - Sunday 21 August 2022.

Video Still - Cull - Five Channel Video Installation @Uta Kögelsberger

1 July 2022: The £25,000 Charles Wollaston Award has been presented to artist Uta Kögelsberger for her video work CULL in the Royal Academy's 254th Summer Exhibition. Established in 1978, the award, given for the "most outstanding work" in the exhibition, is one of the most prestigious art prizes awarded in the UK. 

CULL follows the mammoth task of cleaning up after the devastating effects of the wildfires. It shows the efforts of the teams responsible for cutting down the dead trees that now threaten the remaining buildings and roads. In a swan song to the unique ecosystem that has been lost, each tree is documented as it falls to the ground seemingly out of nowhere, even that sometimes the earth shakes beneath it.

CULL is embedded in the broader, ongoing Fire Complex project that Kögelsberger initiated after the Castle Fire destroyed 174000 acres of the Sequoia National Forest in California, including an estimated 14% of the world's redwood population. The aim of Fire Complex is to create momentum and resources for the regeneration of these forests. It is a project that communicates a universal need and aims to make a difference for the future. It includes a community reforestation project that has planted over 6500 new trees to date. 

This aspect of the Fire Complex was developed in collaboration with USDA Forest Services, Cal Fire, Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, the communities of Sequoia Crest, Alpine Village and Cedar Slope, and with the help of volunteers from the Rotary Club and local schools. The work was developed with support from Newcastle University, Alchemy Media (USA), Standard Vision (USA) and Buildhollywood (UK) and has been exhibited in the UK and Los Angeles.

For more information about Kögelsberger's project Fire Complex click here or go to @fire_complex

Fire Complex - Los Angeles - Paper Billboard - 2022 @Uta Kögelsberger

The artist

Uta Kögelsberger is an artist living in London and Los Angeles. Her work explores social, environmental and political issues through photography, video, sculpture and sound.

Kögelsberger's work has been exhibited at the Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles; Northridge Galleries, Los Angeles; Art Night, London; Brighton Photo Biennial; Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; Spacex, Exeter; Southwark Park Galleries, London; Architectural Association, London; Barbican, London; Laurence Miller Gallery, NYC; and Glassell Project Space MFAH, Houston, among others. Her photographic essays have been published in Wired, Esquire, GQ and American Photography. Her work is in public and private collections such as MFAH (Museum of Modern Art Houston) and LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum).

About the Charles Wollaston Award

The Royal Academy of Arts' annual Charles Wollaston Award was established in 1978 with a donation from Charles Wollaston (1914-1992), who was a great supporter of the RA and a lecturer in art. Following his death, the RA received a substantial bequest which enabled it to endow the £25,000 award in perpetuity. 

Summer Exhibition 2022

Tuesday 21 June 2022 - Sunday 21 August 2022.

10am - 6pm, Tuesday to Sunday (last admission 5.30pm). 

The Royal Academy of Arts 

royalacademy.org.uk 

Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD 

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