Ria Volk

The „artists in residence“ program of the ArToll art society in Bedburg-Hau, Germany allows artists to work in a historical building originally part of a large complex for healing and care for the ill and disabled. Nowadays forensic psychiatry occupies a number of buildings and the high fences contrast with the trees and lawn between the buildings. The sound of helicopters over the municipality of Bedburg-Hau reminds the older residents of times when escapes were more frequent. More grim than...