ELISABETH von SAMSONOW
Philosopher. Artist. Activist.
 

Four hectares of land in Hadres (Lower Austria) is where the "Land of the Goddesses" was created. In the year 2020, together with fellow artists, Elisabeth von Samsonow founded this eco-art project. In her work at the interface between archaeology, geology and art, Elisabeth von Samsonow concentrates on the visual codes encoded by erosion on the loess walls of Lower Austria. She paints these on large canvases in her studio. In doing so, Samsonow investigates how the death instinct, which according to Freud is directed towards an inorganic form of existence, can be reformulated. Samsonow celebrates the earth as a "hyper-subject". "Land of the Goddess" combines ecological and ecofeminist activism with artistic research. 

Elisabeth von Samsonow / © Klaus Ruenagel

For me, art only goes together with philosophy and vice versa.
— Elisabeth von Samsonow

Elisabeth von Samsonow / © Nathan Murrell

Elisabeth von Samsonow / © Yasmina Haddad

If women have the distributive power and social structure-building power, then they must also have the political power. Quite simply
— Elisabeth von Samsonow

© Maresa Jung