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Ida Harm at Orticolario 2026: Dandelion Clocks and the Poetics of Dream Plants
1-4 OTTOBRE 2026
CERNOBBIO VILLA ERBA, COMO
For Orticolario 2026, artist Ida Harm presents an environmental and conceptual art installation centered on the subtle grace of dandelion seed heads, elevated to the status of true "dream plants."
The work explores the theme of the seed in flight as a metaphor for lightness, dispersal, and connection to invisible ecological systems. Through an artistic inquiry that blends organic matter, nature, and the poetic realm, Ida Harm invites visitors to step beyond the threshold of reality and discover the imperceptible beauty of the plant world.
Ida Harm at The Others Art Fair Turin with Unique Contemporary: The Moment of Suspension
29th Oct - Nov 1st 2026
Conceptual Art by Ida Harm at The Others Art Fair: "Passages" and the Time of Transformation
Artist Ida Harm will participate in the upcoming edition of The Others Art Fair in Turin, presented by Unique Contemporary.
The featured exhibition project centers on the subtle core themes of the moment and temporal suspension. Central to this presentation is Ida Harm’s series Passages (Passaggi), which explores the threshold between one state and another—framing movement not merely as physical travel, but as a crucial moment of decision, inner transformation, and transition from one space to another.
Through a refined, minimal approach to organic matter and conceptual form, Passages captures the quiet power of intermediate time. The installation invites viewers to dwell in this state of latency and pause, acknowledging the hidden potential and transformation that occur when we allow ourselves to inhabit the space between where we were and where we are going.
I. Harm and A. Destro present "Aquae" in Teolo: Environmental Art and Interspecies Care
Teolo, Parco dei COlli Euganei, Padua
July 2026
Environmental Art and Interspecies Care: "Aquae" in Teolo
Artists Ida Harm and Aurora Destro present Aquae, a site-specific environmental installation located in the natural landscape of Teolo.
Designed as a stone amphitheater, Aquae functions as a natural collector of rainwater dedicated to local forest wildlife. The artwork reflects on interspecies care and ecological responsibility, contrasting human environmental impact with the vital necessity of preserving natural water cycles.
By incorporating Braille hydronymy onto the rocks, Aquae tackles the concept of human blindness toward ecological crises. The project creates a contemplative space where visitors can re-evaluate their relationship with nature and recognize the unseen connections that sustain local ecosystems.
Featured on Andarepergiardini.it: Ida Harm Interviewed by Alessio Guarini
Artist Ida Harm has been featured in a new article and interview by Alessio Guarini on Andarepergiardini.it, a platform dedicated to botanical culture, gardens, and landscape design.
In the interview, Ida Harm discusses her artistic research on soil memory, environmental installations and interspecies care, exploring how art and nature intersect to create meaningful connections with the living landscape.
Beyond the feature, Andarepergiardini.it offers a dedicated section that serves as an inspiring resource for garden enthusiasts, landscape architects and nature lovers. Ida Harm invites her readers and collectors to visit the site to discover insightful perspectives on garden culture, landscape aesthetics, and environmental stewardship.
> Read the full feature on Andarepergiardini.it
Ida Harm Presents "Humus Sapiens": A Cabinet of Curiosities of Seeds, Plants, and Animals
Scuderie di Palazzo Moroni, Padua 2025
"Humus Sapiens": Reconnecting Art, Soil Memory, and Interspecies Dialogue
Environmental artist Ida Harm presents Humus Sapiens, an evocative installation structured as a contemporary wunderkammer (cabinet of curiosities) dedicated to seeds, plants, and animal life.
The project shifts perspective from human-centric evolution (Homo sapiens) back to the fertile earth (Humus). By bringing organic matter, natural fragments, and biological archetypes to eye level, Humus Sapiens restores dignity to the soil as a living, nourishing entity.
Through this cabinet of curiosities, Ida Harm invites viewers to slow down and experience a quiet bow to the earth. The artwork weaves together ecology, minimal aesthetics, and interspecies care, challenging our understanding of progress while celebrating the delicate balance that sustains all living systems.
Contemporary Paintings by Ida Harm at ARTe Kunstmesse Stuttgart
MAY 2026 - Artist Ida Harm presented a series of paintings at ARTe Kunstmesse Stuttgart, introducing her distinctive visual language to an international audience.
Her canvases translate the silent dynamics of the natural world into a refined pictorial language. Through layers of texture, subtle chromatic choices, and minimal composition, these paintings explore soil memory, biological rhythms, and interspecies care.
Exhibiting these paintings in Stuttgart represents a key chapter in sharing Ida Harm's "Minor Keys" philosophy—using the medium of painting to evoke quiet introspection, latency, and the sacred beauty embedded within the earth.
Ida Harm at Dolomiti Hub for Sinfonia: The Installation "Botanical Typography"
Dec. 2025- Feb. 2026, Fonzaso, Belluno
> ArtTribune
"Botanical Typography: undergrowth of silent writings"
Artist Ida Harm presents the installation Botanical Typography (Tipografie Vegetali) at Dolomiti Hub, created as part of the Sinfonia 50 cultural initiative.
The project explores the symbolic and visual language of the natural world: botanical fragments, seeds, organic traces, and spontaneous shapes organize themselves like characters of an earth alphabet. In Botanical Typography, raw nature becomes sign and script, turning the display into a visual text to be read through quiet observation and active listening.
Set within the context of Sinfonia, Ida Harm’s work reflects on biological rhythms, soil memory, and the connection between human perception and the plant kingdom. The installation invites viewers to slow down and "read" the unseen patterns that form the invisible grammar of our ecosystem, reaffirming the vital importance of ecological care.
Ida Harm for World Soil Day (December 5): Soil Memory in Conceptual and Environmental Art
Environmental Art and Ecological Memory: Reconnecting with the Earth in Ida Harm's Practice
On the occasion of World Soil Day on December 5th, conceptual and environmental artist Ida Harm reaffirms the central role of ecological awareness, soil protection, and biological harmony within contemporary artistic inquiry.
Far from being mere inert matter, soil is a complex, living entity that preserves soil memory and sustains global biodiversity. Through projects such as Humus Sapiens, painting series, and installations dedicated to dormant seeds and natural fragments, Ida Harm places interspecies care and non-anthropocentric natural dynamics at the heart of her work.
In an era shaped by climate urgency and land degradation, art serves as a powerful catalyst for quiet listening and environmental stewardship. Drawing attention back to the soil means honoring biological latency, natural pauses, and the invisible processes that allow ecosystems to regenerate. December 5th becomes a invitation to slow down, observe organic matter, and celebrate the vital earth that sustains all living systems.
AMACI
TWENTIETH DAY OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Saturday, October 12, 2024 - IDA HARM OPEN STUDIO!
The 24 AMACI museums and about 1,000 throughout Italy
will open their doors for free for the twentieth year
with exhibitions, events, and workshops in person and online to welcome and involve the general public. INFO
Theme of the 2024 edition: Earth (soil)
Theme of the 2024 edition: soil
As a guest artist I decided to bring "Humus Sapiens", a minimal installation triptych that requires a bow to the ground. It grants dignity to the humble humus by bringing it to eye level, questions the concept of evolution (whose?) and gives "subjectivity" to the earth as a nourishing mother. To "restore to the term Nature its original meaning, that of the conditions in which we are born, or will have to be reborn tomorrow." (M. Serres)
