Mareike Dobewall is a composer, vocal artist and performing-arts director who creates site-sensitive artworks where visual and sonic elements meet. She studied scenography at the Norwegian Theatre Academy and holds a PhD in Performative and Media-Based Practices from Stockholm University of the Arts (thesis: ‘Voicelanding’, 2021). For her compositions she has developed the form of ‘nature scores’. They are visual notations inspired by patterns she finds in the environments she engages with. These scores are not illustrations of music already fully imagined, they are catalysts for collaboration, inviting musicians to discover new sound relationships and sonic expressions beyond their familiar techniques. In Mareike’s work, sound moves. Performers move through space, consciously projecting and directing sound, while the acoustic qualities of the performance space and the ways its shapes and materials transform sound become an active musical element. Audiences are often free to explore the work even in concert settings, following their own curiosity. In autumn 2025, Mareike was artist-in-residence at Glenkeen Garden. There she developed a ‘Glenkeen Nature Score Leporello’ consisting of three visual scores based on patterns found on site. They are accompanied by nature sound recordings to inform the performers’ sonic imagination with site-specific sound. Mareike also created a shell-derived ‘Sea Star Sky Chart’ sculpture, tracing the holes and patterns in shells collected on Glenkeen’s beach. As sunlight filters through the sculpture, a universe made up by the sea becomes visible. Across projects, Mareike Dobewall’s practice is rooted in ecology, space-care and relational thinking, composing with places as co-creators.

Anthea Bush (b. Truro, UK) is an Amsterdam-based artist whose practice explores the fragile relationship between nature and culture. A graduate of Newcastle University and De Ateliers, Bush engages in long-term, research-led projects that examine the tensions between language and perception, beauty and destruction, and resilience and vulnerability. Her work is characterised by a tactile sensitivity to organic materials, ranging from watercolor drawings to intricate sculptures composed of feathers, dried plants, and hand-dyed fabrics. Her research has been supported by residencies and fellowships, including the Glenkeen Garden Residency (Crespo Foundation, 2025), Ateljé Stundars KulturÖsterbotten, Mustarinda and multiple grants from the Mondriaan Fonds. She has exhibited internationally at venues such as Museum van Bommel van Dam (NL), the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey (US), The Hub (UK), Galerie Martin van Zomeren (NL), C&H Art Space (NL) and Josilde Da Conceição Gallery (NL). Her work is held in public and private collections globally, including CBK Amsterdam (NL), Ateliers Höherwe (DE)and KulturÖsterbotten (FI).