As a filmmaker and visual artist, my work explores the complex relationships between human and non-human beings through poetic, conceptual, and documentary investigations. This exploration is deeply nourished by my family’s artistic heritage, my academic background in human sciences and media arts, and my collaborations with dancers and performers, all of which continually reshape my artistic practice with lens-based media. Rooted in these diverse influences, my creative journey has led me to develop alternative narratives that decenter the human perspective, opening space for the voices, memories, and sensibilities of plants and other non-human beings to emerge.

My work is deeply affected by the ecological crisis, focusing on both its profound impacts and the forms of survival and resistance that respond to it. Projects such as 628 Years of Potatoes, Verschwinden and Glade illustrate my ongoing attempts to weave together artistic and scientific approaches while critically engaging with environmental and philosophical issues. Whether depicting the transformations of a Berlin wasteland reclaimed by living processes, questioning ways of seeing plants across centuries, or speculating on a tree’s own perception, my projects strive to re-enchant the world through sensitive study of physical and mnemonic ecosystems.

My creative sensibility is also nourished by my professional engagement in the field of cultural heritage. Having worked for institutions such as the DEFA Foundation, the Wim Wenders Foundation, and the Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, I have developed a deep interest in the role of archives as well as in the critical reinterpretation of collective legacies. In my artistic practice, this interest has led me to explore my family and collective heritage from an ecological perspective. Whether through revisiting scientific observation techniques, exhuming a colonial past, or recording traces of urban vegetation before its destruction, I aspire to challenge dominant narratives and map out new futures.

Ultimately, my work seeks to address urgent questions: How can art challenge anthropocentrism while proposing new modes of coexistence? And what form of responsibility can we assume in the face of ongoing processes of loss and disappearance? By reimagining our relationship with perception, attention, and memory, I aim to create spaces where the fragile ties binding us to our habitats can be strengthened.

Vincent Jondeau 11.2025