The wall installation AIR Bormes. Cactuses consists of a digital or print arrangement of individual photographs and [looping] microfilms, as well as photo and video series, each of which bears its own title. The series feature impressions of various cactus species.
AIR Bormes. Blossoms is a sub-module of AIR Bormes. Flourishing and the artistic research project Flourishing. All pieces from it can be combined with the present module.
The series are arranged in alphabetical order of the Latin plant names.
page in progress; first excerpts:
Old cactus with ground cover
Agave americana [Century Plant] with Muehlenbeckia complexa [Wirevine or Maidenhair Vine]
alexandra reill, 2026
photographic series of three
digital: 4032 × 2268 / 72 dpi
print: size tba / 300 dpi
Note: Although the agave looks like a type of cactus, it actually belongs to the Asparagaceae [asparagus] family.
Succulent rock garden
Agave parryi var. truncata [Artichoke Agave or Truncated Parry’s Agave] with various palm [farn] species, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum [Common or Crystalline Ice Plant], and Aizoaceae [Fig Marigold or Midday Flower] in dry soil
alexandra reill, 2026
photographic series of three
digital: 4032 × 2268 / 72 dpi
print: size tba / 300 dpi
Note: Although the agave looks like a type of cactus, it actually belongs to the Asparagaceae [asparagus] family.
The takes were created in spring 2026 during a week-long residency in southern France undertaken by Alexandra Reill. After reviewing all the photographs, the artist found it remarkable that, unlike on any other journey she had ever gone on, and apparently unconsciously—with the exception of only a very few, isolated shots that were essentially those of a tourist—she had photographed exclusively plants and flowers.
Whether her fascination with and admiration for a plant world of such exuberance—one she had never before experienced, both in its locally specific diversity and its overall characteristics—had a retroactive effect on her subconscious, or whether the choice of subjects emerged from it, remains an open question.
An initial review of all the works in this module has been completed, as has the development of working titles for the individual sub-works. The current task is to finalize the work titles and the display formats for the individual images and videos. This will be followed by the detailed development of the presentation format and the calculation of the spatial dimensions of the wall installation.
Until this is completed, inquiries regarding individual works or sub-series that have not yet been made available online are welcome.