AIR Bormes. Blossoms

The wall installation AIR Bormes. Blossoms 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. All the AIR Bormes. Blossoms series feature lushly blooming plants.

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:


Arbutus unedo [Strawberry Tree]

alexandra reill, 2026
photographic series of six
digital: 4032 × 2268 / 72 dpi
print: size tba / 300 dpi


Leucospermum [Pincushion Protea]

alexandra reill, 2026
photographic series of five
digital: 4032 × 2268 / 72 dpi
print: size tba / 300 dpi


Lobelia laxiflora [Mexikanische Kardinalsblume]

alexandra reill, 2026
photographic series of seven
digital: 4032 × 2268 / 72 dpi
print: size tba / 300 dpi


Three views of a potted peony
Paeonia [probably the cultivar Coral Charm]

alexandra reill, 2026
photographic series of three
digital: 4032 × 2268 / 72 dpi
print: size tba / 300 dpi


Strelitzia reginae [Bird-of-Paradise / Crane Flower]

alexandra reill, 2026
photographic series of eleven + a microfilm
digital: 4032 × 2268 | 2268×4032 / 72 dpi
print: size tba / 300 dpi


The photographs were taken 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.