Ayumi Paul
Fischmond am Waldsee

Fischmond am Waldsee inscribes a path through the sculpture garden of the Haus am Waldsee, recalling the friendships that have shaped its landscape throughout time. A sonic composition based on the bird calls on site before sunrise guides visitors along nine stones, installed across the garden and engraved with a symbol: a fish held within a moon.

The Fischmond path begins and ends at the oldest tree in the garden, an oak tree, marked with arrows on the map. From here, the path unfolds along geological strata, migratory routes of plants, animals, and humans and amplifies voices of resilience, trust, and courage.

Visitors are not only invited to walk the path, but to enliven it through gestures and rituals. To make friendship with ghosts and the environment, which, in their own living language, speak to us too.

The title is inspired by the poem Vom Fisch bis zum Mond by Ayumi Paul’s friend, the writer, poet, and artist Jina Khayyer, which expresses an all-encompassing love.

Audio chapters:

1. Intro (2:40 min.)
2. The oak tree’s family history, how friendship begins (4:36 min.)
3. Another oak and a concert on August 15, 1945 (6:11 min.)
4. The meadow, 4 plus 2 cardinal directions, a volcano and other planetary references (5:42 min.)
5. The bench, birds and women, mothers, daughters, and grandmothers (4:43 min.)
6. The cherry tree and a journey from Georgia to Brandenburg (4:15 min.)
7. The water tap and the history of water, rain cycles and mythological water carriers (3:35 min.)
8. The entrance and a mountain of documents, a piano transport (5:09 min.)
9. The pine tree, Slavic roots and colored glass rings (7:49 min.)
10. The Waldsee / the glacial channel – traces inscribed into the landscape (4:07 min.)

 

Ayumi Paul
Fischmond am Waldsee, 2026
Audio track, engraved stones
50 min.
Courtesy the artist

 

Media players can be borrowed at the front desk

 

Proposed rituals and gestures:

With the change of the seasons, have a cup of tea with the oak tree

On August 24, perform a concert in memory of Leo Borchard and Ruth Andreas-Friedrich

Clean a rock with water

Walk the path in silence

Place your ear on the roots of the cherry tree