NINA SPÖTTLING-METZ
My artistic practice centers on printmaking and digital media as research-based approaches to visual culture.
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![TERRAIN [2026]](https://studioninametz.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_8432-edited-e1772134605959.jpeg?w=1024)
TERRAIN emerges from a site-specific engagement with the former industrial grounds around Münster’s harbour. Rather than being printed as images, the eight woodcut matrices function as sculptural objects in their own right and are exhibited as finished works. The series investigates the overlooked yet resilient constellation of industrial wastelands and abandoned harbour infrastructure and sites…
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![Stable Erosion [2026]](https://studioninametz.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_8452.jpeg?w=1024)
STABLE EROSION employs a progressive destruction protocol. A single photographic matrix of geological formations is repeatedly printed. With each print cycle, the lithographic plate degrades, ink fills cracks, emulsion deteriorates, until the plate finally ruptures beyond recovery. The work explores controlled entropy as artistic method. The material deterioration of the printing surface becomes visible as…
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![Trail-Cam I-VI [2026]](https://studioninametz.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_8213-e1785077835547.jpeg?w=1024)
TRAIL-CAM I-VI uses night-vision footage from automated trail cameras tracking animal movement in peripheral forests. These images become source material for carborundum collagraph prints, a technique combining abrasive surfaces with intaglio printing. Through repeated printing the source images dissolve into layered surfaces that simultaneously evoke and …
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![G.R.O.T.T.O [2025]](https://studioninametz.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/4aabee2b-6805-45b4-b87c-ec470d5f36f5.jpg?w=1024)
G.R.O.T.T.O. consists of a vertical wooden structure carrying prints and photographs, combined with objects and sculptural elements arranged on a wooden bench and the surrounding floor. The work incorporates found materials collected from nearby wastelands, natural minerals, and artificial rock formations made from colored plaster. A video projection of flowing water overlays key parts of…
![Laocoön Series [2025]](https://studioninametz.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/9f9238f9-adca-4957-9d3c-f604cc75b2bc-3.jpg?w=1024)