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WUNDERKAMMER BIER
Artist Statement:
The Wunderkammer Project is a romanticized look into the world of an artisan brewer in Vermonts' Northeast Kingdom. Part documentary, part poetic exercise, this project embodies a true craftsman and artist brewing beers on a wood fired kettle and aging in a cellar once used for cheese making on a farm, off a dusty dirt road in the magical Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Vasilios is creating beers in a way few others do these days, with its 14+ hour brew days using foraged native materials from his land and barrel aging for months at a time. I fell for his passion for what he creates; he simply does it because he loves it. It’s hard to find many people who take the time and delicacy that he does. He is living his dream and doing so by culminating his hobbies and passions into a beautiful and unique product. It was humbling and inspiring to spend time with him and get a glimpse into his 'curiosity cabinet’.
What is a Wunderkammer?
"The German word Wunderkammer roughly translates into 'curiosity cabinet'. Wunderkammers emerged around Europe in the 16th century and were the forerunner of museums; peoples' private collections of objects from the natural world, art works and anthropological artifacts that they gathered from their travels and prepared for display and contemplation. Wunderkammers were museums of memory, experience and curiosity; personal microcosms of our world. It is this expression of curiosity and contemplation about the world around me that I try to cultivate with my brewing.
My brewing is inspired by the simplicity and subtlety of the natural world around me, as well as the agrarian roots of brewing traditions. My goal is creating elegant expressions of beauty that evoke time and place. I welcome you to join me in this pursuit.” - Vasilios Gletsos
