7 pieces, about 20 X 30 in passepartouts, framed 2012
A series of collages based on the stock: millimeter-paper (basic pattern), circles (symbol, irrational (π)) and orchidblossoms (liveliness, variety). The stock is recombined in changing constellations. The resulting works oscillate between semiotic, formal investigation and poetic findings.
prints on brillant supreme lustre 80 X 120 cm, framed 2008
The series of photografies is the last result of a long lasting involvement in conceptual photografy. As I considered the analog and chemical processes, causing a calculable but still evident loss of control, as basical for my photografic work, I was not happy with the nececcity to digitalize and postproduce the slides. The photografies presented here show extremely small settings. I used a pentax 50mm macro with very long exposure. They follow the ideas of Moholy-Nagy in so far, as the light – as an energy you can guide but not control even within a set frame – is creating the image.
Located at the edge of a forest 2007
The work and it´s title refer to the landscapist Claude Lorrain (1666 – 1682). Lorrain worked with a mirror made from polished black glas to find and define his motifs. So the picture was not taken from nature, but from a shaped representation of nature. During the age of enlightning the now called „Claude-Mirror“ became fashionable among european aristocrats. With pocket-sized mirrors they where searching for „picturesque“ motifs. Not the experience of nature, but its´s selective perception was the focus of interest.
The installation is made of 3 mirrors from polished stainless steel. There formats are 30 X 45 cm, 25 X 50 cm and 20 X 60 cm. They are placed at the verge of a forest, looking at a panoramic view. The recipient moves at the interface of nature and image. He can choose his angle of view – select his motif -, but he will also experience the limitations set by the defind cut-outs.
Located at a riverbank, 2006
In many, especially asian cultures the image of „the river“ stands for continuity and change. It symbolizes life and is a favorited object of meditative exercise. Looking at a river you will notice, that your eyes follow objects on the surface for a short time, than hop back, refocus and so on. Your reception is cut into discrete parts. Zen – Construct is a tool to immerse into the „flow“ of the river, into the river „as it“. Looking through the 4 m steel-tube stops the focus – refocus process and makes you aware of the stream velocity. A strange physical experience that sometime causes the impression, that you move and the river stands still.
