«Abgeschwächter Einbezug des Vorgefallenen» – Installation Theater Roxy, Birsfelden, 22.01.2009 - 8.03.2009
This temporary installation was commisioned by Theatre Roxy for their lobby. It plays around the theme of intrusion of space. The cutouts of photographs were printed on billboardpaper and then pasted onto the wall.
«Brückenorakel» – permanent installation; lokal.int, Biel, since 20.03.2008
«The (...) will soon come». The letters are cut out of thin aluminium and hung onto thin wiring between two once used masts. Well seen from the road and the passing railwayline the words play aroung the possible advent of someone (or something). Originally planned to be shown only for a short time period, the gallerist asked me to leave it permanently there. As if it invocated the culture prize of the city of Biel he was awarded later the same year.
«Lost In Transfiguration» – 2008
«Bloodhound Range» – 2007
In the 1960s Switzerland bought the english weapon system Bloodhound Mk.2, which was in use until 2001 and then converted into a museum. In 2007 the decommisioned base still seemed in a state of secrecy in which it was once operated.
Euphoric Climate – 2006 till 2008
In times of continious warnings that we will soon run out of resources I was looking around for systems or structures providing cover. The variety of the scenery also reflects the changing mood and therefore the changing strategy to get cover. Sometimes only a quick fix is presented, but mostly the desire for a more elaborated solution is present. The photographs were taken over a period of several years.
«One Million Dollars View Up Here» – 2003
The Australian Dream has turned sour; the dream of a free live is levelled to an iconography of conformism and wealth. The imagery reminds of a Theodor W.Adorno quote, saying that in utopias which came true, one has the feeling that the best part of the dream has been forgotten, and therfore we can't fully enjoy those utopias.
«Paradise Just Gets Better» – 2006
The neutral roaming gaze bounces off the facades with its blind windows and underlines the view point of the outsider - or vice versa, the imprisoned one. We may consider ambivalently if the walls were erected for nothing to escape or if everything shall be kept outside. Following the American poet Michael Palmer the notion of space begins when we look out from where are. The photographs advance on those spaces creating a sphere of their own.
«In Wintertimes Living Is Easy» – 2005
«Marshoutka – The Tbilisi Journey» – 2005/2009
In the late summer of 2001 I arrived in Tbilisi, the capital of the Republic of Georgia. Strolling everyday through the streets of Tbilisi I got familiar with the many minibuses called 'marshutka', because you encounter them everywhere. They force you to pay attention to them, otherwise personal injuries are a consequence. But in looking at these rolling monsters I discovered the faces of passengers at the same eye level as myself.
«Wir tanzen gerne» – 2008 – ?
«So Far I've Said» – 2006
At the time I started this work I just had finished reading Gaston Bachelard's 'Poetics Of Space'. The indiscoverable space is cell and world(space) ad infinitum. It is heavy and weightless at the time - moving us into the spheres of daydreaming.
Please check back later – I will be filling in more pictures in the weeks to come.