Samiac / Bonac-Irazein . Mitten in den Pyrenäen und fast an der spanischen Grenze – Im 19. Jahrhundert gab es in der Gegend viele Kupferminen, Schmugglerhöhlen und Tanzbären. Heute gibt es wieder einige wilde Bären:…
Ruhr Residence 2017
Uncanny valley
In aesthetics, the uncanny valley is a hypothesized relationship between the degree of an object’s resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to such an object. The concept of the uncanny valley suggests…
October 7th – Austvågøya
It is verticals, horizontals and bridges around here. The borders between the masses of sky/air, land/stone and sea/water dominate Austvågøya. A very thin strip between them is where humans can live on. Sharp silhouettes of…
Rietveld und Ente
Saint-Martin d’Oydes. Auf der Ruine des alten Bauernhofs hat Rüdiger sich ein Haus gebaut. Aus Lehm, Stroh und dem Dachstuhl einer Schule in Mönchengladbach. Nachdem er bereits aus Garzweiler wegen des Braunkohleabbaus umgesiedelt worden war,…
The world’s highest headframe
Around the Göttelborner Feld, coal mining can be traced back to the 15th century, with the Göttelborn Pit being one of the most important mines in the Saarland. In 2000, after more than one hundred…
what makes it more real than in a sepia image
In my accommodation in Kabelvåg, old sepia photos and drawings are covering the wooden walls. Kabelvåg must have had an eventful past with town assembly and festivities. People wore festive garments and the little market…
November 20th – man-made moon
Yesterday I learned about the word „Wüstung“ in an exhibition by Lois Weinberger. The english term „devastation“ sounds even more final to me. He said, nature is always in order; . I wonder if this…
a memory scan
Unless I find a way to merge myself into landscape or to declare my bruises and scratches that I collected while hiking to be artworks, I have to rely on digital scanning techniques. Eventually, everything…