I realize in-situ projects with a special intervention technique: vertical screen printing directly on walls and glass sections. There is something magical about screen printing directly on a wall or on glass. Nothing is more fleeting than that wafer-thin layer of ink on a window, nothing seems more eternal than the same motif incorporated into the wall as an ancient fresco. There is no intermediate layer, no distance. This immediacy links the work inextricably with the place and the specific moment. I work from start to finish on the spot, not in a workshop or studio, but in public. That too is very intense and has something magical about it. The world is already around me. And she also exists without me. She interacts with what I think. She doesn't need me. I have to assert myself. I have to find a necessity. That is the big challenge, every time.
Phase Transition
commission for a 'window printing' project for the expansion of the Pittsburgh Glass Center
Young growth
screen printing project on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the University
The Pulley
Wall printing project for the new project space ofwolkbank kunst+räume
Source material: coiled steel cable and a pulley
Screen printing on the walls, and on pieces of new and weathered pine wood
A pink is scarlet
wall printing project at the artist initiative and graphic workshop Artists Image Resource. context: specially developed project to celebrate 25 years of existence with a focus on hidden places and stories
Source material: (1) cardboard tubes with rolls of paper and other archival material, (2) part of the poem 'a long dress' by Gertrude Stein
New Arrivals Every Day
window printing project at the invitation of the new cultural platform 'Kulturfunken'. An initiative of the 'Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kulturtreibhaus' and the 'Possehl Stiftung' for art projects in times of the Corona lockdown.
Source material: (1) Etching by Jan Saenredam from the early 17th century with the title 'Stranded whale near Beverwijk', (2) Plastic baskets from the fish processing industry
Nature Morte
wall printing project in the presentation room of the artists' initiative 'Hinterhof 24'
context: research into new printing techniques with DIY inks made from plant material from the area surrounding the site. source material: old kitchen curtain, chestnut tree leaves, berries and flowers.
ONE OF A KIND
window printing project at l'Imprimerie graphic workshop and presentation room
01/02-2020, Montreal, Canada
context: realized in the context of a 12-month residency, with student projects, discussions, artist talks, workshops residency with student projects, talk and master classes
source material: wooden letterpress letter blocks, 'code of ethics for original printmaking' from Québec