Jenseits vom inneren Schweinehund - Gesamtkunstwerk

Dimensions variable
Installation with multiple (series of) Works.

My pieces are props that eventually find their place in a complete installation or 'Gesamtkunstwerk'. Here is an example of one of my hypothetical theatre storages — an a-priori to the play. It is not an arbitrary composition; it demands serious aesthetic considerations, which are accompanied by humour. I describe it as shuffling cards or flower arranging, where all the pieces are mixed together.

This artificial or hypothetical storage frees each series from its original scenario. The story is already literally visible on the surface of the image; it would be a banal affair if the image were to stage its own theatre, its own scenario. Moreover, the work would enter into an incestuous relationship with itself. The depot creates a space for a magical movement, an opening that transcends the storyline and remains present at the same time.

The characters presented here are protagonists and archetypes from our cultural heritage or collective memory: Goethe’s Lotte, Don Quixote, Oskar Matzerath, the archetypes of the tarot. I often act like an iconoclast, transfiguring the icons — burning them at the stake and simultaneously paying tribute to them. Consider it a ‘crime passionnel’, in which I spin our entire culture through the merry-go-round.