090622 Print

While being supported by the water we can chose to swim or let ourselves go, to drift on the current; fixed structures are left behind, the provisional, the light/lightweight and casual gain new significance; when material changes to energy. These thoughts are central to my work. They are reflected in my approach towards it as much as in its content and technical realisation. No matter if we think of energy in terms of temperature, time or substance, it can only exist in motion. Energy flows, spreads, streams, floats, trickles...but once it stops moving it stops existing. It is the challenge of recording notions of this process in a “still” image that I am interested in. As for the paintings the approach is quite subtle. Paint is applied in multiple layers. Similar to a palimpsest marks are added by overwriting existing layers - lower layers are not wiped out entirely but remain partially present. Coverings, corrections and even erasures stay just as visible as additions.