新樂園藝術空間

The show consists of three parts, they are woven into each other and elucidate different

aspects of one common theme. These three parts represent spheres like the world of

plants, the world of animals and the world of men.

The FLOWERS:

Artificial flowers amidst living green grass. The flowers are colorless, their black and

White appearance let us assume a rather abstract expression of life. They look fragile,

they are fragile. Pick a flower in reality and it will die sooner or later.

The CICADA:

Respectively the wing of a cicada. Out of its usual context and grown to this above the

Average size it evokes the idea of freedom and sublimity. The lines are clear, softly

Swung and the wing in its entirely is strong as well as fragile.

Back to earth, on the ground the viewer discovers a huge shadow out of broken glass

which abruptly let him about the beauty and certainly of the wing.

The BUILDING:

The black and white photos are from a huge abandoned industrial complex in  

Darmstadt/Germany. It is an old repair hall for trains with a lot of land around it. You

are not aloud to step in, but some people do. I took the photos in summer 2002. When I

firs entered the main hall and steeped in to some smaller rooms on the second floor

which might have been offices before, I discovered the presence of a person. Obviously

of a homeless tramp. He was not there at this moment, but some of the subjects in the

room where telling their own story. A sleeping big, some cooking pots, a mirror, a

clock. He found a place to stay and arranged it for his needs. Even if only for a short

period of time. It is said that by the end of the year all buildings will be torn down,

maybe they are not existing any more at this moment. At this place decay was all around

me, but especially the situation of the homeless person reminded me of the unsteadiness

of my own existence.

The resume the sights and connect the different objects of the show there are linking

aspects such as the black and appearance: The objects turned pale, the color disappeared

and made place for a strong black and white contrast. A contrast, a dualism, an

abstraction which again is expressed by contrary pairs like: life-death, man-wife;

young-old, beginning-end...These ideas cannot be separated, one implies the other. The

other linking theme is “time”. Every part of the show deals with it, focused always

on its different implications. It is about duration, alteration and life cycles. About

transitoriness and the fragility of the moment.