I am strongly fascinated by puppet theatre because I grew up with my parents’ marionette theatre. My work is therefore mainly based on storytelling and creating new worlds you can immerse yourself. Drawn figures or clay sculptures are more or …
My work is based on an intense observation of space and flatness. To accent this, I construct the scene in a way that it looks like a “strange” place. It’s a practice, that overdraws and modifies the real space, but …
Let it swing and swagFebruary 21, 8 pm a screening in Berlin: oqbo | raum für bild wort tonBrunnenstr. 63 | 13355 Berlinoqbophone: 0157 / 75 36 63 52
Presenting my drawings in a book gives me the possibility to reach more people with my work, it got a democratic aspect. Anybody who likes that stuff can easily buy such a book. One can take the whole project home …
In the movie the ants represent lines and dots of a drawing. In my drawings they are present through my following their traces with the pen. In a single shot of 29 minutes (full length original) the movie shows the …
During my studies at the UdK I was totally into drawing, trying to expand the limits of the medium. I was very much interested in finding out more about the process of drawing and ways to capture and depict it, …
In the digital age, I continue to draw with crow quill and ink because I crave, like a vampire, the direct kinesthetic contact provided by hand, paper and pen. I could live in my own drawings; they are tidier than …
I use watercolors in these animations because the transparent and fluid qualities of the marks remind me of movement. The cutout puppets are a lot like paper dolls and I think this reference to children’s toys with all their innocence …
The drawings mirror the imperfection of the characters that I portray, the same physical and mental improvisations. For this reason my drawings sometimes are funny and dark at the same time, I’m like a television transmitter.I utilize a style that …
As a printmaker, drypoint is my favorite medium. I have studied printmaking since 1993. I have had numerous shows with lots of prints and drawings, including from traditional prints to life size installations using cutout prints, artist books, and even …