Ideas and themes that interest me in painting: to create space that cannot be fathomed and never becomes active, spatial impressions without proper space, "clogging up space."
Harshness with pleasant colors, pseudo clearness/crystallinity, materiality, Sense of Place, Sense of moment, identities.
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My objects often are machines and instruments, which express themselves in different ways, sometimes starting from regular objects and concepts. Repetition and morphing form recurring factors. As an example, a radio sequencer:


  • Radios often use variable capacitors to the transmitter setting. The used FM radio kit from Franzis is an exception, because it uses a combination of coil and resistance. Resistors have the advantage that they can be easily automated.
    The Radio Sequencer switches through 8 frequencies with adjustable tempo. The three rhythmically occurring ingredients are silence, noise (relatively constant) and scraps of the broadcast (morphing), combining to create a John Cage-like performance.
  • ​​​The Radio Sequencer represents a digital-analog Cut Up method that uses our now almost obsolete information distribution machine, the radio, as a material and readymade. The rhythm envelops the material and restructures it indiscriminately.
    The result is a stream of unexpected combinations and phrases that often have a surprising amount of aesthetic charm.​​
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