Statement

 

In my work I handle merely one genre: the still-life that resembles a landscape.

Almost daily I gather little objects from my environment, like small parts of packaging materials, tools or toys. In my studio I arrange them by colour and size. This collection is the source of my works. I design landscapes by arranging these small parts on several tables and photograph them from a low angle, using large or small, analogue or digital cameras. After that the photos are printed in large sizes. Some photos have become collages. The prints are cut in pieces and glued together again on board.

The used items are not recognizable any more and will be referred to in an associative manner. In the dreamlike surroundings the used objects have lost their original meanings. The context, light, forms and sizes in the landscape evoke feelings of deserted worlds, lost cultures and landscapes filled with ruins. A polishing brush becomes a fragile figure, a printing plate a fabric and the lid of the paint-pot a moon landscape. Some photos show just one single object, like a wad of paper or a bristle. They look like moving creatures, thanks to the extreme contrast between sharp and fuzzy elements.