schlafende Zweifel, bronze, various sizes (around 32x5x5 cm)
cinnamon

the silent glow of absence
hanging between the walls like dust
it tastes like sweat on bare skin
rustling wings
before you get up
peel your head out
take a sip of the new air
a tremor only
slowly moving up my neck
c’était un au revoir

c‘était un au revoir (extract)
super 8 camera mounted on racing bike
driving through the dawn in vienna, last day of august, 2024
dedicated to Claude Lelouche, 1972

lost dedication




lost dedication I & II
cotton threads, steel
12x22x4 cm
this work was lost in unknown circumstances in 2024
le corps absent

..denn was jedes Mal zurück bleibt, ist die Hülle. Die zerbrechliche Hülle dessen was gewesen ist, und die matt durchscheinende Haut dessen, was noch im Begriff ist zu werden.


apesanteur
cotton thread, steel, peeled off photo emulsion, 25x7x7 cm
body volume

video performance
interaction with own body volume as steel cuboid, HD, mute, 11’26
still on display until september 15th at Parallel Vienna, Otto Wagner Areal, 1140, Vienna.



hineinschlüpfen. den eigenen Körper überstülpen, hineinschälen in das eigene Volumen, sich darin auflösen. hängen bleiben. für einen Moment gefangen sein. im selbst. sich winden. sich bewegen. bewegen lassen von dem Körper. spüren. nachgeben. ausfüllen. verlassen. Volumen tragen. Masse werden. kristallisieren. getragen werden.
nicht aus seiner Haut können.
CHRYSALIDES

chrysalides, 2024, skin prints in gelatine, silver wire, steel, chiffon, dental floss




Meine Hände wie vertrocknete Lilien
Staubend knacken sie,
Als ich versuche deine Bilder aufzuheben
Ineinander zu schieben
Bröseln auseinander
Stück um Stück
Kein Mensch – nur das Rauschen
Wickle mich ein in alle Haare, die ich finden kann
Vergesse langsam wie es in dir war
Wie Narkose im Schlaf.


feelers

In modern society, human beings do not live according to the rhythm of natural organisms, but by controlling that dynamic in order to be more efficient and productive.
We have somehow lost touch with nature. We no longer adapt our activities to natural light and avoid being exposed to natural forces such as wind, water and soil. At the same time, there is an intensive use of natural areas in agriculture and construction.
Feelers questions the tension between domination and adaptation through a video performance in both intact and cultivated nature. The human agent becomes an undefined being, a lost organism in natural space, trying to reconnect with its surroundings. Moving with body attachments made of flexible material alters his interaction with the actual space. Although the thin wooden strips, cut from a massive oak beam, might be reminiscent of Rebecca Horn’s body extensions, they are not only used as performative objects or body sculptures here.
Rather than being used as a mere prop, the flexible yet stable material is used to visualise the effects of pressure and resistance, showing the quality of connection with the surrounding environment. This changes the perception of the human body itself and its relationship to natural space.
At times, the extensions appear like self-acting insect feelers which switch roles with the body by turning it into a passive agent, solely able to react. At other times they seem like extensions of the body’s sensory organs, antennas that absorb vibrations and sensitize to the conditions of the environment.








une touche de lumière

2023, diapositives, sound, baryta prints
two unclothed bodies are in a dark room. they move towards each other. at the point where they happen to meet, one person holds a sheet film between their skin. the other person switches the room light on for a very short moment. they repeat and switch positions several times. none of them can neither see anything nor know where they will touch each other next time.
the developed sheet films are copied into diapositive slides which are projected in the same rythm. they show abstract, black and white images. sometimes one can recognise some hair or the edges of skin pores. when the bodies met the film, they protected it so that the light could not touch its surface. the traces of this accidental contact shows an abstract form: the shape of a touch, where two bodies protect it from light.

be fruitful and multiply – video
be fruitful and multiply, 2024, 4K Video, stereo sound, 6’42
manipulation of 1000 poplar seeds, replaced them with a tiny silver gelatin print