How do you describe your own art practice?
My work focuses on the following working methods: sculpture, photography, text and artist’s books. I am currently developing two works: a sculpture for public space that shows a purple-colored dialog between two hands – and a book that combines photography and text and deals with the unfinished, the unplanned and the embarrassing.
Which question or theme is central in your work?
I am interested in the searching human being and in the representation of fragility and instability that surrounds us, for example in the form of loose knots, sloping boards or falling bricks – to name concrete sculptural images. Similar images can also be found in my artist’s book Alright, it means something to me for instance, which has just been published by Verlag für Moderne Kunst Wien. In the texts, which also appear in the book, I talk about relationships, memories and the longing to hold on in a world that is constantly changing.
What was your first experience with art?
My parents wanted to bring me up in a classically educated middle-class way, so as a child I regularly went to the museum, theater or cinema. I also had to attend mass on Sundays for many years, during which I spent a long hour looking at the church’s paintings – I just didn’t know what to do instead. I was also pretty bored with school lessons, so right after class I would sit in front of the TV and watch MTV for hours, which was quite contemporary at that time.
What is your greatest source of inspiration?
One important source for me is the making process itself – as well as looking at other people’s works. What I also like: the chats on social platforms and the Google Image Search.
What do you need in order to create your work?
I need a space where I feel at home. In the studio, surrounded by my works and materials, in my apartment, surrounded by books. I also need a daily routine and, from time to time, a break to take a fresh look at the current work. Fortunately, a game of solitaire is sometimes enough to create this kind of distance.
What work or artist has most recently surprised you?
Lily van der Stokker.
