” … ‘Exactly,’ all the noblemen agreed, though they could see nothing, for there was nothing to see. “
[Excerpt from “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen, 1837]
“Handabbeisser” (German for: “one who bites off hands“, from the term: ‘don’t bite the hand that feeds you‘) is a blog and functions as production diary, sketchbook/portfolio-notes, news page, with occasional interviews included.
It was started in 2012, originally to communicate with a group of homeless youth in Oregon during a collaborative long-term /long-distance interview /blind-photo project (“Each reflection of myself echoes a different emotion at me”).
It is deliberately written in casual language that every average person can understand and relate to, making an effort to avoid “art-lingo” that uses language as status symbol and to create diversion addressing intentionally exclusively a particularly educated audience or one that likes to appear as such. It has been since twice deleted for various reasons and occasionally restarted again.
ホテル Hotel – Vincent’s brown tweed suit (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Vincent’s shirt and orange tie (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Jan’s black turtle-neck (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Jan’s pants with black belt (2016)
Brief interlude – a fashion shoot with Agnes
And then there is work. Fashion shoot with Agnes, wearing a heavy black wig, very pale make-up with expressive eyes and a sati
ホテル Hotel – Jan’s Sunday shirt (2016)
ホテル Hotel – the Making of Chiaki and 蝶々ChoCho, compare with Jitka Cerhová
I thought to speed up the creation of the hotel figures I could make two or more at a time. I am not sure if my theory works o
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s MISTY’S black lace bra (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s MISTY’S sheer white panties with chartreuse ribbon (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s MISTY’S white silk slip (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s sports jacket with red leather purse – front (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s sports jacket with red leather purse – back (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s leopard-print mini dress with sheer black sides (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Laila’s lips, Jan Švankmajer on “Conspirators of Pleasure /Spiklenci slasti” (1996), liberation and Surrealism as the Romantic movement of the 20th century
Josiane Keller “Laila’s lips” (2016) Jan Švankmajer: “Conspirators [of Pleasures] is actually a fil
ホテル Hotel – Starfish’s second-hand tennis shoes (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Chiaki’s jacket /Victorian Expectations – front (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Chiaki’s jacket /Victorian Expectations – back (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Starfish’s rhinestone jacket /Victorian Expectations – front (2016)
Brief Interlude – Shagbunny: Ophelia-shot Vol.II with tulip tongue and worse things
Shagbunny photo shoot Volume II, (yep, the one with the tulip tongue): Josiane Keller “Shagbunny with flowers” (20
ホテル Hotel – Starfish’s rhinestone jacket /Victorian Expectations – back (2016)
ホテル Hotel – 20 Snap Shots Family Visit
Well, who would have thought… family visit: Vincent with Laila, Baby Alexander and Starfish on a Sunday afternoon: Josia
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s stage shoes (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s Japanese kimono with floral design (2016)
Brief Interlude – Shagbunny in yet another isolation cell and Ophelia-shot Vol.I with tulip tongue
Then there is Shagbunny (a new character on the Compagnie MaMa’s team, for our upcoming clip “Shagbunny and The Ar
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s red evening gown with obi sash (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Molly’s French coat (2016)
ホテル Hotel – making of Chiaki aka Chinese Malek
This is Chiaki in the making, nickname is Chinese Malek, but nobody remembers exactly how the name came about, because Chiaki
ホテル Hotel – ChoCho’s black mini cocktail dress with polka dots (2016)
Brief Interlude: Let’s Help Z’EV Through This
Let’s Help Z’EV Through This: Friends of the creative community, one of our own needs help. Z’EV , a gifted perc
ホテル Hotel – Laila’s mourning gown (2016)
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Brief Interlude – Simon in the fridge
Brief interlude. My cat lives in the fridge. (Not really, but if he had a choice, he might…): Josiane Keller “Simo
ホテル Hotel – Tant Loisi’s Viennese dress (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Billy’s Mama’s Nachthemd (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Billy’s pink gown (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Billy’s hospital gown (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Laila and Alexander II
Once more Laila, she got now undergarment, socks, a new scarf and a fringe. Oh, and a bracelet, but it doesn’t show on t
ホテル Hotel – Billy’s sweater and woolly hat (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Laila and Alexander
Laila is a rather colourful character; by now she has make-up and is being assembled, all clothes hand-sewn, which is insane