” … ‘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.
sink bath in the evening (2007)
Josiane Keller “sink bath in the evening” (2007)
garden in Tokiwa (2007)
Josiane Keller “garden in Tokiwa” (2007)
pinapple (2007)
Josiane Keller “pinapple” (2007)
pomegranate tree (2007)
Josiane Keller “pomegranate tree” (2007)
gyoza (2007)
Josiane Keller “gyoza” (2007)
o-bon dress (2007)
Josiane Keller “o-bon dress” (2007)
ceramic artist in her studio /Masako Miyabi (2007)
Josiane Keller “ceramic artist in her studio /Masako Miyabi” (2007)
ceramic studio /Masako Miyabi (2007)
Josiane Keller “ceramic studio (Masako Miyabi)” (2007)
sento 1 (2007)
Josiane Keller “sento” (2007)
sento 3 (2007)
Josiane Keller “sento 3” (2007)
Nihonga /Mrs. Kishimoto (2007)
Josiane Keller “Nihonga (Mrs. Kishimoto)” (2007)
Natural Cycle closing day (2007)
Josiane Keller “Natural Cycle closing day” (2007)
Natural Cycle closing day 2 (2007)
Josiane Keller “Natural Cycle closing day 2” (2007)
1st day (2007)
Josiane Keller “1st day” (2007)
first day 2 (2007)
Josiane Keller “first day 2” (2007)