When too perfect, lieber Gott böse. (“When too perfect God gets mad.”) [Nam June Paik]
In this body of work self-made 3d figures from clay are being used as models in 2d lens-based still images; this process has parallels to painting.
How many criteria of a 3d tangible object or situation must be represented in a lens-based depiction of it so despite the abstraction (colour, scale, 3d to 2d) it will be readable to a human being?
How do we visually perceive a 3d tangible object? Looking at a tangible figure, are we actually able to see it in 3d or do our brains perceive a 2d image? Vice versa, when looking at a painted or photographed figure, does our brain translate it into a 3d image?
This work also questions the topic ‘ownership of art’. What is the substance of visual art? Its tangible material or the information obtainable by looking at it?
Is it necessary or even possible to physically and legally own art, and if so: which part of it do we own and how does this manifest itself?
Do we need to possess the actual work and if so, how often do we need to view it, or do we actually no longer need to view it at all, after we bought it, or is it stolen if someone else sees it?
Do we own art by looking at it, or by remembering what we can of it after having looked at it?
Do we only own what we remember?
ホテル Hotel – Chiaki holding a snake 4 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Chiaki holding a snake 4” (2016
ホテル Hotel – riding the donkey 1 (2018)
Josiane Keller “riding the donkey 1” (2018)
ホテル Hotel – Edie in the door frame 2 (2017)
Josiane Keller “Edie in the door frame 2” (2017)
ホテル Hotel – Edie’s back (2017)
Josiane Keller “Edie’s back” (2018)
ホテル Hotel – ChoCho’s birthday picnic – Larry and Molly (2016)
Josiane Keller “ChoCho’s birthday picnic – Larry and Molly” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Alice in the hotel bed with lights from the window (2016)
Josiane Keller “Alice in the hotel bed with lights from the window” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – lieber Gott böse (2016)
Josiane Keller “lieber Gott böse” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Jan philosophizing (2016)
Josiane Keller “Jan philosophizing” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – contact sheet Fabienne (2016)
Josiane Keller “contact sheet Fabienne” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Edie 6 (2017)
Josiane Keller “Edie 6” (2017)
ホテル Hotel – Chiaki outside (2016)
Josiane Keller “Chiaki outside” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – riding a donkey (2018)
Josiane Keller “riding a donkey” (2018)
ホテル Hotel – Billy picking up his hat 3 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Billy picking up his hat 3” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Starfish and Chiaki leaving the clinic (2016)
Josiane Keller “Starfish and Chiaki leaving the clinic” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Chiaki after the abortion (2016)
Josiane Keller “Chiaki after the abortion” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Laila and her dad 4 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Laila and her dad 4” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – ChoCho’s foot on the toilet (2016)
Josiane Keller “ChoCho’s foot on the toilet” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Molly and Starfish by the gas stop at night 8 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Molly and Starfish by the gas stop at night 8” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – $1 Larry on Sunset 4 (2017)
Josiane Keller “$1 Larry on Sunset 4” (2017)
ホテル Hotel – Larry smoking 4 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Larry smoking 4” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Edie showering (2017)
Josiane Keller “Edie showering” (2017)
ホテル Hotel – Chiaki (2016)
Josiane Keller “Chiaki” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Edie in the breakfast room (2017)
Josiane Keller “Edie in the breakfast room” (2017)
ホテル Hotel – dad’s back (2016)
Josiane Keller “dad’s back” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Billy’s binge 28 – fly on the toilet (2016)
Josiane Keller “Billy’s binge 28 – fly on the toilet” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Larry’s shiny butt (2016)
Josiane Keller “Larry’s shiny butt” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – ChoCho’s butterfly tattoo (2017)
Josiane Keller “ChoCho’s butterfly tattoo” (2017)
ホテル Hotel – Billy in the casket 81 – Laila walking off 3 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Billy in the casket 81 – Laila walking off 3” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Molly and Starfish 57 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Molly and Starfish 57” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Larry smoking 3 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Larry smoking 3” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Starfish’s shoes 2 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Starfish’s shoes 2” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Laila with Alexander (2016)
Josiane Keller “Laila with Alexander” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – “Edie by a wall with right arm behind her head” (2017)
Josiane Keller “Edie by a wall with right arm behind her head” (2017)
ホテル Hotel – Chiaki and Starfish making out (2016)
Josiane Keller “Chiaki and Starfish making out” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Vincent on the junkyard (2017)
Josiane Keller “Vincent on the junkyard” (2017)
ホテル Hotel – Billy in the hospital bed 32 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Billy in the hospital bed 32” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – Viola on the beach 4 (2016)
Josiane Keller “Viola on the beach 4” (2016)
ホテル Hotel – glorious ChoCho (2016)
Josiane Keller “glorious ChoCho” (2016)