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Berlin - current residence of artist.
Chaos - opposite of control.
Chimney - frequent subject matter in artist's work. first as framed photographs; later built in brick.
Collaboration - attempt to make 1+1 = 3.
Control - opposite of chaos.
Hebdomeros - novel by Giorgio de Chirico (Paris 1929). preferred reading. only three place names mentioned in text: the Acropolis; the bridges over the Rhine in Basel; the German Consulate in Melbourne.
Photo-Mapping - (inv. 1998) recreation of a given image in photographs. method: 1. original image divided with grid; 2. corresponding pictures photographed for each field of the grid; 3. original image reconstituted. predefined limitations: place; time-span.
Psycho-Mapping - (inv. 1994) the act of bringing out chaos inherent in a map. method: hand-drawn copies of map accumulated one after another. predefined limitations: no overview during work-process; machine-like behavior; strive for perfect copies.
Sydney - arrival town of artist in Australia.
Taejon - city south of Seoul where Second Chimney was built in 1993.
TEST-paintings - (inv.1992) series of simultaneously non-figurative and realist (bloodstains) paintings. method: 1. red watercolor randomly splashed on paper; 2. splash with special qualities identified; 3. exacting copy of selected splash painted in oil on canvas or panel. predefined limitations: no cropping or editing; non-machine-like behavior during act of painting; the copy must exceed the original.
J.S., Melbourne, 10.4.98
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