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IMPACT – beyond the self-evident

2 September 2025 · Art in public space

IMPACT – beyond the self-evident

“Exactly the way it's supposed to look.” There I stood, physically and mentally tense from the past weeks, and heard this sentence. It sounded so self-evident. But the path to a work of art of this dimension lies beyond the …

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Our contribution to a better future

3 August 2021 · Commitment

Our contribution to a better future

“At every moment of our lives we are free to act towards the future we wish for.” Heinz von Foerster, Wissen und Gewissen The extent of the destruction after the heavy rain and floods in July 2021 here in Germany …

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Art is experience

24 April 2019 · Work and process

Art is experience

One of the most important sources of inspiration for my artistic work is the world of inner experience. The journey began many years ago with my psychology studies and a semester focusing on “Psychology, Cosmology and Consciousness” …

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You won't be able to resist

30 March 2018 · Work and process

You won't be able to resist

Anyone with even a spark of curiosity has to reach out, touch the massive steel elements and marvel. Once you have started, you can't stop. How lightly they swing! How they sway or oscillate, how they tip forward and back …

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Figure and space in dialogue

31 October 2017 · Work and process

Figure and space in dialogue

“You have created something eternal.” A few days after the 7th Artists' Fair of the Association of Visual Artists in Stuttgart I found this comment in my mailbox. The visitor was referring to my new work “Take a journey out of yourself and into yourself” …

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A temporary studio in India

27 February 2017 · Studio

A temporary studio in India

New Year's Day, 10 in the morning. While many people in Heidelberg are still sleeping in, I am on my way to Frankfurt. My destination: Bengaluru in the south of India, formerly Bangalore, with 8.4 million inhabitants India's third-largest city. My return flight …

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