Slide: Cloister
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The patterns on this scanned slide show a diagonal, geometric cross pattern embedded within the dynamic, rounded shapes of the projection slide. After so many years, I can no longer say which of Mr. Goecke’s organ pieces this slide was associated with. The piece performed on the church organ was about Jesus’s Way of the Cross—his journey carrying the cross on his shoulders.
Corona Cross Korea
Corona Kreuz Korea, Fotomontage eines Scans aus derFastenzeit mit einem Foto aus einer koreanischen Stadt in der Zeit der C-Krise, aufbereitet als Giclée-Print, alle Größen bis 60 cm x 84 cm DIN A1, Zülpich 2026
A small Korean town in the evening. Young people stand at the roadside and in the corners of the image, their faces covered. A typical scene from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia, combined with a projection slide from Lent. The shapes and colors complement each other as if they were made for one another.
At 20x magnification, we discover a corner of the fresh fruit market. In front of it stands a student with a typical shoulder bag, his face covered. He is presumably using his cell phone to stay in touch with friends.
At this magnification, so close to the individual, the cloister pattern is barely noticeable. On the fruit crates, there is a circular, light-colored spot caused by the mounted projection screen. The following detail—a roughly 10x magnification, meaning it is twice the size of the previous one—also shows several people crossing the street, their faces turned toward the viewer, and likewise wearing the
face masks. The superimposed scan of the “Kreuzgang” projection film is barely discernible in this detail as well. Like a light mist, it blends into the image, as if it were a natural part of it. Only when zooming out and viewing the entire image does it appear overwhelmingly dominant, and the real image recedes into the background.
The combination of scanned transparencies such as here or directly photographed projections on walls and objects—such as here — with the textures and patterns of other photographs opens up a new form of aesthetic interpretation of my work.
Slow down??
Südkoreanischer Straßenaufdruck, Detail aus der Fotomontage des Scans der Projektionsfolie Kreuzgang mit einem Foto einer südkoreanischen Innenstadt zur C-Krise
