TOPOPHILIA

  

Topophilia is a series of 58 pieces (collages on paper 50/44 cm) created in spring 2020 on the theme of «felicitous space « (lespace heureux). The term was borrowed from the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) found in his wonderful book The Poetics of Space.

 

58 pictures from several family photo albums form the basis of the illustration work. These albums are those of Irène and Pierre, those of their parents and their children. The photos were taken at the end of the 19th until the middle of the 20th century.

 

The caracters captured and the space surrounding them cannot be dissociated, detached or separated from each other. The space here is linked to intimate moments, shared moments or moments of solitude. It has been lived in, far, very far from the Euclidean space, from that of the geometer: measured, reflected!

 

These 60 « pages « are a certain way of seeing space, space lived in the moment, here and now! They are also a tribute to Gaston Bachelard, to Irène and Pierre.

 

Hamburg, spring 2020

 

 

Topophilia (From Greek topos "place" and -philia, "love of") is a strong sense of place, which often becomes mixed with the sense of cultural identity among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place.

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KOREA MON AMOUR - 1 BIS 15 - MAI 2019

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JAPAN MON AMOUR - 1 BIS 18 - JANUAR 2019

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TOKYO MON AMOUR - 1 BIS 16 - JULI 2019

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HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR MAI 2019

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AVERARD HOTEL - 10 LANCASTER GATE - LONDON - 22.10.2016 - 9 PM - PHOTOS: ANNA STEMER

MUSIC: "EVEN NOW" - KEITH KENNIF

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...good night madam...

 

you are so wonderful

close your eyes

 

listen to the noise

 

hyde park birds

little owls and common blackbirds...

 

 

...foggy night

I'm so sorry madam

I'm so sorry

you are so wonderful

 

this door won't close properly

i mean, forgive me,I'm a little bit confused...

 

 

...please close your eyes now

it's nothing, nothing, go, sleep now

 

little owl?

 

 

...she's sleeping now sir, don't wake her up

she's fine

she's wonderful

she's so wonderful

 

...good night madam...

 

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AVERARD HOTEL - 10 LANCASTER GATE - LONDON - 22.10.2016 - 9 PM - PHOTOS: ANNA STEMER

MUSIC: "EVEN NOW" - KEITH KENNIF

 


lost places - places for living

au fil du fer

Dreidimensionale "Zeichnungen" aus Eisendraht.

coffee to go!

"garde-manger"

(Speisekammer)


01 - á table... oder - der gedeckte Tisch als Symbol für die Mitte des lebens.


"garde-manger": 02 - livre de cuisine


"garde-manger": 03 - aulx et fraises


"garde-manger": 04 - chou-fleur


"garde-manger": 05 - orangerie


"garde-manger": 06 - Rettich


"garde-manger": 07 - patates

Figure

Figuren aus Eisendraht und Klebebändern.

le theatre des abeilles

(das Bienentheater)

Holzrahmen aus der Imkerei und Papiertheaterbogen auf Karton