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aura / ashes
"(...) Because life is likewise a flowing process, change and death are its necessary parts.
To work for their exclusion is to work against life." ( Alan W. Watts — The Wisdom of Insecurity )
concept:
the aura works are consecutive drawings,
concept:
the aura works are consecutive drawings,
which i offer immediately after creating in my bigcartel store for original artwork.
the space is limited to 12.
the space is limited to 12.
but the drawing process does not stop. when the subsequent drawing is finished,
a previous artwork will be burned – or a collector has created space.
if not, a small coffin with the ashes, and an unique item of memory will be soon available in my etsy store,
which has unlimited space.
aura/ashes is a reflexion about being, space, time and memory.
aura/ashes is a reflexion about being, space, time and memory.
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these small drawings on paper mean the world to me.
accompanying my aura/ashes project i wrote a short essay in 2 parts -
1. aura — about the term introduced by Walter Benjamin
2. me looking at Janssen — some reflexion on my experience with the phenomenon
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