snippets from the world of André Werner
Die Sitte des Bilderfressens (The Custom Of Eating Pictures)
At the time of its creation, this video was foremost triggered by the rise of satellite television and the autopoietic multiplication of imagery through thousands of tv channels. Little did we know that this was just a foretaste of things to come. …continue reading
Images of Japanese Women transfered onto illustrations of the Jin Ping Mei (Kin Ping Meh). These small phototransfer/collages have been enlarged as cibachrome prints. All untitled, phototransfer/collage, ca. 11 x 15,2 cm | 4,3″ x … Continue reading “Japanese Beauties”
Superimposed Autograph Book Aphorisms These are pages from an autograph book (or friendship book) from 1926. This book consists of several handwritten aphorisms and well-wishes, dedicated to the unknown owner. The single pages are superimposed … Continue reading “From an Album of Aphorisms”
mixed media, collages on pages from a 19th Century book about the relations between men and women. Both Aug, 1990
untitled (couple), polaroid SX 70, ca. 1993, 10,7 cm × 8,8 cm | 4,2″ x 3,5″ (image 7,9 cm × 7,9 cm | 3,1″ x 3,1″)
untitled (two girls), polaroid SX 70 triptych, ca. 1991, 10,7 cm × 26,4 cm | 4,2″ x 10,5″ (image 7,9 cm × 7,9 cm | 3,1″ x 3,1″)
A kind of book adaptation.
It was by pure chance that I came across a book, titled Lasterstätten in Fern Ost (places of sin in Far East). Inside was an image of a Geisha sitting in a beautiful garden. …continue reading