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Issue 01/2025 “Why?”

The deciding factor for the next book was a movie this time. I was very impressed by the film from TV2 Denmark entitled “How ‘the others’ become ‘us’”. It shows how prejudices can be broken down and new communities formed.

In the film, different groups were formed according to prejudices. People were assigned separate spaces. People demarcated themselves according to their ideas. A speaker then asked people to answer his questions honestly. The first question was who used to be the class clown at school. People came out of various boxes and slowly and unsteadily entered the stage. Without realizing it at first, they formed a new group just by asking the question. This change was repeated with every new question.

I found this experience so exciting that I had the idea of using these unifying experiences in other areas as well. I spontaneously thought of the countless wounded, survivors, orphans and widows who always see the other side as the guilty party in the wars on both sides. If it were possible to organize such encounters, how many positive things could come out of them.

Despite the divisiveness, the power of suffering could be transformed into hope. The question arises as to what unites us in suffering, why war, why not the work of love.

Let us now surprise you.

 As always, you can read more about the new artist's book in the free magazine “Buchkunstwelten” (free download).

 “It's war again” 

The planning for my artist's book began in the middle or end of January 2024. When a book like this is planned, chance, which is a decisive value in a work like this, becomes apparent again and again during the design process. It is a development that cannot be predicted, but I still plan the book intensively. The title “It's war again” sounds like a casual, bored mention. It's this powerlessness, this paralysis, but also this fear that resonates - it could happen to any of us.

Artists' books are like deep dreams. You can immerse yourself in them and discover new worlds for yourself. Artists' books broaden your own horizons when you create and read them. They open our eyes to new spaces that lie dormant within us, spaces that we have not yet touched.

As always, you can read more about the new artist's book in the free magazine “Buchkunstwelten” (free download).

"10th International Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius 2024".

The "10th International Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius 2024" under the direction of Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas, Lithuania, is one of the world's most important projects in the field of contemporary artists' books. I am therefore delighted that my work "TO BE" has been selected by the international jury for this exhibition. I was already able to take part in the "2nd International Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius 2000" with a work in 2000.

The "10th International Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius 2024" will take place from:

March 21-24, 2024 at the Leipzig Book Fair IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Germany.

From March 27 to April 13, 2024 in Venice, Italy, SG Gallery, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica.

From May 24 to July 1, the artists' books will be exhibited at the Museum of Applied Arts and Design in Vilnius, Lithuania.

On May 25, the "International Artist's Book Conference Vilnius" will take place at the Museum of Applied Arts and Design in Vilnius, Lithuania.

In August 2024, the artists' books will be presented to the public at the Plunge City Library, Lithuania.

From 25.10.-01.12.2024 the exhibition will be shown at the Art and Museum Library of the City of Cologne, Germany.

In spring 2025, the exhibition will travel to The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, USA.

Also in spring 2025, a presentation will take place at the Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, US.