Exposition au Grand Théatre d'Angers - France, 2010

Pictures

General topic

A footprint reveals every person’s individuality. We are walking through

life, leaving traces, footprints. They are proof of our existence, of moving

through time and space. These footprints are witnesses of my journeys

and stays. They are halts between two time zones, memory aids in the

labyrinth of our odyssey. We leave traces in the sand, on the floor, in

hearts. We are moving on life’s path, alone or with some company.

Our feet carry us anywhere, they are our contact to earth, to physical

reality, and their fading footprints remind us of our own impermanence.

Friends

This project was realized with friends from several parts of the Earth,

who did not only cross my path. They have left their footprints on me,

they have enriched my life, have given me warmness, have inspired,

encouraged and supported me. My life’s path led me from Germany to

France and to Mali’s desert, among other places. I met friends there,

French musicians and artists, Saharan Tuaregs, Navajos living in the

Arizona desert, and I also came to know their children. All of them left

their traces on or rather in me. I overcame thousands of miles to find

them again.

The path

This project also explores the metaphor of paths. The fact of leaving

and coming back takes us to an individual trip which leads to crossing

others’ paths. Sometimes, these encounters last for just some moments,

are only transitions, but sometimes they make us forget our impermanence

and open us up to that feeling of infinity. However, the journey is going on,

inevitably, pushing us forward, individually limited because everyone is on

his or her own personal path.

This project embraces 144 pictures.

Exhibition in Kunsthaus Raskolnikow in Dresden in 2009

and in Grand Théatre d’Angers in France in 2010 and in Galerie

Nachbarschaftshaus, Prinzenallee 58 in Berlin 2013

C´est le pied, mes amis!