Cassandra
2001 clairvoyance against the light
21 sheets with watermark-sentences
from Christa Wolf´s ‘Cassandra’
some with drawing inlays
for installations against light
as a tower or room
for a clairvoyant/seer
each one of a kind, 70 x 50 cm
2003 Library of the clairvoyant, twelve unique books,
self-made paper with inlays, drawing, watercolour, collage, handwriting
Envelopes made of waterjet drawings colored in red
The twelve books are dedicated to Christa Wolf's Kassandra,
30 x 21 cm each
2005 Colours I saw
"The light that I saw together with Aeneas as often as we could, the light of the hour, just before the sun goes down."
Twelve books, each one of a kind
Self-made paper with inlays, drawing
water colour, collage, manuscript
Envelopes made of red dyed water jet drawings.
The twelve books are dedicated to
Christa Wolf´s ‘Cassandra’
each 30 x 21 cm
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Hell sehen gegen Licht
With Christa Wolf’s permission I used sentences from her novel Cassandra for watermarked words for the installation 'Tower for a Clairvoyante'. Light inside the tower makes the words visible.
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Library of the clairvoyante
Christa Wolf´s novel ‘Cassandra’ only mentions the clay tablets of the scribes. I could not imagine that Priam´s clever daughter did not have a library. In the imaginary library of Cassandra I juxtapose texts written by self-confident women, from the Sumerian princess, En-hedu-anna, to Elfriede Jelinek, with sentences from Christa Wolf´s ‘Cassandra’.
1. Book: In the twilight
2. Book: Berlin goddess
3. Book: Glow head and dust trail
4. Book: Beyond the walls of the citadel
5. Book: On the thread of my life
6. Book: White Block
7. Book: Chaos
8. Book: Colours I saw
9. Book: A bright streak
10. Book: Mercilessly observed
11. Book: From tone to tone or note-birds
12. Book: Is time long or is it wide?
2017 Life and Death,
Red and Black
Cassandra as an archaeologist of memory: she observes the language/speech of her own people in Troy. They call Menelaos an enemy, not a guest any more. Manipulation of language leads to war.
‘Cassandra’ by Christa Wolf Eight
layers each with four sheets
of water colour, etching, watermark
and water jet puncture drawing
Papers hand- made, three variations
in German; the No. 4 is in English and
belongs to the Special Collections
of Vassar College, New York
Lefa cover with incised title
Coptic binding, 32 x 32 cm
