ART Habens
Monica Supé
Descartes declared that we exist because we can think . For him thinking but not experience via senses proved our existence . At his time people lost the geocentric model and looking through telescopes showed them that some things were different from what they had expected . Some centuries later the constructivist thinking assumed that we take part in our reality by creating it . What seems to be sure is that our perception is subjective and therefore the results of it are subjective , too . “ Reusenhäuser ” wants to show that there can be a difference between reality and personal perception . What is to be done then ? Probably we can only use the introspection to regulate our behaviour .
I can ’ t imagine creative process without direct experience . In the genesis of “ eine Schachtel voll Zeit ” the direct experience is integrated in a special way , because I didn ’ t really make some drawings from memory and after having some experience . When I decided to look into the mirror daily for one year and draw myself , I could only assume that it would be exhausting and it would have an affect on me in some way .
Afterwards the experience is inseparably combined with the relic of this process – the drawings . The experience and the time that have passed are existent inside of them . Today when I look at these drawings , I can remember the particular days and situations much closer than other days I keep in my memory . I think in the end the viewers combine that what they see with their own experiences .
I don ’ t want to teach anybody , I don ’ t feel like a master , because this would mean to have answers and solutions , but I want to raise themes . I am interested in subjects like space and time and we can experience these only by human perception . That implies that my basic issue is the human being , its doing and its behaviour . Primarily in my work I am trying to search for explanations , but I am only trying , not necessarily always finding
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