Crossbreeds - Imaginary Still Lifes, 2024

Whether photographic fragments of everyday objects or natural objects have been crossed, manipulated, altered, and unrealistically arranged in relation to each other, or whether the insertion of graphic patterns and image textures has further distorted and abstracted the scenes. Many of the works take advantage of the freedom offered by planar pictorial representation. These are image constructions that follow their own logic: pictorial composites that initially adhere to the optical rules of photography but then reject them, emphasising abstract two-dimensionality or transcending the real, physical laws of the depicted objects. 

The work is to be understood as an experimental pictorial project. It is based on the principle of digital collage, where the image and photo fragments are not only drawn from the artist’s personal archive but are also enriched with fictional, AI-generated elements. The main focus of this work lies in the playful exploration of the interplay between surface, form, and pictorial space, utilizing contemporary computer-based image processing techniques.

A selection of 25 printed works from the series was exhibited at the LOOP exhibition space in Zurich from late August to October 2024.