I will be participating at the exhibition Plan B in Siegen, Germany. This will be a groups exhibition at the Städtische Galerie Haus Seel. The show is organized by the artist group ASK. The exhibition will be open from May 14th to June 7th. The opening is on Thursday the 14th of May at 19.00.
Last year I started a series of drawings related to drawings I made during a vacation with family members in 1984. I am glad my godparents kept the drawings of the Hansa Park. That’s an amusement park located in the north of Germany which we visited on our trip.
I don’t remember this trip at all, even though I was already 5 years old. Some years ago my family showed me photographs of the trip. They told me stories; Me always wanting to have a ride on a very fast merry-go-round, which made my mother almost throw up.
I realized while time is passing by I have incorporated their stories into my memory. I even caught myself telling someone the stories they told me in a way as if I was fully aware what happened back in 1984 on that trip. The photographs, and the stories I have been told make me believe this really happened.
I found this very fascinating, so in 2008 I traveled back to the amusement park to find some answers. The park was closed, but as it was very small, I got a very good impression from just walking around the fence. I made photographs. Back at home I again made a drawing related to what I saw.
In May I will be showing a selection of drawings at the Plan B exhibition in Siegen.
