How do you describe your own art practice?
I have a hard time cleaning up. A certain sloppy combination of materials might be urgently needed later. I document every state of the space before rearranging. My interest lies in the professional quality of these provisional gestures.
Point the way
2020
steel, wood
15x287x10 cm
photo: Peter Mochi
courtesy Wonnerth Dejaco and the artist
Which question or theme is central in your work?
What distinguishes a sculpture from an (un)intentional combination of material? I would like to suggest, as a precondition for a sculpture, that it could be used as a drum kit for an industrial band – that is, with opportunities to decay (with some pathos). And at the same time, it should exude a certain serenity – as if from a stagnant body of water.
Ginster
2021
installation view
Photo: Stiege 13, Vienna
What was your first experience with art?
A colleague copied a mistake I had made. The stains of liquid glue on black paper (instead of the heads of the ravens) opened up a new order.
Drivewayloops II
2019
steel, steinless steel, paint
200 x 25 x25 cm
photo: Maximilian Anelli-Monti
What is your greatest source of inspiration?
Swimming in chlorinated pools and washing my car on Sundays.
Lampe
2020
steel, pil. pigment
200x30x15 cm
photo: Flavio Palasciano
What do you need in order to create your work?
An empty cup of tea and about 500 Euros.
Beach Road Scissors #2
2021
rubber, paint
165 x 109 x104
photo: Peter Mochi
courtesy Wonnerth Dejaco and the artist
What work or artist has most recently surprised you?
I’m in constant dialogue with colleagues of mine like Karoline Dausien, Kerstin von Gabain, Helmut Heiss, Liesl Raff – I know their work pretty well but the progress surprises me all the time.
Sea like a mirror
2021
Hot-dip galvanized sheet metal, water, pigments, cutting liquid
250 x 125 x 15 cm
photo: Peter Mochi
courtesy the artist and Haus Wien 2021
