TELEGRAFENBERG – part 2 (2022)
Telegrafenberg was originally a site-specific installation created for Localize Potsdam in 2022, centered on a photo release processes of 14 prints which form a single image. As visitors moved through the space, they were invited to participate in the labor of releasing image from paper.

Later, the work was re-interpreted for the exhibition “RE-” at SomoS Berlin (October 25-29, 2022), curated by Nicole Beck. The different sections were meticulously connected to form a single image, which was hung in the context of the various processes stages – from single image to maquette to paper scraps from the original installation.

Telegrafenberg – part 2 (2022)
Gel medium print (5.3m x 1.54m), toner powder, plastic tubing, artist tape, filament, adhesive,
paper scraps, framed print (40xm x 30m), two supporting images with magnets (each A4), collage on foam core with jumper wires (20cm x 67cm)
Installed at “RE-”, SomoS, Berlin,Germany, October 25-29


Process
It began with a map of a Telegraph network, and an image crept into my mind. I imagined a building in which the windows connected to each other like a switch-board or modular synthesizer. From then it became a collection of images, photographed with a smartphone around the former East Berlin: Alexanderplatz, Treptow, and Marzahn. I then printed each building and mounted it on kapa, fitting together a three-dimensional collage. After wiring the windows together, in line with the telegraph network – each window representing a different city – I photographed the piece with a large format camera. This image was then split into fourteen windows and then each window was broken down into smaller images (around eighty rectangles per window). In the two weeks leading up Localize Festival 2022 (July), artist and friend Anna Rezzolla helped cut and adhere the micro-pieces back together, to create the base for each window. Finally, I painted each of the fourteen pieces with multiple layers of the transfer gel and hung them up. Inside the office, a final image was visible. On the outside, the office was wrapped in paper.

During the span of three days, visitors were invited to wet the paper and rub it away, in order to reveal the translucent image. Together, we created a three-day long, collaborative performance, in which the complete image was slowly revealed. Anyone could also play with the internal blinds, band by that changing the experience of the piece and process. The office itself became an art office, with tools and supporting objects used throughout the process, including work overalls, scissors, misters, and a GDR radio.

Much of the paper removed has been collected in the hopes of making new paper from the remains.

For "RE-", the recovered photo-releases were connected to create a single, 5-meter long print. This work, along with remnant from the entire process were displayed as part of "RE-" at SomoS Berlin, curated by Nicole Beck.