Lanterns in the woods

‘Lanterns in the woods’ – another one in the series with things left behind. This was taken the same day and not far from the original Hungerwinter panorama called ‘Last Day of Winter’ here: https://jeromegoldnose.com/last-day-of-winter-first-wood-near-that-hill-exhibited-during-hungerwinter-romantique-as-part-of-48hnk-2022/

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Deep in the woods I found Nick Cave’s shrine

One of many photos taken on a winter day in 2021 having a very bad mood with bad weather and thick fog in Tegler Forst (Berlin). It was one of these days that helps one make the best works ever – and I have already printed a couple of pictures taken that day and sold them. 

Another print is here: https://jeromegoldnose.com/moare-framed-trees/

Transfer print on painted wood in frame made of pap-maché clay
Materials: 5mm multiplex, metalic paint, toner, paper pulp, glue, sawdust, chalk
Dimensions: 58x42cm

Flesh and flowers

#fifthworldgonewild – if this shocks you, you are not ready for diversity yet. What if the #aliens landed, what would you do? No way you see the difference if they are having sex or if they are eating – what do you know about them aliens, right? We are not ready for that, we are not ready for true diversity from out of space, because we are not ready for diversity here on earth. 

Transfer print on painted wood in frame made of pap-maché clay
Materials: 5mm multiplex, metalic paint, toner, paper pulp, glue, sawdust, chalk
Dimensions: 40x45cm

Railroad to Bralitz, part 2

There used to be a railroad going towards the parts of Poland that used to be German (former Eastern-Prussia?) and towards a village called Bralitz.

The second one which was most likely still active in the time the GDR still existed and was closed under capitalism.  This is what it looks like now – minus the small shed labeled F0 (toilet?). I planted that there from a photo I took at the Letschin Bahnhof Museum – as something that is left behind.

It is pretty wild there with  all that growth and near the small river there are a number of broken willow trees. This panorama was shot the second time I went there.

My main works are now focused around the idea of things that have been left behind. It kinda is like envisioning a world without humans. Under the growth there are lots of concrete bars – but the tracks have been taken. That is for the railroad towards Bralitz. The track going east had wooden bars, I know because one can find remnants of them. There are traces of us humans everywhere.

Transfer print on painted wood
Materials: MDF 5mm, metalic paint, toner
Dimensions: 30x44cm

Around the green waters

Panorama shot in Wuhlethal in Berlin – original photos for this panorama were shot with an Ixus. Those cameras are not not that bad, especially when you hack and upgrade them with CHDK.

Materials: wooden plate, paint, toner, rusty metal parts
Printing Technique: Transfer print / Digital Printmaking

‘Dukdalf’ or ‘Schorfheide in a future without humans’

‘Dukdalf’ or ‘Schorfheide in a future without humans’ – print on a painted surface, closeup and digital original. Photo’s made by yours truly. I just found out that the Dutch name ‘Dukdalf’ for a post for mooring boats actually came from the Spanish Duke the Alba (or Alfa in Dutch). We were at war with the Spanish for 80 years, starting int he 16th century. And it is a reference to him being a cruel tyrant and what the people in that day and age wanted to do with him…

Materials: wooden plate, paint, toner
Printing Technique: Transfer print / Digital Printmaking
Dimensions: 42x43cm

 

The book of Fukushima 1 and 2 – more to follow

I heard a story about Fukushima, that after the tsunami stones with inscriptions were found on the mountain side, warning the reader: Do not build below this line. Somehow people are not able to learn from past experiences or from tradition. There are so many people reading the bible – but despite all the warnings that rich people do not go to heaven (not just in the new testament) we still have very christian (in their own words) rich people who think that the world is just a commodity that serves their needs until there is no more world to conquer – because it is all burned to ashes.

And then they wept? Probably not.

There is this former evangelical who started to collect all the warnings about the anti-Christ and tried to find out how many were fitting for Trump. And the fun thing is that a lot of these warnings are regarding people who come to power because of manipulation and lies. And when they are in power the neglect their duties, as in: not taking care of those in need, not taking care of the children. Someone thought at some point that such instructions had to be put in a document like that. If only it worked the last so many times.

Anyway, since modern times ask for modern solutions, I thought it would be a good idea to work on a new bible book called the book of Fukushima. I have here two illustrations as a starter. Maybe it will result in another set of warnings that can then be ignored.

 

The hills have eyes sometimes?

There is a hidden world out here, near the swamp, in the hills – there is water flowing everywhere, collecting in pools and mud, in small ponds and small streams in hidden valleys that are hard to find. It used to be that the people living here burned down bushes as soon as they became too thick, blocking the roads between houses and villages and between farms and fields. This is not done here anymore because it is forbidden. This used to be East Germany and before that it was part of another story with lots of violence and war. Some want that what was before to come back. I think the eyes in these trees do not want that, they would not like that at all. They want their own space, outside of it all, in peace, to be who they want to be.

Last Day of Winter / First Wood / Near that Hill – exhibited during Hungerwinter/Romantique as part of #48HNK 2022

These are 4 large sized artworks (almost A0) and are all hand made prints/transfers made from digital files. The technique is similar to what is done with photocopies or laser prints with lithography but not the same.

My theme was Hungerwinter / Romantique – here is more info on the story behind the works and how it fitted in the main theme for #48HNK2022.

I was very satisfied with the result and the reactions of the public. For now this is the way I will print for some time to come. I will, however, try to find other ways to make handcrafted prints based on digital files. Maybe it is time for a manifesto.

Last Day of Winter

Materials: paint, black and white print, paint, 3mm MDF board with Fiber composite material ornament
Printing Technique: Transfer print / Digital Printmaking
Dimensions: 2 boards of 87x145cm

First Wood

Materials: paint, laser print paint, 3mm MDF board
Printing Technique: Transfer print / Digital Printmaking
Dimensions: 74x120cm

Near that Hill

Materials: paint, laser print paint, 3mm MDF board
Printing Technique: Transfer print / Digital Printmaking
Dimensions: 74x120cm

What I made for the ‘Lotto BrandenBurg Fotografie Preis 2022’

Materials: paint, laser prints (color / B&W), MDF
Printing Technique: Transfer print / Digital Printmaking
Dimensions: up to 33x45cm

Application text:

The theme that unites all my works is time. I use my own digital photos to create images that are usually part of larger artworks. What you see here are just the prints, made the way I am now doing more and more: transfer printing on painted surfaces and then disguise them as artifacts weathered by time. For me the printing process I use now with digital images, is as important as creating a print from a negative like I used to do in a darkroom.

The works I create that way are fake, they are forgeries of artworks that have never existed. Or maybe they will, one day, in the future.

To the rest of the text I send with the images…

PERMEABLE PLACE–FAIR TRANSITIONS – pop-up exhibition East Side Gallery Berlin August 12-15 2021

    • Foto: Regina Kelaita

    I made an installation as part of an exhibition commemorating it was 60 years since the day East German authorities started building the Berlin Wall.

    As a reaction to the open call by Art Up, Fair Kiez and  the East Side Gallery, my installation was Commemoration table from the future – with a story.

    Here is my project proposal: English – Deutsch. Here is the text written in the year 2289 as it was published on the installation: English – Deutsch

    Materials: Old wood, metal, rusty screws and other metal parts, fiber composite material for ornaments and relic shrines, various prints in Photolux Professional Matte 230, board, paint, black and white prints, alubond, suitcase, jerrycans, dried flowers, LED lamps, magnifying glasses, silicone
    Dimensions: 200x250x90cm

    Hungerwinter 1 – start of a new series

    It is a bit dark, but I like it. There is also a beta version. I started photographing for the series somewhere last winter – among other things inspired by stories about certain parts of Belgium and France still being off limits since WWI (the so called ‘Great war’) due to the poison in the earth. 

    We do not see that many broken trees in landscapes – or at least in the Netherlands I have hardly ever seen them. It is in the long list of things that are hidden from our view because of civilization? Just like sick people – and epidemics and death and other nasty stuff.

    Today on reddit there was a story from a doctor who told about his experience with two different patients for whom there were no more options – and apparently that used to be very rare until Covid came along.

    These and other things are an inspiration here. More will follow. Not sure where it goes – I got a whole lot of pictures of trees without leaves.

    Materials: paint, black and white print, paint, 10mm MDF board in Frame made from Fiber Composite Material
    Printing Technique: Transfer print / Digital Printmaking
    Dimensions: 65x50cm