September 2024

"C-ling" is the fusion of a section of the sea with a 'ceiling', thus becoming a word of art. The photograph is of the sea at Callantsoog, North Holland, and the work is therefore part of the 'Playing around with Callantsoog waters' series. The SEA series explores the theme of "SEA" on three levels: visual, written, and sound. [A] The combination of the background of the picture (the sky) and another visual object may evoke an (English) term that is ambiguous in German and thus "calls up a second theme".  [B] In addition, this combination may result in a new subject or an invented...


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"SEAcow" or "Siren"—What you see is a land animal in/on the sea— actually a cow. What is meant is a sea creature—a siren, a creature whose closest living relative is the elephant.  The background is a slightly modified, freely available photograph, and the work is part of the 'Playing around with Callantsoog waters' series. The SEA series explores the theme of "SEA" on three levels: visual, written, and sound. The combination of the background of the picture (the sea) and another visual object may evoke an (English) term that is ambiguous in German and thus "calls...


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"SEA-E-O" shows a view of the sea and a person breaking the surface of the water. The only function of the person is to create a derivation to an abbreviation whose first letter is the same as the term 'sea (sˈiː)' and thus can form a new meaning context: C → (sˈiː) = chief E (ˈiː) = executive O (ˈə͡ʊ) = officer. The photograph is of the sea at Callantsoog, North Holland, and the work is therefore part of the 'Playing around with Callantsoog waters' series. The SEA series explores the theme of "SEA" on three levels: visual, written, and sound. [A] The combination...


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"3rd SEAson" or "Fall" appeared by chance, not to say out of nowhere. I spent some days in Callantsoog in September '24 and all the sudden the song line "We had joy, we had fun. We had seasons in the sun" (Terry Jacks) appeared in my head. September eqinox was coming up, and I had a picture title and a picture description. The background is a slightly modified, freely available photograph, and the work is part of the 'Playing around with Callantsoog waters' series. The SEA series explores the theme of "SEA" on three levels: visual, written, and sound. [A] The combination of the background...


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"The SEArch" shows a section of a rough sea. The title 'The SEA' is expanded by a magnifying glass, which enlarges the otherwise invisible combination of letters "RCH". The pronunciation of 'sea' changes, and the sea becomes a quest, a search for the unknown, adventure and risk, factors that constitute the fascination of the sea.If you delve even deeper into the language and look at the sequence of letters 'RCH', you end up with, among other things, the common abbreviation for residential care home. This opens up a thoroughly controversial idea in the word/image combination of rough...


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