Posted on September 18, 2024 
by arslohgo
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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 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 word through an equally pronounced but differently spelled word combination, as well as through a differently pronounced but equally spelled word.
[C] Sometimes it is the title of the work that reveals the background and thematic association of the image.
[D] And in the one or other case it is just a modified photograph.