Posted on September 25, 2024 
by arslohgo
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“SEAshepherd” is not just an empty, discarded whisky bottle floating in the water. Even without content, it represents a clear message through its name alone. “SEAshepherd” is an international organization dedicated to the protection and conservation of the world’s oceans and marine life.
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 of the picture (the sea) 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] Additionally it is the title of the work that reveals a background and thematic association of the image.
[D] And in the one or other case it is just a modified photograph.