“Kijk alleen, maak er geen gebruik van (locked out)”— “Locked out” symbolizes the lack of access to the finer things in life—access that is denied to many people in our societies because they are poor and dependent on government assistance. At the same time, this “being locked out” also means being “locked in”—trapped in their poverty, lacking the freedom to participate. They are left to “appropriate” the good things in life through the media and literally “enjoy” a pseudo-freedom.
[A] The combination of several visual objects against a themed background 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.