Posted on October 3, 2024 
by arslohgo
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When the nocturnal background for ‘SEAshell’ was finished, I had scenes from ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ (Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks) in mind. So the work became the prequel to ‘Seattle’. Even though “SEAttle” is more than 100 miles away from the Pacific Ocean, I associate the city with the sea. Perhaps it is due to the interconnected waterways of Puget Sound that separate Seattle from the open ocean.
The background is a combination of a true and a slightly modified, freely available photograph, and the work is part of the ‘Playing around with Callantsoog skies and waters’ series. The combined SKY and SEA series explores the theme of “SKY” and “SEA” on three levels: visual, written, and sound.
[A] The combination of the background of the picture (sky and 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] 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.