View from my kitchen window: Sky at sunrise in February, one of various variants of “Behind the Curtain.” A characteristic of these variants are the recurring electricity pylons (in varying numbers), which—like the trees, when visible—stand for life energy in a figurative sense.

Images evoke images. The morning look out of the window into the silence of the morning, into the stillness of the red morning sky, brings back memories. It is amazing what kind of memories they can be. On this morning, it is a scene from one of the relaxation areas at the Tate Modern in London. During one of my many visits to the Tate Modern, I photographed visitors sitting at a long table in front of a glass front, looking out at the opposite side of the River Thames. An excerpt from this rest area now appears schematically in the field of view before the eye of the viewer.

The photograph is of the early morning sky over Bochum, and the work is therefore part of the ‘Playing around with skies’ series. The SKY series explores the theme of “SKY” on three levels: visual, written, and sound.