Information about the work “The murdered”, 2023 - 2024

I have a deep love for nature and the forest. For me, trees are living beings like people.

But our forests are in great distress worldwide.

On the one hand due to dramatic climatic changes, on the other hand due to the wilful desecration of forests by short-sighted, greedy people.

During countless hikes in the forests of Europe, I realised the beauty and suffering of the trees in a way I had never experienced before.

I had the feeling of seeing something human in the trees, how they found support or death in the circle of their family.

The airplane's contrail in the photograph reminded me of the "Deutsche Bank" logo. While the logo embodies rising share prices and capitalism, the contrail sloping from left to right symbolizes the decline of nature.

Even if the newly planted young trees, which are protected from animals by white plastic, are more reminiscent of a military cemetery, it does give hope that new trees are being planted at all.

In my perception, the destruction of the forests is war against the trees. Therefore, I refer to the trees in my work as "murdered".

Note:

With the benefit of hindsight, I realize that this project was also a personal confrontation with death in general, as the series was created the year after the death of my beloved grandfather.