Thilo Heinzmann

at Bortolami (Frieze Art Fair New York 2012)

Untitled, 1999

We always try to measure ourselves. We want to put everything into numbers - how we perform at work, at home, at life. We draw a line and we are pressing ourselves to get to the finish. Then we draw another line and we force ourselves to jump over it.Slowly we transfer our existence into statistics producing machine.The problem is after drawing too many deadlines to cross we lost our way.

Rosy Keyser

Rosy Keyser at Peter Blum Gallery

Folk Conjugation, 2007

You know how you should proceed. You have a clear path ahead of you(the bright branches from the lower left corner to the upper right middle). You even have an alternative plan. It is more risky, but it looks more interesting (the bright branches from the lower right corner). You know that all. But strangely you are extremely attractive to an unknown way (the bright spots behind the branches in the lower left corner). You don't know how it is going to end. It is scary to go where nobody went before. But the unknown lures you in. The desire is so strong, you can't resist it.

Daniel, Hesidence

Daniel, Hesidence at D'Amelio Terras(Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Untitled ( 1 7 7 9 / Pedestrians )

The things are happening so fast in life, you don't see the details.It's one smooth purple blob. You know there is something else, something important, but you can't catch it. Sometimes you have to stop and to go around the thing in order to grasp what is going on. You go around and you return to the starting point and you observe the whole thing, and then you start to see details and parts and their relations among themselves(red lines and spots). This is what Pedestrians do. They don't just get from point A to point B. They observe, they consume the road, they live the way. The journey is the goal, not the means.