I worked with the glyph “&” a symbol of union and connection between two parts, designing a page with six differents “&” for remark the acceptance of the other people.

An experimental series of black and white collages, designed using everyday things and images we use or see. All three abstract collages aim to send a strong message about coexistence through an alternative way, representing feelings closely connected with poverty, climate change, wars, freedom, human rights, etc.

CO[llag]EXIST 3 is an experimental collage created out of abstract lines made out of black markers. All these lines, aim to represent the thoughts as well as the problems, each human has to think and face during his everyday life. In the end, this can be solved with coexistence and mutual support.

An experimental series of black and white collages, designed using everyday things and images we use or see. All three abstract collages aim to send a strong message about coexistence through an alternative way, representing feelings closely connected with poverty, climate change, wars, freedom, human rights, etc.

CO[llag]EXIST 2 is an experimental collage created out of images with sunflowers which symbolize adoration, loyalty, and longevity as well as black spray paint which aims to communicate the message that good is most of the times covered with the bad, something which has to be treated correctly through coexistence.

CO[llag]EXIST 1
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An experimental series of black and white collages, designed using everyday things and images we use or see. All three abstract collages aim to send a strong message about coexistence through an alternative way, representing feelings closely connected with poverty, climate change, wars, freedom, human rights, etc.

CO[llag]EXIST 1 is an experimental collage created out of old Greek newspapers with articles about violence. The various layers as well as the abstract textures offer an interesting dimension to the artwork. Coexistence is the key when it comes to deal with problems such as violence and wars.

Georges Floyd

We are living in a world full of contradictions and inequalities.
A world where the richest 1% own more than half of the world’s wealth, with the other half living on less than $5.50 a day; where every day 10,000 people die because they lack access to affordable healthcare and each year 100 million are forced into extreme poverty due to healthcare costs (OXFAM).
All these inequalities and contradictions undermine the fight against poverty, damaging our economies and societies. We need therefore to rethink our current economic model, in favor of a new humanism, promoting coexistence and equality between people, without distinctions.

Um mit der Isolation in Corona Zeiten klarzukommen, ist es ein guter Weg sich selbst zu Lieben. Durch die Übertreibung der verschlungenen Arme und das Insichgekehrte zeigt diese Figur dass sie Zufrieden in sich ruht.

Nothing lasts forever but wouldn’t it be nice to stay together…

can you see them?

To exist, although at the same time not to exist.
It is genetically impossible for hybrids to reproduce themselves.
They can perform the sexual act, even though the sexual urge is not strong.
Males are always infertile; occasionally fertile females occur.
Uncommon however not impossible, and with the duty to die in the end.

– In cooperation with The Natural History Museum of Denmark & Westphalian Museum of Natural History.

The “Allies & Champions” collection is for anyone who believes the fight for humanity, liberty and justice is mandatory. It is their proclamation. Join the movement.

Designing this collection I was inspired by Kimberly Williams Crenshaw’s theory of “intersectionality” where systems of oppression– such as racism, sexism, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia and belief-based bigotry– do not act independently of each other. Rather these forms of oppression interrelate creating a system that reflects the “intersection” of multiple forms of discrimination.

At first sight it is only a forest.

The trees grow together, they displace each other, struggle for light and yet keep a respectful distance.

The Hambach forest is also a scene of political events. Here the question is being fought over who will be allowed to grow in the future?

On closer inspection of the forest, the deeper one looks into it, the different positions of contemporary society become clearer, spread out and form an almost impenetrable network.

side by side,
separated by distance,
with face mask,
through plexiglass,
we coexist at the moment –
snapshots with Andrea Gassner, Marcel Bachmann and Christopher Walser – a a g

side by side,
separated by distance,
with face mask,
through plexiglass,
we coexist at the moment –
snapshots with Andrea Gassner, Marcel Bachmann and Christopher Walser – a a g

side by side,
separated by distance,
with face mask,
through plexiglass,
we coexist at the moment –
snapshots with Andrea Gassner, Marcel Bachmann and Christopher Walser – a a g

MADISON, GEORGIA, USA, 6/05/2018:
Owner of a Ford F150 resting by his car and by the door to his motel room.
(Photo by Piotr Malecki)

(Resubmitting same image resized to the specs)
Artist Katarzyna Lengren at home im Warsaw, 1996.
(Photo by Piotr Malecki)

We are at a turning point. For the first time in 75 years, there is once again the opportunity to start from scratch after the COVID-19 crisis and tackle the major problems: climate change, the environment, discrimination and poverty. It seems like math: what possibilities do you add, subtract, multiply or share with each other to achieve progress in this new society to be made?

Journalist Jerzy Kisielewski with his son, in the autumn mist by the Vistula river in Warsaw in 1997. Photo by Piotr Malecki

Basic shapes, all different but indespensable to form a holistic impression of a complex image. To make a society work and coexist, it is necessary to accept the personal differences and different opinions that make us unique and give more room for the thoughts of others in your own mind.