The illustration deals with the inhuman situation in the refugee camps. Especially now, during the Corona Pandemic, but also in general, Europe has a human duty to provide decent and safe shelter for people from war zones fleeing from terror and war. The illustration takes a clear position for an open and tolerant Europe, without borders!

2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. To this day, the Holocaust in Romania has hardly been dealt with, although the Romanian state was responsible for the murder of more than 300,000 Jews, according to the Wiesel Foundation.Under dictator Ceaușescu, Bucharest was literally erasing its own past, demolishing one-third of the historic area.The Great ‘Polish’ Synagogue was spared, but it was imprisoned by socialist housing blocks erected all around. Withdrawn from the cityscape, it still holds the unresolved remnants of the past. Inside we learn about the Jewish genocide during WWII, a dark chapter that has not yet come to light in the public debate.

In our present situation, we are more aware of this than ever. We reflect on what is essential and find the time to reflect and take care of each other. COEXIST stands for free personal developement, religious freedom, tolerance and understanding. The implementation was done analogously with ink and should reflect the togetherness in our beautiful contrasting and diverse environment.

i took this picture in march 2020 in the peruian jungle. two monkeys of different species playing and hugging eachother. Just a simple thing, but in Corona times an image full of longings to be back where the primates are in this picture.

There’s no existence itself, it’s always about coexistence or no-existence.
Everyone have to choice.

Life as we know it is fragile – our coexistence is fragile. Let us keep an eye on it and protect it, before it´s broken forever.

With my work I would like to address a very important point in the issue of coexistence. Empathy.
If people were willing to sometimes just listen sincerely or just be there for someone, we would gain so much more. And it takes so little to show empathy. Watch. Listen. Appreciate it. Show your own feelings and communicate them. I think empathy is the secret key to coexistence. To me, coexistence is opening your umbrella to someone and walking a path together.

Coexistence
The art of living together in harmony.
We are different but equal.
We need to learn looking beyond skin colour,
religion and personal backgrounds,
we are actually more alike than we are different
there is so much more that unites us
than divides us.
We are all striving for happiness and peace
like all human beings.

A focus on the notion of being given the opportunity to reset our thinking. By taking a step back, putting aside our different beliefs, we can form a unified outlook and help each other push forward to create a better place for everyone to live.

Extract from a photo series, showing the area around Munich central station, where many different cultures come together.
The sign of the hotel shows a fusion of Goethe’s name and the star and crescent of Turkey’s flag.

In order to coexist, rule no.1 could be to switch perspectives. Never mind heritage, sex, politics or religion; if one is able to put themselves in the shoes of others and see the situation from their point of view, a more open dialogue about differences in opinion could be established. As simple as it sounds, this switching of perspectives is currently lacking in our society, where unfortunately the strength of belief in an opinion is often directly related to how well thought out that opinion is. Switching perspectives does not immediately solve any of the larger-than-life issues our society is facing but it could level the playing field, allowing for a more open and honnest debate.

Life Diagrams:
A little – mostly analogue – experiment to digest and mock the days. A process dictated by the medium. Using analog architecture tools and templates from the 80s, Letraset sticker sheets and Letraset transfer sheets.

Life Diagrams:
A little – mostly analogue – experiment to digest and mock the days. A process dictated by the medium. Using analog architecture tools and templates from the 80s, Letraset sticker sheets and Letraset transfer sheets.

Life Diagrams:
A little – mostly analogue – experiment to digest and mock our days. A process dictated by the medium. Using analog architecture tools and templates from the 80s, Letraset sticker sheets and Letraset transfer sheets.

groups of spheres that are separated but still in touch – coexistence metaphor

We might be just like tiny people living in the small world. Let’s open our hearts and understand well each other. We could share the smiles for our future bright life.

Turning towards instead of away from each other.

Life is the coexistence of all opposite values. Joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, up and down, hot and cold, here and there, light and darkness, birth and death. All experience is by contrast, and one would be meaningless without the other. (Deepak Chopra)