Umgekehrte Szenen
Eine Reihe von Zeichnungen über die Vorteile des Tragens von reflektierender Kleidung im Alltag.
Tuschezeichnungen schwarz auf weiß, abfotografiert und am Computer ins Negativ gedreht.
UV Pigmentdruck auf Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308g, 2008
je 30 x 40 cm
Auf Bilder klicken für höhere Auflösung.
Eine Reihe von Zeichnungen über die Vorteile des Tragens von reflektierender Kleidung im Alltag.
Tuschezeichnungen schwarz auf weiß, abfotografiert und am Computer ins Negativ gedreht.
UV Pigmentdruck auf Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308g, 2008
je 30 x 40 cm
Auf Bilder klicken für höhere Auflösung.
Inverted Scenes
A series of artist's impressions illustrating the benefits of using reflective wear in daily life.
Black ink on white paper, scanned and inverted in Photoshop.
A series of artist's impressions illustrating the benefits of using reflective wear in daily life.
Black ink on white paper, scanned and inverted in Photoshop.
UV pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308g, 2008, 30 x 40 cm ea
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Futuristic Proposal
My guess for the future: If anything promises to make you feel safer, you are sooner or later going to use it. High-visibility clothing will become even more ubiquitous. The current obsession with security is not likely to be reversed anytime soon.
Attached some simulation drawings to illustrate the effect of full-body retro-reflective clothing as seen in a car's headlights, or as photographed with a flash.
I love seeing that hi-vis stuff, but I think, if it comes true, this predicted change in fashion will have some side effects. The adaptation of construction workers' protective wear by cyclists and joggers is a constant reminder of the wearers’ concern to retain their physical integrity, and of the perceived threat that it might be violently altered. I’ve taken to never cycling without a hi-visibility vest. Perversely, the result is that I don’t feel safer, but less safe. Hi-visibility wear screams ‘Here I am, leave me alone’. The more visible the less approachable I become.
My guess for the future: If anything promises to make you feel safer, you are sooner or later going to use it. High-visibility clothing will become even more ubiquitous. The current obsession with security is not likely to be reversed anytime soon.
Attached some simulation drawings to illustrate the effect of full-body retro-reflective clothing as seen in a car's headlights, or as photographed with a flash.
I love seeing that hi-vis stuff, but I think, if it comes true, this predicted change in fashion will have some side effects. The adaptation of construction workers' protective wear by cyclists and joggers is a constant reminder of the wearers’ concern to retain their physical integrity, and of the perceived threat that it might be violently altered. I’ve taken to never cycling without a hi-visibility vest. Perversely, the result is that I don’t feel safer, but less safe. Hi-visibility wear screams ‘Here I am, leave me alone’. The more visible the less approachable I become.
