In the midst of agony over recent wars, rising nationalism and growing polarization, I raised a white flag
in the neighboring cornfield, as a private alarm performance. I was expressing the need for overcoming
black and white thinking, simplistic opinions and to surrender to a Don’t know– position. A longing for a new beginning, starting from bearing witness. After the first time I raised a white flag in many places and
different occasions: on dead trees and in dying forests, at a massive garbage dump, historic war sites, Iwitnessedthe drought in Southern Europe, climate change, the loss of tradition and simple life…
I dragged the white flag from the mud and washed it in a lake.
The White Flag Notes photo series turned into a means to research what it means to be human today.
White Flag Notes Nr.1 was a chosen as a finalist artwork for Arte Laguna Prize 2024 in Venice, Italy and was exhibited in Arsenale Nord.
