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(Ticking of clocks)

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(Sounds of music box)

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It appeals very much[br]to the dream world, to recollection.

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And it could also somehow[br]stimulate the imagination --

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in a very powerful way.

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And I in reality, it is perhaps[br]a desire to create pictures --

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about stillness and presence.

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(Sounds of )

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The miniature is the refuge of the great.

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The quality of miniatures[br]or small things is in reality,

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the concentration of information.

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The sharper the diamond is ground[br]the more beautiful the gem looks

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and it is in the fact the processing[br]of three-dimensional forms

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that increases their value

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There is a figure so small

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that he can split a dust particle[br]with his forehead

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and step through it with his whole body.

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So, that's pretty small right?

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(Sounds of music box)

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In a way the artist works with remnants,[br]society's remnants

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this is always the area with potential

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I am a thing finder and its so extreme[br]that every time I ...

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Some shoes are so badly made[br]that they lose their labels.

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A kind of red thing under the shoe,[br]in the sole

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I have been finding them for ten years.[br]Each time, I pick up one like that.

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Because I use the as stairs.

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When I have enough, I use them as steps.

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So suddenly the world is incredibly large[br]with regard to materials.

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It's all about ideas.

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The premise right from the start has been

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to collect items from the world around[br]that are already manufactured.

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And take them and put them[br]into my own contexts

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and use them on the miniature level.

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It "mimes" something else,[br]that you don't see at first,

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but which has it's origin[br]in a completely different function.

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But this kind of disappears. [br]It is dissolved.

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And of course there are also things[br]that already have an age --

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a certain ambiance that matches[br]this poetic universe,

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because I aim to generate images

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that may encourage you[br]to linger a while in them

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and materials that have a certain age[br]radiate a restraint --

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and a value that I feel is poetic.

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(Sounds of music box)

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We are very stimulated.

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I think we're living in what's called[br]"the great social epoch".

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We exchange a lot.

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The downside is perhaps[br]that things don't have time to mature.

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We are very quick to take action[br]in all kinds of context.

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But art is a space reserved[br]for a certain spontaneity.

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A place where you don't have answers[br]and don't need to produce.

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You go back to just being.

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As they say, we are[br]"human doings" or "human beings"

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I feel attracted to the idea[br]of just being allowed to be.

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I am interested in presence.

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And that is perhaps found more[br]in stillness and reflection.

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One can speak of ...[br]without sounding pathetic --

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there is actually something called[br]"the artist's great loneliness".

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(Ticking of clocks)

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And it suits me just fine,

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that this place here dilapidated and worn.

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It seems so much more relaxed to me,

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this is definitely my oasis.

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(Ticking of clocks)