Planetary Portraits

are paintings of a moment in time. Your moment in time. A moment in history. Maybe they are a score for life, a pattern, a body full of potential.

A planetary portrait is a portrait of the sky, visible and invisible from a specific place on earth, at a particular time. It is a chart in the language of Astrology, a constellation. It is a score for the following moments, a stage of stages to develop. It could portray the chart of the foundation of a state, the Federal Republic of Germany for example. It could be the event of an important discovery, like when a planet such as Neptune was found in Berlin. It could be the beginning of a new chapter in life, the moment you started an apprenticeship or a child was born.

The Planetary Portrait shown on the opening page is the chart of the artist Nancy Holt. Holt gifted the world with many beautiful earth works, her Sun Tunnels being a large scale invitation into the exploration of star constellations on earth. Her chart is full of fiery sun, earthy lushesness and fierce competence to bring something into being.

Images from left to right:

Pre-organization for a portrait of the moment of the opening of the exhibition “Das Gesicht des Wanderers” @HfBK Dresden

The chart of the moment I began FERMATE my Wanderschaft as an apprentice of the earth.

The chart of the moment the planet Neptune was found for the first time in Berlin.

The Portrait of the opening of the exhibition “Das Gesicht des Wanderers” @Hfbk Dresden in progress.