Lichtmaschine
Choosing a fragment of life to use as an
“object of wisdom and desire”
to be transformed into art,
the performance artist acts
like a “LICHTMASCHINE” (“light machine” = generator)
to create the sparks, energy, electricity – this requires
skill, experience and the utmost of concentration …
like compressing a piece of coal into a diamond …… to create art is like running an engine: air = inspiration,
Keike Twisselmann, Belfast, 2016
petrol =fragments of life/flux which are chosen by the artist
as “object of wisdom and desire” and the spark from the artist
as Lichtmaschine – the skill is to keep the right balance, keeping
the compression of the engine and tune it for performance (!).
