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The work Hokuspokus was developed in 2005 during the first of two Semesters as an exchange student at Statens Kunstakademi (SKA) Oslo / Norway, which was at that time situated in some undergoing process of reorganisation. In april 2005 the longtime dean of SKA, Michael O'Donnell, was detached by the new dean of the also newly founded department for Visual Arts, StŒle Stenslie. Michael O'Donnell, British artist, has become some sort of symbol for the academy and has exerted major influence on the school during the last years. Thus he established that mostly all courses or seminars, even students presentations, were presented in English. Furthermore he was well-known for his rude British humour.

In may 2005 i have built a door, shrunk to 60 percent of the size of the original size into the entrance to his office. The idea was to prepare an exact copy of the entry but scaled down in every detail. Thus i made sure to concentrate on details, for example by making the room number smaller or to move the light switch inside the office appropriate to the new door frame. It occured to me to let the work appear from one day to another, shrunk overnight. Therefor i began the installation during some free days around 17th of may, the Norwegian national day. Thus most of the students, staff of the academy and even Michael O'Donnell first noticed the change on 18th of may.
Title: Hokuspokus
Year: 2005, Meas.: approx. 250 x 250 x 150 cm
Installation. Mixed media.