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Josiane Keller

Objects created based on direct investigation of nature without secondary knowledge (i.e. photos, memorized information) as much as possible; likewise, they are meant to be viewed (and touched) on a 1:1 basis as opposed to through photographic reproductions, outside of a virtual universe, and without preconceived information. The recreation of items from nature in close cross-reference to their originals leads to the questions: - Why exists among all animals only with humans the urge to artificially recreate his surrounding from alternative materials? - What is the purpose of creating a deceptively realistic replica of an object /creature out of nature, in particular, if it is seemingly insignificant and common (e.g. a stone) when one could use the original as it already exists, and what is the difference between both? - When using organic material i.e. clay, re-staging natural e.g. geological processes through pressing and firing, where is the cut-off line when a man-made piece of art can be clearly distinguished from an object that occurred during a certain stage within a process in nature?
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