The cycle Maschinensturm (Machine Storm) shows monkeys in close association with machines—not as innocent creatures, but as mirrors of humans, who are themselves trapped in the technical apparatus. The depictions play with the dialectic of instinct and technology, nature and industry, humor and abyss.
The sheets are not illustrations, but allegories. They negotiate the question of whether humans control machines – or have long since been absorbed into them. As monkeys, our closest relatives, merge with the apparatus, a mirror image emerges: a caricature of humanity in the age of technology.
8 etchings on copper,
plate size 34 x 14 cm
Single print, max. edition of 18 copies.
Folder edition: 15 copies