One of the most important reasons why I make art is my need to communicate and the resulting exchange with other people. Especially with chronic illnesses like migraine, I repeatedly experience how difficult it is to make inner experiences visible or understandable. Art allows me to express things for which words are often insufficient: pain, sensory overload, loss of time, loss of control, withdrawal, or anger. At the same time, I also realize that my migraine is not the sam

My exhibition KOPFLANDSCHAFTEN (HEAD LANDSCAPES) ended a little over two weeks ago at the Pop-up Pavilion in Kiel. How does art influence our perception? This poster invited visitors to the exhibition KOPFLANDSCHAFTEN. (Photo: Andrea Geipel) Since then, I have consciously taken time – to recharge my batteries, to rest and to sort through all the impressions, encounters and experiences. For me, KOPFLANDSCHAFTEN was more than just an art exhibition. It was an experiment. The qu

Meine Migräne ist nicht Deine Migräne. Tatsächlich ist über die Zeit nicht mal meine Migräne meine Migräne. Wie kann dann meine Kunst ein umfassendes Bild von Migräne zeigen? Als Antwort auf diese Frage entstand während meiner Ausstellung das partizipative Kunstwerk „Lautstücke“.