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Jochen Dehn
Jochen Dehn, La différence entre un voyage et une maladie, Goethe-Institut, 2010
© Le Printemps de Septembre, à Toulouse
photo : Adrien Duquesnel
Jochen Dehn, Gott ist Nivea, 2005.
Courtoisie de l’artiste
Jochen Dehn also exhibits at the Goethe Institut with Sandy Amerio and the Jacobins Convent. He is also participating in the exhibition Parc Municipal.
Originally I wanted to talk about the 1950s, the historical moments when a lot of things were changing, but I was too afraid, so I changed my mind and brought a partner instead of talking about it. It's good to be accompanied.
Be calm. Be careful. Move slowly. One thing at a time.
There is a difference between night and day. What is a visit in the daytime, becomes an assault in the evening.
Today I will show what it is like to be at home. It is related to the difference between a journey and an illness.
I start now: control is good. Everything I control becomes a part of me.
As soon as there is order, there are limits, boundaries. The border is the place where you get hurt.
Protection, security and discipline are good.
Be calm, stay calm, everything is fine.
Wounds are fine, every wound is a contact with a boundary. It is through your wounds, that you recognise your contours.
I repeat: every wound changes your surface, every collision makes you grow.
There is no need to be afraid.
Everything is fine.
- Jochen Dehn