Dear Lucia,

I hope these lines find you well and with a clear and attentive mind.

Of course, developing the concept has taken more time than I initially expected.
That is why I would like to give you a brief insight into my creative process today – into the way I work, which is fundamentally important for the project THE RIVER.

I begin by drawing. I play through different possibilities. I design – often in minute detail – choreographed variations, always in search of that one point where the sculpture, the installation, begins to tell a coherent story.
Or rather: becomes an event that allows transformation.

I develop. I reduce. I search for the smallest common denominator – the seed, the essence.
Bringing the work THE RIVER to its very core.

These processes appear to me like an inner film.
I hear accompanying music, listen to words,  texts beside, moving images – then again, still lifes frozen in a moment.

In every second, in each of these moments, I can intervene.
Formulate questions. Find answers. Correct, change, rethink.

I follow thoughts. I pick them up, let them rest, take notes.
Side thoughts emerge. I explore them – without losing the thread.

And then there is the moment to recognize
The common denominator.
The seed in which everything is already contained.

 there is a new beginning – in a shifted direction.
The idea begins to grow anew.

New drawings emerge. New images, sculptures, installations – accompanied by film sequences, melodies, words, and reflections.
What was once radically reduced now grows into a new universe – emerging from the very same origin.

This is how coherent series of works come into being – analytically structured and at the same time passionately infused.
Transformations that remain fluid – while opening new spaces in which the overarching connection is always present.

These are works with a wide range of interpretability – yet they express clear positions, rooted in a humanist spirit.

Spontaneous snapshots. Moments that feel archaic.
And yet: consistently developed with care and precision.

I have described this process in a little more detail to make one thing clear:
My current proposal is an idea – a snapshot within the river.
It can evolve, shift, reshape itself – without losing impact or integrity.

This overall concept has been developed specifically for this exhibition.
The story of humankind – told through various transformations, chapters, and arrangements – brought to its essence in this form:
TIME – SPACE – EXISTENCE in its purest form.

hundrich 12/09/2025