Gestalt 1

A wall work begins with a three-dimensional scene. In it stand props, scans, models and textures from many years, in a fixed arrangement. This arrangement is the ensemble. The props reappear in other ensembles.

For a room, an image is rendered from the ensemble in the dimensions of the wall and mounted there. This image is the Gestalt of the ensemble in that room.

When the room changes, a new Gestalt arises from the same ensemble: the same props, newly arranged, in other proportions. The old wall stays where it is. For an exhibition, an ensemble can be given a Gestalt of its own while it remains on its wall.

Each Gestalt is entered in the ensemble’s register of works, with place, year and dimensions. The register records which Gestalt is current.