Anne Hölck & Gian Manuel Rau

"stamps for postcards I never sent to people I know"

"stamps from postcards sent by people I do not know"

ANNE HÖLCK and GIAN MANUEL RAU sent me two postcards in 1 envelope. Concept art with stamps. Anne and Gian Manuel frequently work together on various theater-productions in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. Anne is a stage- and costume designer and a curator for (often) animal-related art and text. She initiated the art project we,animals. Gian Manuel is a director, performance artist and photographer. Both of them live around the corner and we run into each other quite often, luckily. Anne and I know each other for ages, since our early days in Berlin - and I am very happy about this fact.

"In a world without melancholy the nightingales would start belching"

 (quotation of the romanian philosopher Emil Cioran)

Ralf Käselau

A postcard from RALF KÄSELAU, sent from Berlin Germany. Ralf is a scenographer and costume designer. He studied stage design at the HdK Berlin with Prof. Achim Freyer. Afterwards he assisted at Schaubühne Berlin. He worked for several theaters in Germany and in Switzerland, such as Schauspiel Frankfurt, Nationaltheater Weimar, Staatsoper Berlin, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Theater Basel and many more.  One of Ralf's the latest productions was Claude Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélilsade" at Theater Heidelberg, a collaboration with the director Lorenzi Fioroni.

Ralf and I met through our friend Moritz Nitsche during the time at art school in the 90s. Ever since we are close friends and we share many mutual memories and experiences. Above all we pretty much agree about our taste in music.

Moritz Nitsche

A postcard from MORITZ NITSCHE, sent form Berlin, Germany. Moritz was born and raised in East-Berlin. He is one of the first friends I made when I moved to Berlin in 1991. We met at a drawing group in East Berlin. At the time Moritz was still attending grammar school and I tried to find out in which direction my life would take.

Now,  Moritz works for the theater as a stage designer and is father of two daughters. His work led him to various cities in Germany and abroad. Besides of the theater work, Moritz is also a visual artist with a very subtle oeuvre of drawings, etchings and prints. For those who read German, HERE you can read an enthusiastic laudatio on Moritz, held by his former Professor an Mentor, Achim Freyer. I totally agree with him. This is what Moritz writes on the postcard: "Dear Anke, I think of you in Nebraska City. Because I can think of you in Nebraska City life -  for example - is "the good life". And because I am looking forward to see you again, soon - this is also part of the good life. Yours, Moritz"