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KARL MONIES WAS INVITED TO ENGAGE WITH THE THEME OF FLORA – MONIES ACCEPTED THE INVITATION AND NAMED HIS SHOW DEATH IN GERMAN: T.O.T. OR AS IT READS WHEN SPELLED OUT: TEMPO OF TEXTURE. PROCESSED MENTALLY AND MECHANICALLY, DEVELOPED ANALOGUE, SCANNED DIGITALLY, PRINTED, AND THERMAL TRANSFERRED BY HAND ON CANVAS.

THE EXHIBITION OFFERS THE VIEWER A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE A SERIES OF COLLAGES ARRANGED IN A WAY THAT MIMICS THE REPETITION OF PATTERNS IN NATURE, HOWEVER CREATED BY THE ARTIST WITH AN AWARENESS OF THE UNPREDICTABILITY THAT LIES INHERENT IN ALL ORGANIC GROWTH. AN ATTEMPT TO GRASP DIFFERENT SPECIES MET BY CHANCE AND GATHERED IN NEW CONSTELLATIONS; FOLLOWING THE PARTLY RANDOM, PARTLY CONSCIOUS ALGORITHM OF MONIES’ MIND. A NEW ORDER OF BOTANICS REFLECTING THE DATABASE OF THE ARTIST’S MEETING WITH NATURE WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, TRAVELING THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT CONTINENTS. THE COLLAGES APPEARS CHAOTIC AND REFLECTS A CONTEMPORARY STATE OF MIND.