Project statement:  As a former architect I constantly observe my built enviroment whereby I am not interested in judging aesthetical aspects. I like to think about what it reveals about its users, society  and the times we are living in. Everything is connected. I am fascinated in taking walks through the suburbs where I live and look at people`s homes. Many of these german houses I`m finding so peculiar!

They are not supposed to be just houses but they are puttung on an act. To me they seem like operetta sceneries. Its users must be living in their personal dream world which I`m clearly interpreting as their reaction to the rather confusing and threatening times we are living in. My only explanation: militant isolation from reality and the attempt of total control of their lives. As can be seen by the way they treat their gardens! Desire for safety of reality and of their enviroment.

It took me quite a time to find out how to show this in my pictures. How to make these houses look as crazy as I see them. By cutting them completely out of their surroundings they became independent flying objects. The ground has dissolved into soap - bubble coloured foam.

Despite these interventions I consider this series as documentary photos.