Jeremy Booth | workbook
To bring together a collection of objects that explores notions of cultural and historical value and use.
experiments with mask-making
J. W. v Goethe statuette. Purchased from the Weimar Tourist Information, Schillerstraße. Statuette is made of plastic and is of a generic nature.
mask development
examples of some of the initial 35 masks made, also experimenting with photographing the masks
document of a freshly set mask
installation tests
test on white wall
test in an empty room
M2 building during the Adieu Marie exhibition. I used this exhibition as an opportunity to test one of the masks.
The mask was titled Goethe Life 'n' Death Mask, 2012
Installation shot of the two rooms which the work bridged
Installation shot of the masks installed in the Bauhaus University library
workings, images and objects of interest
Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (Wanderer Above the Mist) by Caspar David Friedrich, 1818. This painting was included in a 1902 edition of The Sorrows of Young Werther as a lead into the second part of the book (Book 2) and has also been openly referred to and appropriated by a number of artists and causes.
experiments with scanning the masks