„Palaeobionics“ is a made-up word from “Paleontology” and “Bionics” an ironic reference to the outdated design of electronic devices from 40 years ago, being a major part of the visual material and their partial “vivification”. It was in the early sixties when as a kid I was sitting in the attic of our small house, looking down into my dad’s electronic workshop, in order to wait for an opportunity in which I could explore the place without being disturbed. Half a decade after his death one of his books about transistor circuits fell into my hands and I started to remember the time vividly. A little later I began working at this drawing and after a couple of weeks it came to my mind, what I was really working at. So I took the book and checked the correct abbreviations stamped on the electronic elements and honoring my father I “built in” a working preamplifier circuit. In general, if it comes to images, I am only concerned about things functioning “visually”, no matter how dysfunctional the depicted things would be in reality. So the image got its title as usual in hindsight. In 2003 “Palaeobionics” won the competition „International Open Image“ in London, 662 contenders.