Since it was the American Academy in Berlin where the basis paper drawing originated (as is true for a couple of my other works) the title obviously mirrors the location and not— as is often the case—the content of the event. Similar to “Amerikana” this image was also inverted after scanning and painterly dynamics is what matters most, but with entirely different means because of the fundamentally different character of the drawing. Instead—as is true for “Amerikana”—it breaks the line structures in order to open them for the “flow of color” so to speak, the integrity of the lines was preserved and their rhythmic quality was enhanced by layering, shifting the image on the next layers, thus creating a wave like repetition that bolsters the effect. For the same reason colors were not used as “over paint” but primarily filled in, thus retaining and not breaking the line structure. The imperfections of these computer-generated fillings were even consciously pushed and kept. But one should never forget, that if I talk of my conscious actions in the field of art, it does not mean having an “idea” a priori, then planning and executing it. “It” [the computer?] does my art and I am commenting in hindsight on its strategic maneuvers.