Premiered in Paris, Jörg Sasse‘s ‚Speicher‘ is a
collection of images, which initially stays hidden.
The block, which contains 512 ‚Sketches‘, is both a
storage space (reservoir, attic) and a collection. Its
title also alludes to computer memory, in which a
multitude of information is stored. The images in the
„Speicher“ are a combination of Sasse‘s own
images and found amateur photographs. All of them
have been reworked on the computer and classified
under subject areas, so-called ‚categories‘. The 54
categories, varying from „abstract,“ to „head dress“
to „winter,“ can be accessed by the viewer via the
category-cards placed by the wall. From each of
those categories, the viewer can, by means of the
supervisory staff, realize an installation, which
emerges from a multitude of possible combinations.
So, for example, if one selects the category
„demarcation,“ alpha-numeric titles can be found
on the appropriate cards. From these titles, one
card in particular can be determined as the
beginning of a row of 9 or 6 photographs. The
image with that title will then be removed from the
„Speicher.“ Before it is installed at a user-defined
place on the wall, the user chooses the title for an
appropriate image to attach to it. The titles for all
„acceptable“ images, can be found on the back of
the image and are again sorted into categories.
Thus, image after image, an installation with diverse
combinations evolves, according to the structure of
a (analogue) relational database, whose
correlations are the outcome of the ratings of all the
artist‘s ‚Sketches‘ contained in the ‚Speicher.‘ All of
these ratings, thus relations, are compiled in a
book, which can be reviewed by the visitors. „=5“
marks the best possible combination of images, and
„=1“ the worst.

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