What drives you?

Certain words persist. They recur in thought, in routines, in reactions, in private forms of orientation. Not as statements, but as compressed signals.

Antriebswesen (drive systems) consists of twelve square watercolor paintings, each structured around a single word. Rendered through hand-drawn pixel lettering, the works draw on early digital typography while remaining visibly manual in their construction. The grid functions less as a nostalgic reference than as a system of concentration and reduction.
Each image isolates a term, like Fokus, Bindung, Rage, Besitz, Atem. Detached from narrative context, the words begin to oscillate between language, surface and structure. Meaning becomes unstable: semantic content shifts into rhythm, repetition, density and color.
Rather than illustrating psychological states, the series observes how abstract terms acquire visual presence through repetition and formal constraint. Language is treated as material: fragmented, enlarged, slowed down.
The works continue earlier investigations into pixel structures and modular image systems, while shifting toward a quieter and more condensed visual register.

Hey pixels! It’s been a while truly. Fancy some throwback and indulge in the Mental codes or even earlier pixelism.