"The presented wheel at 'Faran' does indeed have movement but what is missing is adjacencies as reference for a passing movement. That a wheel appears as a moving one has to do with the position of the viewer and the positioning of the wheel in its environment. With a movement from for example right to left on the screen this case is presented more naturalistically. In regular daily life we perceive it like that, too, because for nobody is it possible to see the moving wheel with the movement from a fixed standpoint but for an attached camera. These were not my thoughts though that lead to 'Faran' (these are interesting aspects nevertheless). However another thought was decisive for me. With your mentioning of the fortune wheel you are not so wrong at all. Fortuna is the name given by the Romans for the goddess of fortune and destiny. One of her attributes is the wheel, the wheel of life, the myth of recurrence (in all representations it is always connected with the figure Fortuna). Why? Normally one moves things using a wheel. The wheel thus is agent. When one looks at the way a wheel works its meaning may become clearer. The outer border has the largest expansion (circumference) and turns the fastest, towards the middle of the wheel the turning movements seem to be much slower. A wheel has no beginning and no ending. Looking at the world from the centre of a wheel it rotates like a vortex and a constant coming and going.When looking at the middle of the wheel in its great ability of rotation one becomes drawn into it vortex-like. I find it very interesting when one thinks that a vehicle has either 2, 4 or more wheels that work on such a principle and help the driver to reach his aim in the distance. Actually a total ambivalence. The sign (the logo of the respective car brand; editor's note) in the middle (of a car wheel) sits just at this important spot in the middle  and in 'Faran' it is marked with the violet-red signet. The signet may be green as well - this is a question of decision. No signet is not an option because then the fetich would be gone. The work is manyfold and deals with several aspects. This is how it is with signs - they unfold several levels of meaning when looked at more closely..."

So, with this I would like to leave it. Dear guests, TRANSFER is a very complex work, which makes itself accessible for a large part only via the text. For some this is alienating. I would like to advice you therefor to come back and to read more within the exhibition. Or you look for an interesting spot or work and read the texts each 3-4 e-mails before and after. Of course you may also ask us questions tonight. Later on you may call us or send an e-mail. Thankyou very much for your attention and enjoy your reading. With this the exhibition is opened. Anke Binnewerg and Antje Seeger on February 5th 2009