by Sequana Birkel | Feb 28, 2022
»And then when we leave someday, you’ll miss us, ‘cause We are aliens.« We are aliens – this phrase from Marteria’s song »Aliens«, if you just let it sink in for a moment, has the potential to constitute a whole philosophy, an attitude towards life, or...
by Sequana Birkel | Mar 30, 2021
DENKSTAHL’s work So What (orig. Na und) combines comedy, rebellion and tragedy in a cynical way. It is somewhat a tragic comedy; I dare say that this is an analogy to life. »It doesn’t matter«, »so what«, »nevermind«, »it is not important« – many arguments have...
by Sequana Birkel | Mar 2, 2021
A tweet; a twittering, a birdsong. As we understand it today, a tweet no longer has anything to do with nature or the innocent, beautiful sound of a bird. Rather, it is representative of the entire digital world; for the abysses, temptations, and purposes of social...
by Sequana Birkel | Sep 12, 2020
The DENKSTAHL artist AL challenges every single person to question their own values and motives, while addressing the extent and consequences of an egoistic and consumer-oriented way of being with unshakable vehemence. The name DENKSTAHL (thoughts of steel) says it...