Sometimes It Hurts

The subject matter of the drawings is drawing per se: A systematic filling in the vertical line spacing of the lined notebook. The drawing grew chronologically starting from the upper left corner of the first page to the bottom right corner of the last page. A blue ballpoint pen and an office lined notebook were the drawing material. The drawing is completed by a video where hands are listing through the whole notebook form first page to the last one. The „Meaningfulness“of flipping through the notebook with identical pages is not dissimilar to the process of creating the drawing itself. The first drawing is created by systematically covering the vertical spacing between the pre-printed lines within sparing approx. 1 mm. There are approx. 200 drawn lines in one row, approx. 5 800 on one page and approx. 2 320 000 in the whole notebook. Around 200 hours of intensive work was needed to create the whole drawing. The second drawing is created by horizontal strokes crossing the space between the pre-printed lines of the notebook, if possible in the middle. The lines were drawn freehand. In fact there is only one line parted into 11 600 parts. One part of the line is 21 cm long, on one page there is approx. 6,09 m and 2,436 km in the whole notebook. Approx. 40 hours of intensive work was needed to create the whole drawing. The second drawing is created by horizontal strokes crossing the space between the pre-printed lines of the notebook, if possible in the middle. The lines were outlined by the ruler. In fact there is only one line parted into 11 600 parts. One part of the line is 21 cm long, on one page there is approx. 6,09 m and 2,436 km in the whole notebook. Approx. 40 hours of intensive work was needed to create the whole drawing.