Gipfeltreffen

It was in the summer of 2011 when we last hugged. That was one day before you strungeled yourself in your old flat. You used the door between kitchen and hallway to hang youself.
As I write this, I wonder if there was a bar installed there that served you. I have already gone ahead… were your last words, you left to me and others. We will meet again, I reply. I do not have your permission to write this here. Forgive me. I know you would love me going into the mountains and climibing like a capricorn. I remember you were very fond of those kind of wild things. So that will be what I do now. I go into the complexity of layers. The one that exists alongside simplicity. Some people have more load to carry than others, while others have more strength. Some carry their loads on very easy terrain, while others have to cross steep mountains and muddy waters.

Gipfeltreffen is a project I worked on from 2018 to 2023. It now continues in a different form within me and in my engagement with life. What stories make a person who they are? Which past narratives feed into our present and future? How can we find a good balance for ourselves in all this interconnectedness?