The book MMXXIV Maja Rieder shows illustrations of the two new work blocks Otto è un numero pari and Synthesizer (both 2024). It also provides insights into design and sketch material that illustrate the artist's working process. The index at the back of the book provides information on the works of the last four years. The visual material is supplemented by two texts (German/English), an essay by Anita Haldemann, Director of the Kupferstichkabinett Basel, and a conversation between the artist and Linda Schädler, Head of the Graphics Collection at ETH Zurich. For me, the processual aspect is very important. As you say, I normally draw on the floor, working not just on one sheet, but on several sheets parallel. That means, I apply ‘a set’ of lines to a sheet, move to the next and work there, and so on, until I am back at the first sheet. In some works I then add a second level of lines – or whole colour fields. That is to say, I carry out several works at the same time. In that way, the different layers can dry. My actual aim is not to have thought everything through in advance or constructed it in detail. What I seek is the unintentional. So this swift process is very suitable for me. (From the conversation between Maja Rieder and Linda Schädler)weiterlesen