In spring 2003, I was invited to install a carpet in the media lounge for the Jena film festival ‘unter der Teppichkante’. A 150 square metre shop was rented in the city’s largest shopping centre. This space was to be used as a general meeting point for guests, producers and filmmakers.

In addition to the information stand, there were opportunities to eat and drink, and parties were organised in the evenings. I planned a 100 square metre carpet in the middle of the room. I ordered the basic colours of the carpet – grey, green and beige – in advance from a DIY store in Jena. In the following weeks, I drew up a ‘drawing catalogue’ for the ‘media carpet’.

Shapes and form contexts were collected associatively in relation to the theme. Eyes, switches, brains, projection surfaces, cables, televisions, pistols, hands, light bulbs, lamps, screens, colour bars, etc. Using the drawing catalogue, I cut the shapes out of various carpet materials. Larger arrangements of signs, as well as isolated signs (e.g. eyes, crosses…) were prepared for later ‘transplantation’.

Finally, five days before the opening, I travelled to Jena with around 80 image clusters and shapes. With the help of three assistants, the individual parts were inserted into the ‘basic carpet’ (inlay work) and glued to the back.