"see u in heaven" 46 drawings in memory of Christoph de Temple by jtwine

Details from the roof top installation "JT Sysiphos goes to heaven" at Bush/Leavenworth in San Francisco in collaboration with Silvia Nonnenmacher. The weird thing about this piece was that we installed it the day Christoph died, without knowing about his death. The news came a day later like a shock and we decided to rename the piece to "see u in heaven" (unvollendete Weissausmischung) and dedicated it to Christoph de Temple. We were very close in our twenties, went to the Roedel art school in Mannheim and shared in the late 80's an art studio in the Gerichtsstrasse in Berlin, Germany. We did a lot of crazy stuff together.

The piece consisted originally of 40 sheets of letter-size paper. After the sheets were layed out on the roof I drew on them recollected memory fragments and expanded the series to 46 sheets.

The following are selected images from the "see u in heaven" drawing series in memory of Christoph de Temple by Jurgen Trautwein.

Christoph de Temple Fliegerbild

Fliegerbild by Christoph de Temple acrylic on canvas, 200 x 80 cm, 2006

This painting reminded me of the Hagakure, the way of the Samurai.

The way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance. To say that dying without reaching one's aim is to die a dog's death is the frivolous way of sophisticates. When pressed with the choice of life and death, it is not necessary to gain one's aim...

excerpt from the Hagakure, the book of the samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo