Participatory project, 3 phases

- 30 mailings: Inkjet prints (5 x 5 to 10 x 15cm)

- 20 lambda-prints, dibond. Different dimensions (52 x 72cm to 100 x 142cm)

- 20 statements of the participants: Letters and printed e-mails inside a portfolio

I asked fifty men to send me a published image of a woman they found particularly attractive, beautiful, desirable or interesting.

Thirty men of ten different nationalities returned images from the Internet, press, cinema and television.

As a performer, I adapted to these preset female roles and hired a photographer.

Finally, I asked each participant to compare the reconstructed image with "his" original.

Many thanks to Axel Heise, who has photographed me.

Installation views: "Copycats," Künstlerhaus Dortmund, 2007