Video 4:33 ; painting – oil and acrylics on canvas, 30 x
20 cm
Filmed at Berkeley Fire trail, CA USA, 2011
The
incredible position of the City of San Francisco in the bay, situated on the
hills that end on the sea shore – all that made me wonder, how this area could
look like before the city was build. The relatively short life of american cities
makes it somehow touchable – the original face of the area could be still felt.
The unspoiled native land. Now – in the name of the nature I erased the city in
the painting by the act of re-painting, leaving just the natural shape of the
bay and the mountains. As the nature reclaiming back its property. The name,
evoking the miracles done by magicians refers to the endless possibilities of
painting media.