Caniscope CD and Vinyl published in 1963

published in 1963

At a time of surface swimmers immersed in the flow of images

creating heightened moments of absurdity amongst intimate portraits and observations of daily village life

one that sits within an uneasy political era pointing toward an uncertain future

these statues fragmented by history

Caniscope CD and Vinyl published in 1963Caniscope is a collection of 45 portraits of dogs drawn by Jochen Gerner with KOH INOOR bicolour pencils (blue and red), on old bar notebooks, in a furtive gesture of note taking and graphic experimentation, from May 2021 to February 2022. Leaving aside felt tip pens with pigmented Indian ink in favour of a clear, uncluttered line, sublimated by the famous two tone television pencils, Caniscope examines the canine question in a radically different