Robert Kerber Collages

8 and 3 years ago today –
left: March 12th 2018 paper collage „Warte nicht auf mich. Jeder Ansatz von Verliebtsein ist erstickt.“ („Don't wait for me. Even the slightest trace of being in love has been choked“.);
right: March 12th 2023 paper collage „Patriotismus (M. Y.)“ / „Patriotism (M.Y.)“.

5 years ago today: March 11th 2021 paper collage „– ist falsch und funktioniert nicht so / – trug ihren gutartigen Charakter zur Schau“ („– is wrong and does not work like that / – showed off her benign character“).

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I can’t say, but as long as it doesn’t make you feel older ... ;-) Of course I watch it with different eyes nowadays, but it’s still pretty wild, even if it can’t deny the time it was made.

4 years ago today: March 10th 2022 paper collage „Ohne Titel LII“ („Untitled LII“). This came into being as a birthday greeting card to a comrade which I later decided to include in my official body of work.

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There lies a certain sad irony in the fact that, having had to live with a blurry DVD for 20 years, I finally own this teenage memory in good quality, one week after director Tsukerman's death. I remember seeing this in Paris in 1984 as an 18-year-old. And sure I fell in love with Anne Carlisle.

One year ago today: March 9th 2025 saw the birth of this paper collage. As the title exceeds the allowed number of characters on BSKY, it has been added as a separate screenshot.

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„Sieh nicht hinaus! Schau dich nicht um! Warte nicht auf Nachricht! Sieh nicht hinaus!“ („Don’t look outside! Don’t look around! Don’t wait for messages! Don’t look outside!“)

March 8th 2026 paper collage, ca. 9 x 13 cm.

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Finally here in its physical form: No. 5 of Leipzig art magazine „EX!“, filled with articles and interviews, including two free music releases, one of them containing a track by Herr David Grodock, and four of my paper collages. Many thanks for making this happen, Herr Ronny Lier/Adventurous Music!

Title translations –
left: „For a long time, he contemplated over pictures of the marks which he had given her and which she had asked for“;
right: „Recovery boulevard“.

7 and 3 years ago today –
left: March 7th 2019 paper collage „Er sinnierte noch lange über Aufnahmen der Male, die er ihr beigebracht und um die sie gebeten hatte“;
right: March 7th 2023 „Aufwachboulevard“.

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Title translation: „‚This healing process is like a lock without a door‘, he wrote, ‚I know exactly what and whom I left behind forever and why, but new rooms refuse to open up‘“.

„‚Dieser Heilungsprozess gleicht einem Schloss ohne Tür‘, schrieb er, ‚ich weiß genau, was und wen ich für immer hinter mir ließ und warum, aber neue Räume wollen sich nicht auftun‘.“

March 6th 2026 paper collage, ca. 12.5 x 9.5 cm.

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Title translation: „The final sentence in the final line of the chapter which carried her name was left open by him; it had to be one which would be remembered“.

One year ago today: March 5th 2025 paper collage „Den letzten Satz in der letzten Zeile des Kapitels, das ihren Namen trug, ließ er noch offen; es sollte einer sein, an den man sich erinnert“.

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4 years ago today: March 3rd 2022 paper collage „Sehr geehrtes Fräulein M–, bitte lassen Sie uns noch wissen, ob Sie bei uns oder im Dorf wohnen möchten.“ („Dear Miss M–, please let us also know if you want to stay in our house or in the village.“)

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Title translation: „Her personality had been pure fabrication, but at least his vague memory of her skin seemed real“.

„Ihre Persönlichkeit war reine Konstruktion gewesen, aber zumindest seine vage Erinnerung an ihre Haut schien echt.“

March 2nd 2026 paper collage, ca. 13.5 x 9 cm. Based on remnants of destroyed last year’s works.

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5 years ago today: March 2nd 2021 paper collage „Die Mutter ertappt ihr kleines Kind manchmal bei –“ („Sometimes the mother catches her little child during –“).

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Title translation: „The initial stage of happiness and illusions was followed by restlessness, anxiety, and states of pain. (Variation on a portrait of – – –)“ The title was inspired by a line from a 1920s book on natural and industrial poisons.

„Dem ersten Stadium des Glücklichseins und der Illusionen folgten Unruhe, Angst und schmerzhafte Zustände. (Variation zu einem Porträt von – – –)“

March 1st 2026 paper collage, ca. 13.5 x 6.5 cm.

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2 years ago today: February 28th 2024 paper collage „Selbst auf Lügen war kein Verlass mehr“ („Even lies had become unreliable“).

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Reworking/-inventing a destroyed older collage which I had been unsatisfied with while listening to the new album by rsn (together with Ba'ah, whom I hadn't heard of before). Cool stuff, in its best moments a bit like early C93 of Maldoror/Nature Unveiled times.
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Title translation: „I’m sorry, I won’t let go of you yet / I’m sorry, I have to find myself. (Her mantras)“.
This originated as my contribution to a collage contest under the motto „doubt“.

One year ago today: February 27th 2025 paper/Letraset collage „Es tut mir leid, ich lasse dich noch nicht los / Es tut mir leid, ich muss mich selbst finden. (Ihre Mantras)“. [Translation in commentary.]

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Books for waiting customers at my local hairdresser lady's shop. No kidding.

Title translation: „‚I do feel sorry for A‘, – – – wrote him in their early days, ‚but you are more important to me at present.‘ That he wouldn’t share the other one’s fate one day: that was his delusion.“

„‚Es tut mir schon leid für A‘, schrieb – – – ihm in den Anfangstagen, ‚aber du bist mir momentan wichtiger‘. Dass es ihm nicht eines Tages wie dem andern ginge: das war sein Wahn.“

February 26th 2026 paper collage, ca. 13.5 x 9 cm.

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2 years ago today: February 26th 2024 paper collage „Manchmal nahmen sie neue Gestalt an, doch wichen sie keinen Zentimeter von seiner Seite“ („Sometimes they took new shape, yet they never left his side“).
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Allow me to disagree here. Yes, it is still possible to find and see this, but it has to be manually chosen, is marked with a tagging/rating which places it in the "pornography" corner and shows up less frequently in people's newsfeeds. Making things less visible is also a form of censorship for me.

Thanks for kind words. As I understand it, postings with tags like these also show up less frequently in people's news feeds. So they're not „just a click away“. I appealed against the decision, but don't think it'll help.