Max Streicher

For his project with I Heart Your Work, Streicher worked with his usual media (Tyvek and thread) to create something drastically different in scale and materiality, but in keeping with his concern for the ephemeralness of being.  Max worked with industrial embroidery systems to create a momento mori for the digital age. A single solitary image stands in for complex musings on the vain and fleeting nature of life on earth.  While Max’s project originally focused on the skull as a symbol of the human condition, in the course of his extensive project research and development, Max came across a captivating image, which changed the direction of his work:  the image was that of Dr Edward Wilson’s delicate illustration of a Tree Creeper.  Momento Mori (after Dr Edward Wilson) presents a new momento mori motif that speaks not only to our own mortality but also the complexity of our relationship with other species, the planet we all inhabit. The story behind this image, which captured Max’s attention and changed the direction of this work, asks us also to consider our the relationship between our own ephemeral being and our personal and collective methods of remembering and archiving; what we take with us and what we leave behind.

Momento Mori (after Dr. Edward Wilson) was presented as an edition of 8. Each piece in the edition is numbered and signed by the artist and comes with a signed certificate of authenticity. Click here for more information about Max Streicher’s Momento Mori (after Dr. Edward Wilson).