Dieser Ablauf der Fixierungen, Wiederholungen, der stufenweise Entfernungen von der Wirklichkeit der gelebten Sekunde, in der eine Erfahrung frisch war, unberührt... man findet... Stempel...Handschriftliches... Daten und Signaturen. Es ist, als sei kein Entrinnen. Sauber wird dokumentiert:... auseinandergelebt.

Karlheinz Nowald 1975

A connection with life, i.e. with human existence in all its complexity and everydayness, has stamped its mark on Jochen Gerz's work since he first began. It also brings out the specific way that the artist considers the media. Gerz is convinced that the media determine each of us as individuals... Especially... reproductive technology, which by its very nature comes to interpose itself between reality and life. "I am against the original photo, because there are no original photos. To my mind, there isn't any original painting, either. Everything is a reproduction of life.

Friedemann Malsch 2002