vol 4 / nr 18 / Fölsen, Germany

Natascha visited Berlin only shortly during Easter. She found the letter in the Berliner Dom (The Cathedral of Berlin).

She writes: Und obschon Berlin schön war, konnte ich es nicht wirklich genießen. Ich habe mich über Ihren Kunstdruck so sehr gefreut, dass ich mich den Rest der Tages wirklich auf die Schönheit Berlins einlassen konnte.

vol 4 / nr 18 / Berlin, Germany

Nanna found the print from the Alte National Galerie museum shop in Berlin. At the Stuttgart Staatsgalerie there is an artwork by Anselm Feuerbach called "Nanna" and she wanted to browse a new book about the painting. I live in Stuttgart and I always get Nanna-cards from my friens... Well, I stopped browsing, took your letter and went to have a coffee.

vol 4 / nr 64 / Berlin, Germany

Lina received the print from her room mate from Melbourne, who had received it from someone on the streets of Berlin. She also suggests to asks more questions: Irgendwie gute idee das ganze, aber eigentlich wäres auch irgendwie cool wenn du mehr fragen stellen würdest, also mehr infos über die personen einholst, bei denen dein bild gelandet ist. Und bei denen es jetzt in der Wohnung wohnt. Ich wette da könnten interessante Geschichten bei rum kommen.

This print in question is now hanging on one Kreuzberg kitchen in Berlin.

vol 4 / nr 50 / Berlin, Germany

Heiko found the letter at the U-Bahn: I consider myself to be open minded so there was not a slight doubt wether I'll take the envelope or not the moment I discovered it. Therefore it's a really nice way to connect to foreign people in order to show them your art. Actually I had the same idea of connecting people when I was planning a projekt about sustainabilty, but that's another story.

vol 4 / nr 8 / Hannover, Germany

Mara wrote: I love the project and found your art in Berlin. I will probably give it away as a present, so that it will travel to another country.

vol 4 / nr 66 / Berlin, Germany

Waltraud found the print in the Tram M2 on Alexanderplatz, Berlin: I love it. its framed in white and stands next to my desk. Everytime I look on it, I remember how we found it. I am an artist too, and I love such wonderful surprises!

vol 4 / nr 11 / Paris, France

Maria is Spanish, but living in Paris. She was visiting Berlin with her friends. She wrote to me, that finding the letter was like finding a treasure: Nous sommes rentrées à l office de tourisme de la porte de Brandebourg et là mes yeux se sont posés sur votre enveloppe, j ai ressenti un vieux sentiment oublié depuis mon enfance: celui de trouver un trésor! Je suis sortie tout de suite pour me retrouver seule à seule en intimité avec mon " mystère".

Il m'évoque l essence même tu voyage, il me provoque la sensation de groupe, dêtre parmi ses 90 personnes chanceuse d avoir cette oeuvre chez soi...

vol 4 / nr 4 / Amsterdam, Netherlands

Eva wrote me: What a surprise to find your artwork! ...but she didn't actually found it herself: I don't know where it was actually left, but I think a sweet colleague (I work for Oxfam in The Hague) found it somewhere and left it on my desk yesterday. I'll find a nice spot for it in my home in Amsterdam.

vol 4 / nr 41 / Jerusalem, Israel

J. P. Regalado found the envelope at the Boesner Art Shop in Berlin, in between some art books. I have kept it in my bag, and it has since traveled to London, and now I am in Jerusalem. J. P. wrote, that perhaps he will keep the print, or alternatively, give it to someone randomly, or leave the envelope again to see where it travels to next. I have enjoyed it, and why should someone else not?

J. P. is also an artist and writer, and wrote a quick poem in response to the print:


“Fragrance of the Skies”

captured outside a bottle.
an endless sky
only to return to itself
inside the bottle
from whence it came.

-j.p. regalado, 2014 jerusalem

vol 4 / nr 27 / Berlin, Germany

Jooris is an 18 years old painter from Berlin. I found the print in the Boesner store in Prenzlauer Berg / Berlin where it was hidden in a book about Turner. The project is very interesting because the little surprises are no flashy way of spreading the art but so much fun for the lucky finders. I will keep "The Fragrance of Skies" because it's suits so well at bathroom wall. ;)

vol 4 / nr 81 / Berlin, Germany

Olivia was browsing some books at Shakespeare & co in Berlin and found the envelope wedged between a couple of pages. At first I assume it was part of the book so I didn't open it, but then I was just curious so I opened it. Interesting because the day before I was reading an article about someone who had found a similar letter in Paris, although I'm not sure if it was one of yours or another artist's.

(Wow - is there someone else with the same idea? If anyone knows anything - I would love to know about it!)

vol 4 / nr 61 / Venlo, Netherlands

Liel wrote to me: We found your print at the Berlin Zoo, monday 28th of April. We were passing by and we were curious what would be inside the envelope. They will frame the pigment ink print and give it a nice new home in their living room.

vol 4 / nr 39 / Berlin, Germany

Caren decided to keep the print herself. The reason is very simple: ...when I looked at the print, this one was practically made for me. Because of that I really want to thank you for your idea. It makes me still happy, that I found the print.

Caren continues: I never heard of an art project like this before. I think that it's a wonderful idea to bring joy to others, who want to keep one of your prints or give it to someone else.

vol 4 / nr 26 / Stuttgart, Germany (-> Singapore)

Nicole is a 20 year old student from Singapore, who is currently on an overseas exchange program in Stuttgart. She found the print at a flea market in Berlin one April weekend.

The envelope was nestled among some vinyl-covered notebooks, and I almost missed it. I'm glad i didn't though; 'the fragrance of skies' is lovely, as is your project. I will be keeping it as one of my favourite memories of Berlin, and as a reminder to myself to believe in the good of human beings, Nicole wrote.

vol 4 / nr 24 / Tromsö, Norway

Simon found the print while being on easter-holiday in Berlin: Skipping through the bookshop of the Gemäldegalerie, I found the mysterious envelop and decided to find out what it was about. I was positively surprised and regard myself lucky to be rewarded with your print. It reminded me of the cold war days where West-Berlin was an island isolated by the wall - underneath an undivided sky. Now the print has found its new home on the wall of his livingroom in the North of Norway.

vol 4 / nr 85 / Berlin, Germany

Daniela is an Italian illustrator, who has lived in Berlin for three years. She wrote to me: I found your print "The Fragrance of Skies" at Modulor, a big shop for artist materials. I would say only: thank you :) Your project is amazing, I really like your work.

vol 4 / nr 65 / St. Petersburg, Russia

Yulia found the envelope the other day at Boesner between a book on Botticelli. She's going to take the print back with her to St. Petersburg.

vol 4 / nr 76 / Berlin, Germany

Iris found the print in a book shop in Berlin. She wrote to me, that it's now on the wall at her new place.

vol 4 / nr 78 / London, UK

Priya wrote to me: I love the idea of this project and so happy to be participating. I will keep the print, and it will eventually end up in Perth, Western Australia, when I move back there from London in a couple of years.

vol 4 / nr 64 / Los Angeles, USA

Christian writes: Is the world as big as we think? Is anything really "random"?

vol 4 / nr 22 / Berlin, Germany

Linda was having just a normal day: I was with my boyfriend and was about to meet my cousin right around the corner from modulor (art supply store). We had some time left before we met my cousin, so we decided to just pass our time in modulor. Some art book catched my attention and I just looked through it and I found an envelope with a catchy note on it: to you whoever you are. At first she thought it was belonging to the book, but soon she realized it wasn't.

Linda writes: For some reason I was really happy and this small present really made my day. What is really funny is, that I study communication design and just a few hours before I had this one course called behavior pattern. My task for this semester is to analyze behavior patterns in society, and this art project really brought me to another point of view on things, especially on my view about how people react and obviously like me can be really happy small things in life!

Random Prints vol. 4

The Fragrance of Skies.

Random Prints project vol.4 is here. I'll start to leave prints around next week. The Fragrance of Skies, signed edition of 90 prints, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 188 gsm.