In the beginning of 2020 Nachtspeicher23 e.V. in St.Georg Hamburg had to close it´s doors dued to corona. The idea to put an artist in quarantine was developed by Manya Gramsch MA (former manager of Nachtspeicher23e.V.) and myself. From 10th to 30th of April I was sitting alone behind their shop window, while painting on it, filming the process and passengers passing by, cladding plasticbags on the floor. On the border of public and Isolation the chalk painting slowly developed into a quiet and peaceful observation of light and (e)motion.

Janina Santamarina