MORE WEAPONS…? – NO!!! / 2025
I wanted to create a conceptual poster with a direct, concise message. Only three words, as the poster should be internationally understandable. No additional text to distract from the message. I also tried to avoid too much color or objects to emphasize the image and make the message more distinct and clear. Black represents destruction and death, red represents blood, and white represents resistance and peace. The line of the pair of eyes with tears represents grief, sadness, and impending farewells, but also a growing resignation that the message still hasn’t been understood and acted upon.
Johannes Christopher Gerard
Born in Cologne in 1959. Works as an interdisciplinary and multimedia artist. Lives in The Hague, Netherlands. Studied at the Technical School for Printing and Graphic Design in Cologne, Germany from 1975 to 1987 and at the Dun Laogharie School of Art and Design ( today IADT) in Dublin, Ireland from 1977 to 1981. Has lived and worked in various countries in Europe, the Far East, North and South America, West Africa, and Australia. Since 1981, he has regularly participated in exhibitions, projects, and video and film festivals throughout Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, the Far East, Australia, Africa, Central America, and North and South America. Until 2007, he worked primarily in sculpture, painting, and printmaking. In the same year, he created his first land art and installation pieces. From 2010 to 2014, he focused on photography. In 2014, he began producing his first video films and performances through his collaboration with dancer Tsai Hsin-Ying (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and performance artist Kao Yi (Tainan, Taiwan) on the “Silent Crossing Border” project at Soulangh Culture Park in Tainan, Taiwan. From this project onward, his work and artistic vision focused on interdisciplinary, multimedia, and collaborative projects. Since 2014, he has regularly conducted collaborative projects with artists from diverse cultural backgrounds and disciplines. In 2022, he participated in the “Acoustic Interiors” sound project by German sound artist Anne Wellmer in The Hague, Netherlands. Since then, he has regularly created several sound artworks.
