Singing subsided and the night closed in

GK: The exhibition has a peculiar, rather dim atmosphere; it evokes the feeling like just before a sunset. Does it mean that this moment is very strong in the course of a day, but very short?
AS: A long time ago, at school, I painted such a monochrome landscape in plain air. Here, however, I was seized by a certain moment of light, when birds stop singing; by the dusk, where the last white accents appear and one can confuse them with anything. It is a very strong moment for me. Only after I had painted the two figures, I realized that one of them is the day and the other is the night. The white one simply didn´t suffice. I just let the place influence me – the folklore, the remnants of industrial mining, the artificial water reservoirs, the intensive greenery…The whole interview is to be found here.