‘What (asks Kolig) is artistic creation, if not the processing, refining, condensing, distilling of things encountered in everyday reality?’ Fascinated by modern technology, he has developed equipment and machines that enable the staging of nature and the body – ‘Metal sculptures, photographs and videos with manuals’, as he calls his main works. Central to his work are fundamental aspects of life that are often taboo such as sexuality, the functionality of human excretions as well as the broad sensuality of actionist art. Picture-like flower reliefs, often composed of colourful, fleshy, but unscented, artificial blossoms refer to the basic decoration found in traditional paradises. ‘FLUSH, for Kolig, denotes a wide conceptual spectrum of blushing – from psycho-physical processes of reddening evoked by shame and anger, from red as a device used in advertising and a warning sign in zoology and botany, to the sentimental feelings of transience regarding certain natural phenomena such as a glowing sunset.’