About „Aftermath“ The title „Aftermath“ explains it all – picking up the pieces when the dust has settled, trying to mend and heal the best you can. Dedicated to all females getting cought up in wars. Those who quite literally end up left among the rubble, mourning the loss of loved ones; the survivors, who do not give up and rebuild with whatever is left, in the process finding new hope for a new life. My great-grandmother and my grandmother were such women, both losing their husbands and two children to warfare; with grandmom literally „ending up among the rubble“ due to repeated bombings. She lived in a house near Villach railway station, a major connection for Northern and Southern Europe. Therefore it was a major target for British and US air force for weeks and months towards the end of WW2. Many homes were completely destroyed, many civilians died – they never hit the railway station, though. (Thus Villach became Austria's second most destroyed city in WW2 - after the huge industrial center Linz.) The process of creating „Aftermath“ involved building from scratch, using found materials and somehow making them fit, which mirrors what survivors of war have to do. The budding flower emerges as a symbol of hope and life. Adding some more personal remarks: My great-grandmom has a special place in my heart and remains my heroine, because despite all the hardships in her life, bringing up 7 kids to adulthood pretty much by herself, in a tiny homestead on a mountain without running water or electricity, she had never lost her special kind of humour. For example: She taught baby-me to repeat German and Slovenian swear words – which always caused embarrassment when my family had guests, I was told. And yes, I still remember some of those words... For context: My family, especially the females, has always been and still is left-wing activists, my great-grandfather and my grandfather were jailed by Nazis.