Part II – Missing

At the end of my trip I had planned to look up my father’s older brother, Georg Ammon, born 1932 in Kaunas, who left everything behind in Germany and moved back to Lithuania in 1993. He had followed his projection.

Missing, 2006, Din A4 phot ocopies, installation view 3. Berliner Kunstsalon

Outline: Search for Georg Ammon, born 1932 in Kaunas, who returned to Lithuania in 1993.

At the end of my trip to Lithuania and Poland in January 2005 I made a discovery, which leads me to Part 2 of the project.

I had planned to look up my father’s older brother, Georg Ammon, who left everything behind in Germany and moved back to Lithuania in 1993.
Instead I found out that this uncle had since disappeared without a trace.

In a letter to relatives, Georg Ammon described his return to Lithuania as a “homecoming”; for me he represented an important link in our family history.
I had been hoping Georg Ammon could provide answers to many questions that my immediate family never answered for me.
I surmise that his disappearance is a logical consequence of his search for the Lithuania in which he grew up.

Installation view, ICON, 2008, Stedefreund, photo copies, tape

Missing, 2006, Din A4 photo copies (german, english, lithuanian version)

Missing, 2006, Din A4 photo copies, installation view 3. Berliner Kunstsalon