Tomoyuki Ueno (Kobe, Japan, 1982). After receiving MFA from Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno lives and works in Berlin since 2009. For the collage Ueno used two books and various antique atlases. Both books document and analyze the history of wars and draw consequences for military strategy which they apply to their current situations. Tomoyuki Ueno cuts out lines from atlases between two cities, territories or countries and placed them on the pages. The names from the atlases connect to the words on the pages of the strategy books - to create new words. That is to say, as each line crosses borders, the division of nations and their strategic aims (represented by the texts on military strategy) are transcended in the collage. Connections between the words at the ends of the lines can be seen as peaceful solutions to differences between words, peoples and nations.