A Bildanagramm (Image Anagramm) is information and a repository of possibilities. It is the information about the arrangement of its parts; it is essentially insubstantial. n! ⋅ 4ⁿ, where n is the number of panels. You are looking at a single moment of eternity.

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Heiko Höfer, One Possible Arrangement, 2016. Acrylic on 16 wooden panels with magnetic backs, mounted on a carrier plate allowing 16! × 4¹⁶ possible arrangements. The Image Anagram consists of a number of equally sized square panel paintings that resemble one another. Using a special image support system, they can be arranged in various configurations. Possible arrangements: 89 862 698 310 039 502 848 000 

Heiko Höfer, One Possible Arrangement, 2016.
Acrylic on 16 wooden panels with magnetic backs, mounted on a carrier plate allowing 16! × 4¹⁶ possible arrangements. The Image Anagram consists of a number of equally sized square panel paintings that resemble one another. Using a special image support system, they can be arranged in various configurations. Possible arrangements: 89 862 698 310 039 502 848 000

 

heiko höfer, grafitti, (c)2017

Heiko Höfer, Graffiti, felt-tip pens on 144 wooden panels with magnetic backs, carrier plate allowing approximately 144! × 4¹⁴⁴ possible arrangements, 2003–2017.

 

heiko hoefer, in between, ink on wood panels, (c) 2009

Heiko Höfer, In Between / The Failure of the Classical Computer, ink on 529 wooden panels with magnetic backs, carrier plate allowing approximately 529 factorial multiplied by 4 to the power of 529 possible arrangements, 2009.