The different manifestations of wood are central to this multi-part work. With advanced digital and technological methods, the natural contour and bend of saw wood are reproduced and transferred to other carrier materials. In a broader sense, the wood is copied into itself.

In Replica Mathias Leberbauer plays with the idea of original and copy and our notions of an ideal. He draws a connection to procedures in which natural shapes are imposed onto other materials, creating an analogy to social stereotypes set upon us from the outside. We often answer the question of who we are and what we do by simply naming our profession. The actual self remains in the background.