Parting and Starting

Exhibition at the Goldegg Dialogs

(Together with Monika Friedl, Bodo Hell, Ines Hoellwarth, Peter Lacher and W.M. Puehringer)

Parting and Starting - Change and Release

Gelatin silver prints, 37 x 47 cm

The subject water as an elemental force, donor of life and energy, recurs in Mlineritsch's photographical work. For years he has devoted himself to the mysticism of this natural element. The immense mobility of water is a metaphor for change. In the pictures the running and sometimes raging element forms a contrast to rigid and motionless surfaces of water.

But the depth of water also conceals secrets. Quite a few pictures were created at reservoirs or at artificial lakes. The ability of water to engulf the earth is a metaphor for departure. Looking at the semi-transparent surface of waters, one can barely discern objects lying beneath. Are they just released or already submerged?