Submerged

Exhibition at the Raiffeisenkasse Seekirchen

November to December 1996

The pictures deal with the subject of water as an elemental force, donor of life and energy. They describe the mysticism of the natural element water and its ability to engulf the earth. Quite a few pictures were created at reservoirs or at artificial lakes and therefore form a contrast to the natural environment.

The main focus is the contrast between the topographical original state and civilized environment, between order (symmetry) and disorder (emotion). Not outstanding objects are revealed in the pictures, rather apparently negligible things. Only through a substantial abstraction and an exaggeration of reality do the anonymous locations gain in importance. Therefore not only the portrayed object  but also photography itself is given a special emphasis.

"I have believed much longer in Aquarius than in Santa Claus"

(Barbara Frischmuth).