A collaborative piece with Elisabeth Wörndl

2010 Elisabeth Wörndl and I met for the first time to undertake a explorative photographic walk. Using verbal prompting, coaxing or even challenging each other aimed to engage what was there at that moment in time. These shoot offs were subtle yet tense, the dialogue between cameras and artists was led by the route, the moving light, other walkers that crossed our path. Yet by no means these walks were led by pure scopophilia, instead they were our attempt at tracing the flow of subjective perception whilst challenging the boundaries of what is deemed to be photo worthy.

What and how we see and in which sequence informs not only our memories but also how we relate to what surrounds us. The camera can try but ultimately will never replicate what we really perceive. As artists we are there to pose these questions and point at the gap between physical experience and mental conception.

This piece was shown in Parks, Gardens and Urban Living (2010) at artP Kunstverein in Perchtoldsdorf. It was also included in The Walking Encyclopedia at the AirSpace Gallery in Stoke on Trent.