>>>Ausstellung im Kloster Rehna vom 20. April – 31. Mai 2019.<<<
Ostsee – verborgene Fracht erzählt nicht nur von verborgenem Müll, sondern vor allem von der Psychologie der Wahrnehmung und den Abgründen menschlicher Gewohnheiten. Neben der Geste der unbekümmerten Entsorgung von allerlei Schadhaftem ist es die Schönheit der Ostsee selbst, die in diesem Konflikt eine feste Größe darstellt. Das “Making of” und der Film “Größer als alle Vernunft”, in dem die Kunsthistorikerin Prof. Dr. Anna Zika der FH Bielefeld begleitend zur Ausstellung Aspekte der ästhetischen Kategorie des Erhabenen in den Fotografien von Marcus Wildelau erläutert, vertiefen die Betrachtung dieser rätselhaften Paradoxien im Umgang des Menschen mit der Natur.
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Baltic Sea – hidden cargo. I am working on a serious and dedicated photographic portrait of the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea is a small and young ocean which arose 10.000 years ago. It extends from Germany to Finland, Sweden and Russia. The Baltic Sea is very popular with tourists who love sailing, swimming or eating fresh seafood. But there is also an unpopular story about it. The sea is quite polluted and carries some irregular and critical cargo since it is surrounded by highly industrialized countries. I want to tell a story of the hidden dangers and secret dumping grounds in the Baltic Sea. A story of human beings who didn´t and don´t care about questioning their habits in order to preserve wildlife and nature. How can we forget about it? Because the trash is invisible. It is hidden in the sea. Out of sight, out of mind. I want to show what people do not like to see. But I won´t dive to muddy grounds or slippery caves. I stay on the surface at the coast and watch out for a special picture. A picture in your mind.
In der mare Ausgabe 123 08/2017 „Sand“ wurden einige der Bilder und Texte veröffentlicht sowie in der PHOTONEWS vom April 2018.
Jo from the German Band NULLZWO. The picture was taken in the kitchen of the studio where Jo was finishing some recordings for the first album SCHALTER. Jo quit smoking the following day.
The aesthetics of urban places is a mixture between functionality, confusion and desolateness.
No light, no silence, no sunset.
Nature might be an imagination which only exists in our minds. The distance between nature and human beings is symbolized in many ways, for example by windows in buildings.
