I exist in a mix of plastic, rubble and soil

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​IFK International Research Center for Cultural Studies​

University of Art and Design Linz in Vienna

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Weathered drainage pipes

 

13 photographs from the series Where the pipes sleep

 

Manual photo transfer onto aluminium plates

 

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​Daniela Trinkl explores the changing relationship between humans, technology and the environment.

​​In I exist in a mix of plastic, rubble and soil, relics of technological civilisation become visible,

narrating a creeping loss of human control. The starting point is weathered drainage pipes found in the Viennese Woods — remnants that, through overgrowth and discolouration, seem to have merged with their surroundings, taking on an almost organic presence. Photographs of these pipes are transferred onto aluminium sheets, while the found objects themselves inhabit the exhibition space. Together they reveal a state of transition between artifact, fossil and living being. The work reflects on the fragile relationship between human achievements and uncontrollable processes and creates scenarios in which the man-made develops a life of its own.

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Exhibition opening speech text in German by Maren Mayer-Schwieger