Marko Zink works with staged photography.
He tells stories that are real only for a single short moment. The object becomes the subject and vice versa. Rather than presenting humans as the culmination of creation, he shows them as its appendix. This creates hidden image puzzles, where only body parts, like will-o'-the-wisps, confuse the viewer. Marko Zink meets reality with a double bottom, showing humour at the first glance, which leads into the tragic aspects of his oeuvre at a second glance. The series presented are performative and ephemeral in nature. Zink works with analogue cameras and only with natural light. The carrier material, analogue film, is boiled multiple times before exposure, and systematically chemically and mechanically processed for some series. The resulting decomposition of the film and the disintegration of the negatives is not only an important artistic concept Zink uses, but also an easily recognisable signature characteristic of his work. He thus shows the proximity of photography to painting and film, opening up its boundaries. The artist examines the medium as such, addressing the issue that pictures do not necessarily have to be a mirror of everything that exists. In parallel with the exhibition SUITE 17, a supporting programme featuring presentations, lectures, performances as well as music and bar will be organised. The aim is to revive the idea of the salon and to bring together an audience interested in art in a relaxed atmosphere. The exhibition is part of the Rotlicht Festival and is generously supported by galerie michaela stock.