With this series Erli Grünzweil tries to (re)construct the non-linear path of a young boy alienated from his original milieu. It is the quest for finding one’s own attitude and shows the conflicts, contradictions and uncertainties of various social milieus. Grünzweil opens up an abstract and fragmentary world in which the viewers can project themselves. Lens-based images are mixed with non-lens-based so they collide, blend in and blur. Manipulations appear credible, unprocessed images seem surreal. The photos are overcoming a repressed past, a dreamy present and a doomed future. Towards the far-off goal of a happy and fulfilled life. (Johan Simonsen und Petra Noll-Hammerstiel)

This work was part of the group show 'Propeller - Kunststudierende in Österreich'
curated by Brigitte Konyen, Johan Nane Simonsen and Patrick Winkler
Fotogalerie Wien, 06.2019