„Expedition World Oceans“ is a photographic series about movement in a state of apparent stillness. It takes as its starting point simple objects found indoors: a red broom leaning against a wall, a dustpan whose position shifts ever so slightly from one image to the next, and the shadow cast by a water bottle onto a light-coloured wall. As the sun moves across the sky, this shadow slowly shifts across the room.
The series explores how time can be made visible without any actual event taking place. The changes remain small and almost imperceptible. It is only through the repetition of the images that a sense of movement, duration and direction emerges. The room thus becomes a kind of observation post, in which light, shadow and objects appear as participants in a silent expedition.
The title “Expedition World Oceans” deliberately creates a discrepancy between expectation and the content of the image. Instead of spectacular landscapes or geographical vastness, the work shows a minimalist interior with everyday objects. It is precisely this shift that opens up an imaginary space: The broom can be read as a mast, marker or navigational instrument; the dustpan as a drifting object; the shadow of the water bottle as a trace of water, weather or tides. The light-coloured wall surface appears like a window or horizon, although it is neither.
The work moves between still life, experimental setup and travelogue. It raises questions about perception and scale: When does movement begin? How does a space change through light? And how can the longing for distance, travel and discovery be evoked within a confined interior?
Central to this is the idea of an expedition without any actual change of location. The journey takes place not through geographical movement, but through attention. The series understands observation itself as a form of being on the move. This creates a quiet, almost absurd tension between the grandeur of the title and the laconic nature of the situation depicted.