SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2016 / SALZBURGER FESTSPIELE 2016

»We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep …«
(Prospero, The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1)

Each of these magical dream-like pictures visualizes a particular theme – be it an opera, a play or a broader topic of the Salzburg Festival 2016. Photos of textures and structures provide the starting point, are the associative stage for the abstract artistic collages. Each collage is based on photographs only. In a complex process various pictures are digitally composed to achieve the desired effects and the picturesque character. In doing so, the data from the camera are the modeling clay these pictures are created of. The pictures of the Leica photographer Robert Mertens are published in the Salzburg Festival Programme 2016, in a circulation of about 70.000 copies worldwide.

The pictures from the series »Salzburg Festival 2016« are available as unique works in a hand-signed edition of 1 (+1).
Questions about format and required presentation (like framing) will be agreed individually. Prices and delivery times are available on request – please contact us.

»Make of our hands one hand,
Make of our hearts one heart,
Make of our vows one last vow:
Only death will part us now.«
(Tony and Maria, Act 1, West Side Story)

Interview about his project for the Salzburg Festival, where music, operas, plays and art collide:
Photography and art unite in the work of Robert Mertens.
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