Fischfang in der Rhön (an der Sinn)

Fishing in the Rhoen (at the Sinn)

The documentary shows water landscapes as transparent surfaces, transfigured views of nature without technical effects. Close-ups, fragments, and views without a horizon create the impression of flatness. Plants with their symmetrical mirror images on the water turn into graphic elements. Similarly the sharp reflexes of light on the waves, the shadows of the fish, like echo sounders, make visible the uneven ground of the riverbed.

These a-perspective spaces are reminiscent of, on the one hand, Ella Bergmann-Michel′s experimental landscape photos, on the other, of her collages where she placed layers of colored transparent paper on top of drawings that shone through them. The film thereby makes a connection between her free artwork and her documentary film work in the “New Frankfurt".