Dennis Schnieber

The following selection is part of an ongoing body of work, in which I try to find modest compositions, that exceed the sheer representation of the objects within, but rather emphasize a somewhat offbeat interplay amongst, uncover inconspicuous shapes or study the fusion of light and surface.

While sometimes the images might concentrate on an abstract detail or texture, I often look for a wider assemblage, as an aesthetic atmosphere pulling it all together, thus keeping the objects recognizable as what they are. This method leads to a documentation of the familiar with components of irritation or surrealness.

Even though the scenes are devoid of people, they never seem to me to be lifeless, as every piece in it transforms itself over time and is influenced or even designed by humans, adding an implicit, sometimes even visible social sediment to it.

Ultimately I understand the process as working on some sort of exhibition catalogue, gathering aesthetic by-products, occasionally short-lived or entirely dissolving in their down- to-earth embedment. www.instagram.com/dennisschnieber