{"id":16508,"date":"2026-05-27T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/?p=16508"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:06:28","slug":"photography-art-vernissage-the-pier-mainz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/ausstellungsberichte\/fotokunst-vernissage-the-pier-mainz\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition at The Pier: What a Japanese pilgrimage route has in common with a Mainz workspace"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the day of the vernissage, the guest list was full.
The room filled up, the jazz duo played, and the atmosphere became calmer instead of louder.
People were standing everywhere in conversation, about art, about life, about the place itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright: Marion Rockstroh-Kruft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had prepared an information session, half an hour, intended as an option for those who wanted to know something beyond the picture: what the
what the Shikoku<\/a> is,
why people take this path,
what walking does to the gaze.

I held them twice that evening because the demand after the first round didn't let up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright: S\u00f6ren Dumblus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That moved me more than the crowded room.
It wasn't the pictures alone that held people, but the question behind them.

And then to hear a sentence like that: \u201eNow I have a completely different perspective on the pictures. That was super exciting. Thank you.\u201c
That makes my heart overflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright: S\u00f6ren Dumblus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A path that continues after the peak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Shikoku leads to 88 temples. Temple 88 is the climax, where the circuit is actually completed. Many return to Temple 1 afterwards and close the circle. Not all do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, the very core of this series hinges on that. The path is not built towards a goal that can be ticked off. It is not the place that changes, but the person walking it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am equally interested in motion blur as a visual language. The camera moves during the exposure. What is created is not the view of a place, but the experience of having been there. Not proof. Rather a trace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it was also the venue that went down so well that evening. At The Pier, the pictures hang where people work, not in a gallery you visit specifically. The conversations flowed accordingly casually. Someone stops in front of a picture, recognises a shape, asks about it, and a few sentences later we are talking about a pilgrimage route in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright: Marion Rockstroh-Kruft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition continues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The works are still hanging.<\/a> You can view them, without an appointment, without an occasion, and take the time that an exhibition opening night never allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> The Pier, Gro\u00dfe Bleiche 15, 55116 Mainz
On display:<\/strong> Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
Until:<\/strong> 27 August 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just ring the bell and say that you want to look at my pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you like, give me a quick shout beforehand.
If I am nearby, we are happy to meet in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright: S\u00f6ren Dumblus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the exhibited works <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All the works hanging there are produced as exhibition pieces, not as samples or specimen copies.
Each of these can be adapted to your space: in size, as a single work or as a composition of multiple images that speak to one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How that might look in your room is best sorted out in a chat. Just drop me a line to let me know what caught your eye.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Am Tag der Vernissage war die G\u00e4steliste voll. Der Raum f\u00fcllte sich, das Jazzduo spielte, und die Stimmung wurde ruhiger statt lauter. \u00dcberall standen Menschen in Gespr\u00e4chen, \u00fcber Kunst, \u00fcber das Leben, \u00fcber den Ort selbst. Eine Infoeinheit hatte ich vorbereitet, eine halbe Stunde, gedacht als Angebot f\u00fcr die, die \u00fcber das Bild hinaus etwas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,357],"tags":[375,356,378],"class_list":["post-16508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ausstellungsberichte","category-fotokunst","tag-ausstellungen","tag-fotografie-als-fotokunst","tag-mainz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16508"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16518,"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16508\/revisions\/16518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrk-photography.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}