Martina Geiger‑Gerlach

Explore, Preserve, Enjoy

The video still shows a scene from the participatory long-term performance 'waiting'. The young man pictured likely does not wear his shirt—featuring the advertising slogan of an outdoor outfitter—as a conscious statement, nor is his warm gesture directed at us. Yet, as a poster, this snapshot creates the impression that he is confidently and with disarming self-irony campaigning for himself and the others: “Explore, preserve, enjoy!”