Tränen. Vergehen.

The video work ‘Tränen. Vergehen.’ (Tears. Passing By.) by Clemens Wittkowski stages the ambivalence of melancholy and pleasure in an effective way. In it, we become part of a one-shot video sequence guided by a haunting music loop. ‘Tränen. Vergehen.’ provides an exclusive and familiar view from the inside out through an airplane window. We experience several external physical and internal psychological states of aggregation in a short space of time. The ascent becomes a narrative of hope and change because every tribulation and every inner struggle also requires a clearing and survival. This is quickly forgotten. Sometimes it doesn’t seem to go on, or only via inexplicable and energy-sapping detours. But it goes on, it should go on. Just keep going. And sometimes better again. And that’s usually a good thing.