Über den Fluss

The poetic experimental film is in tribute to Barbara Strobl and Simon Etter, who received the
Mercator Prize for their outstanding research. The stop-motion film follows the course of the
river. From its source in the mountains, the water drips, drums, splashes, flows, foams, roars all
the way to its mouth in the sea. The strong abstraction of the images and the powerful
composition of Fritz Hauser direct the concentration to the poetic text of Matjaž Grilj, who links
the knowledge of research with the sensuous attraction and his personal relationship with
water. With their broad-based citizen science project, geographers Barbara Strobl and Simon
Etter of the University of Zurich are offering all people around the world the opportunity to
participate in the exploration of water.