Über Wasser – Unter Wasser
Driven by boldness and desire for adventure, six-year-old Franco wanted to swim across Lake Faak to an island. The young firebrand overestimated his strength, which was now beginning the desert him. There was no bank in sight to save him – he started to sink again and again, going deeper and deeper each time. The horizons became hazy, and deep down inside he became aware of colour spectra of unprecedented intensity. The greenness of the lake and the blueness of the sky were as one. He abandoned himself to the sense of exhilaration welling up inside him and appeared to be lost. But just before he vanished forever, help suddenly arrived: a young couple noticed his predicament and pulled the boy - now almost lifeless - on board their rowing boat.