Coming Closer was published on the occasion of Christoph Hinterhuber’s exhibition at Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, in collaboration with Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble (2003).

The publication documents a body of work that investigates perception, surface, and mediated image production within contemporary visual culture.

Hinterhuber’s practice operates at the intersection of painting, digital processes, and conceptual inquiry. In Coming Closer, the notion of proximity is both formal and theoretical: images appear to approach the viewer while simultaneously exposing their constructed nature. The works interrogate how visual information is filtered, layered, and translated through technological systems.

Essays by Thomas Feuerstein and Robert Fleck situate Hinterhuber’s work within broader discourses on media theory, image politics, and algorithmic aesthetics. The catalogue combines visual documentation with critical reflection, emphasizing the tension between material surface and immaterial data structures.

Rather than presenting images as stable representations, Coming Closer frames them as processes—shaped by codes, perception, and cultural conditioning. The publication thus functions not merely as documentation but as an extension of the conceptual framework underlying the exhibition.