13/03/23: My 2013 work «Männliche Entschuldigung» is now available as NFTs on the Tezos blockchain. Ten years ago, it was one of my first digital works and beautifully demonstrates the huge steps we took since then. It is now preserved with all metadata for the generations to come. The edition consists of 20 objects per motif and is available at objkt.com (click QR):

14/07/23: A small «Making of Luftholen» in pictures from the creative process. Mastering the huge plastic bags required extensive testing and rehearsal.

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13/03/23: My 2013 work «Männliche Entschuldigung» is now available as NFTs on the Tezos blockchain. Ten years ago, it was one of my first digital works and beautifully demonstrates the huge steps we took since then. It is now preserved with all metadata for the generations to come. The edition consists of 20 objects per motif and is available at objkt.com (click QR):

14/07/23: A small «Making of Luftholen» in pictures from the creative process. Mastering the huge plastic bags required extensive testing and rehearsal.

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Luftholen – ein Versuch
Performance
8 July 2020, 60 min, Zurich-Albisrieden
plastic film, tape, cord
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The german word «Luftholen» usually describes the action of taking a breath, it is figurative speech. Its primary meaning though is the action of collecting air, similar to collecting water. The work is inspired by the Corona lockdown and the sudden stop it put to our habits while we still had no plan for a daily routine in such cases. For many, the lack of activity and variety in their daily life felt like being deprived of the air to breathe. And they're most right: the air stops circulating indeed with nothing to set it in motion ie. with us staying at home and not moving. So my idea was to re-ignite the process of air exchange on a local basis and I made 3 large plastic bags. I entered the meadow at Alte Mühle Albisrieden. I unpacked the first plastic bag, catched some air with it by swaying it around and redid with the second and third bag. I took all three of them over my shoulder and went on a 1.5 km walk through Zurich Albisrieden until I reached a building complex in the form of two semi-circles separated by a narrow walk. I entered the complex, stepped onto the lawn and started opening the bags and releasing the air into the courtyard.