Zurich

We had a class trip to Zurich this week, visiting a few large exhibits in the Migros Museum and the Kunsthalle. There was a fascinating series of graphic illustrations in the Kunsthalle, by artist Sarnath Banerjee. They were presented in glass frames too, which is a display method that i’m currently working with! Just before arriving in Zuirch we stopped off at The Kunsthaus in Aarau, which was hosting an exhibition solely based on cinema in art, here . One work on display was an arrangement of cushions placed in front of a television, on which was being shown the original animation of The Jungle Book, and every character spoke in a different language! It's a pity it was relevant to my last project but it was still intriguing to watch. Funnily, the one english speaker was Sher Khan, the evil tiger.

As I realised this may be my last trip to Zurich, I decided to stay the night in a cheap hostel to make the most of it, and I discovered that the area closer to the lake seemed like an entirely different place to the the north of the city, which I had based my original depiction of Zurich on. 

Three weeks worth of workshops kicked off last week, beginning with video/animation artist Peter Aerschmann , then performance artist Dorothea Rust , and finally the last week Belgian artist Kris Vleeschouwer, who’s workshop is the one I have chosen to participate in.