Fun in Thun

The views were spectacular at this place. snow covered mountains to the south of the lake, and a castle!! I arrived early to explore so wandered around and made friends with an elderly thai lady who tipped me off about a great viewing spot. Despite it being a city with a vast array of shops, it still had quite a quaint feel to it, as i found myself walking down narrow cobbled streets. The river which flowed through the town was full of ducks, and friendly swans??

In the late afternoon we met the rest of our class at the Kunstmuseum to view the exhibition ‘THE FORCES BEHIND THE FORMS’ which displayed work by numerous artists from all over the world. Some of the most eye-catching works consisted of Nina Canell’s installation ‘In Absence of Satin Ions’ and Julian Charrière’s ‘Tropisme’, as seen below.

Typical thing to say but the aesthetic of these pieces was wonderful. The plants were so perfectly preserved, in their own little winter universe. Another piece of Charrière’s which stood out to me was his photo series ‘The Blue Fossil Entropic Stories’ which i stupidly didn’t take a good photo of so here’s some help from google images. 

The artist is using a blow torch to melt the ice beneath his feet, in short symbolising the process of climate change, however viewing them in the gallery, my initial thoughts were the photos came across rather lonely and fearful, as they appeared a lot darker in contrast/brightness placed on the wall. The setting looks almost alien, dwarfing the lone traveller at the centre. made me think of the experience David Attenborough and countless other nature documentary narrators/crews must feel when surrounded by such a vast landscape and how in that moment you are completely at the mercy of nature

I have a meeting with my main tutor this week, and praying that he likes my sudden abundance of ideas and work and forgive me that i took so bloody long to decide on what i want to do. Pictures to follow, maybe. adieu

Is it the year 99?

We went to zurich !!!! Beforehand i’d made notes of a couple of art galleries i wanted to check out, which turned out to be pretty far from the part of the city we’d arrived in, so after gawking at all the make up counters in Manor (the swiss alternative to Debenhams) and looking for a Primark that didn’t exist, we headed off over the river into the north-west part of the city. All the galleries were due to close at 5, and lo and behold, we came across a market/car boot sale thing which seemed endless. Of course we had to look around….

When we eventually found the galleries they weren’t what i’d expected at all. hidden away in a towering apartment type block, we found the Eva Presenhuber on floor 2 and the Peter Kilchmann on floor 4. The work exhibited, some of which i’d seen on instagram, was as interesting and amazing as I’d hoped. Kind of like seeing a famous person in real life and realising that they are actually 3d beings with skin pores and consciousness just like the rest of us.

On the walk back from the galleries, MORE galleries just started appearing out of nowhere. BolteLang, Soon-Art, and Hauser & Wirth (which sadly had no works exhibiting but we spent a good half hour in the book shop)

To end the day we went to Hooters, who are not all just about the iconic staff outfits by the way, the food is the best. And the beer 

Here are some pieces from Michael Williams at Eva Presenhuber

And Saype artiste at Soon-Art Galerie. This guy’s work was crazy good. The steamed up window effect was obviously a main theme, along with the layering effect as if you were looking through some thick window pane.