'On Archives'
Do., 21. Nov.
|Zürich
Join us for the Vernissage of 'On Archives', a Pop-Up Group Show by ThirdSpace and THRYVE Group, featuring Roger Eberhard, Lena Amuat & Zoë Meyer, and Nico Krijno. Opens 21.11.2024, runs until 06.12.2024 at Bärengasse 16, Zürich.
Time & Location
21. Nov. 2024, 18:00 – 22:00
Zürich, Bärengasse 16, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland
About the event
About On Archives
On Archives brings together works by three contemporary photographic positions, each cataloguing aspects of daily life, both past and present.
Swiss artist duo Lena Amuat and Zoë Meyer’s series Artefakte und Modelle is a collection of objects that embody humanity's struggle for knowledge. Over twelve years in the making and comprising hundreds of images, the project inventories models, artefacts, natural specimens, and teaching tools that the artists have unearthed while traveling through European universities and natural history museums.
South African artist Nico Krijno presents a series of collages that he began in 2020. Using a scanner, the collages are composed of multiple pre-existing prints. Dreamlike and surreal, they offer glimpses of the known and recognizable while simultaneously inviting the viewer into fantastical worlds.
Lastly, Zurich-born artist Roger Eberhard explores the Swiss oddity of collecting coffee cream lids (Kafferahmdeckel) in his series Escapism. The project presents an inventory…