Déhiscence

2016
Installation, Ferme Asile, Sion, CH
“DER INHALT ENTSTEHT DURCH DIE BESONDEREN EIGENSCHAFTEN DER VERPACKUNG.” Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

The installation consists 4 to 6-metre-long biomorphic cocoons made from polyethylene film wrap – the same packaging material farmers use to ferment their hay bales. The air-filled shells, which are similar in shape to the fruits of the bladder-senna shrub, were displayed as if they were hanging in a drying room.

In its conceptual, architectural and aesthetic form, the room installation tells a story about shells, artificiality and naturalness. The cocoon shell or skin is considered a place of existence and is at the same time a cell layer where our inner vibrations interrelate with those of the outer world.

Photo © Robert Hofer Sion, CH
Photo © Robert Hofer Sion, CH
Photo © Robert Hofer Sion, CH
Photo © Thomas Andenmatten Brig, Ch
Photo © Thomas Andenmatten Brig, Ch
Video © Samuel Dématraz, Ch