Reto Steiner and Martin Roth
dal 10/6/2013 al 14/6/2013
Segnalato da
10/6/2013
Reto Steiner and Martin Roth
BLG Erlenmatt Halle, Basel
A wooden roof made out of materials from the Berner Oberland is edited becoming organic. Steiner and Roth work together in the framework of the artist collaboration project Make.a.Match focusing on their main issue: nature.
Curated by Katharina Schendl, supported by Lea Widmer
The Swiss Reto Steiner and the Austrian, New York-based Martin Roth are working together on an exhibition in the framework of the artist collaboration project MAKE.A.MATCH focusing on their main issue: nature.
In the former warehouse Erlenmatt in Basel Steiner will construct a structure, a wooden roof made out of materials from his home in the Berner Oberland, referring to production processes in craftsmanship closely related to the local tradition. The rigid wooden structure will be edited by Roth through growing moss, it will become organic.
The nostalgic, familiar image of an old moss-covered roof will shift through the alien setting of the roof sheltered by another building to an object dissociated from its original function. The audience will be confronted with a view as yet never considered at eye level. The protective roof is reduced to the construction of an animate object that is inevitably ahead.
MAKE.A.MATCH is a project based on the idea of a cultural exchange between two artists living and working in different cities.
The curated confrontation of two artistic positions, involving the work and cultural interests of paired-up artists, will take place between artists living in Zurich, Pristine, Tel Aviv, Stockholm and Los Angeles throughout the year 2013. The work of the collaboration will become visible through a project, an exhibition.
Image: Reto Steiner, Loch, Bråschgen, 2012
Exhibition Opening Tuesday, June 11th, 4pm
BLG Erlenmatt Halle
Schwarzwaldaallee 305, Basel
daily 1pm - 7pm