LA GROTTE

Water, fog, smoke, clouds: The immersive video work La Grotte (2017–2019) pulls us into a mesmerising vortex. From the inside of a cave, the Grotte aux Fées in the Valais, the blue suspended matter flows into the distance, capturing our gaze. Is it the centre of the Earth or a cosmos far outside the solar system? Do we see skyscrapers against the light or the inside of a body, of a living being? In the darkness of the exhibition room, accompanied by spherical music, we feel as if we are losing our bearings, as space and time dissolve around us. The pull of the image stream reminds us of nature’s both creative and destructive power. Humans are part of nature, breathe in and out with it, are born from chaos and will dissolve in it again. – Text: Sarah Mühlebach