The video installation ‘Lebensfluss’ (stream of life) by the artist Syl Betulius contains a collage of historical black and white photographs and films, music and spoken texts written by Annemarie Schwarzenbach and a piece of clothing hanging at the ceiling. iart was responsible for planning the media installation, tegoro solutions ag for the technical realisation.

Schwarzenbach’s own photographs from journeys in the Orient and the USA and portraits of her are shown in four combined projections on a ground of salt. Next to the row of pictures the costume of ‘The Rose Cavalier’ is displayed. This was made in 1911 for opera singer Emmy Krüger — the mistress of Annemarie’s mother Renée Schwarzenbach. And Annemarie Schwarzenbach wore it in the early 1920s, which gets visible through pictures.

Project description for download

Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Eine Frau zu sehen
Temporary exhibition at Museum Strauhof in Zurich, Opening: 19 March 2008
and Literaturhaus Berlin, Opening: 14 June 2008

Customer
Museum Strauhof, Zurich 19/3/08 — 1/6/08
Literaturhaus Berlin 14/6/08 — 3/8/08

Services iart
Concept and planning of media

Media
4 synchronized projections

Project Partners
Alexis Schwarzenbach, Curator
Syl Betulius with Violeta Tschäppeler, Video installation
Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Scenography
tegoro solutions ag, Realisation of media installation

Project Duration
4 months

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