Swiss Pavilion ‘Under the Lake’, Expo Zaragoza 2008
On the basis of the competition idea submitted by the architects Fischer and Walker, iart conceived and planned the exhibition ‘Under the Lake’ for the Swiss Pavilion at Expo Zaragoza 2008. The exhibition’s central feature was a huge sail onto which water constantly fell. The sail was hung in a curved way and due to projected images seemed to change its shape and function: It formed the three-dimensional shape of a lake floor or a pool. The projected video work was realised especially for this screen by the artist Max Philipp Schmid. iart realised the entire exhibition in cooperation with tegoro solutions ag and Nüssli Schweiz AG. The Internet site for the Swiss pavilion included a virtual exhibition tour designed by iart, which was realised by Claudiabasel under iart’s direction.
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For the sail installation ‘Under the Lake’ at the Expo Zaragoza 2008 the artist Max Philipp Schmid realized the video. The making of shows him at work together with Thomas Isler, Esther Hiepler and the actor who appears swimming along the sail in the finished work. 
For the new visitors’ centre of the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, iart realised the main exhibit ‘Interactive Sphere’. The sphere itself serves as a display for projected images and as a navigation tool. Its content and external appearance change whenever visitors roll the sphere or interact over the touch screen. The installation was developed in order to communicate global circumstances and developments regarding climate change, energy research and mobility.
For the temporary exhibition ‘On a Delicate Mission – Tales of Swiss Diplomacy’ at the Landesmuseum Zurich, iart realised the table for a diplomatic banquet. The decked table was so precisely overlaid and extended by a projection with moving images that a paradoxical blend of reality and fiction was created.
For two tower blocks of the Christoph Merian Stiftung iart realized a light installation. The windows of the top floors were illuminated with coloured lighting from behind, which resulted in on coloured stripe each. Depending on the season and the internet activity of the people in Basel the colour changed.
On the occasion of the Swiss National Exhibition Expo.02, iart, in cooperation with the group ‘Panorama2000’, realised the panorama ‘Switzerland Version 2.1′ in Jean Nouvel’s Cube: a 360° projection that was 23 meters wide and 7 meters high, it presented high density digital images in real time.
