GERDA STEINER & JÖRG LENZLINGER
THE ARTIST DUO GERDA STEINER AND JÖRG LENZLINGER ARE WELL KNOWN ON ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR THEIR HUGE PSYCHODELIC LOOKING INVIRONMENTS. THE TWO SWISS ARTISTS ALLWAYS TRY TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE: THEY COMBINE MATERIAL THINGS WITH PLANTS, FLOWERS, STONES, CRYSTALS, ETC.. BUT THEY DON'T ''ONLY'' COMBINE NATURAL THINGS WITH COSTUMER GOODS, THE MAKE AS WELL A MIX WITH INTELLECT GOODS. THE PLACES THEY LOOK OUT FOR THEIR INSTALLTIONS ARE ALLWAYS WELL CHARGED WITH INTELLCTUAL, CULTURAL, ARTISTIC, HISTORIC POWERS.
STEINER/LENZLINGER WERE AS WELL REPRESENTIG SWITZERLAND AT THE 2003 VENICE BIENNAL. AT THAT TIME THEY CREATED A HUGE AS - MANY CALLED IT -'HANGING GARDEN' IN THE GIANT BAROQUE BASILICA OF SAN STAË. THE VISITOR FELT LIKE BEEING IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND'S AREA.
A WONDERFULL PROJECT THEY REALIZED AT THE ABBEY LIBRARY OF ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND, CALLED ''SOUL WARMER'', 2005.
AT UTOPICS THEY WILL SHOW A CONTAINER WICH WILL BE SOME KIND OF A GLASS HOUSE. THE RECIPIENTS WILL DESCOVER TRUNGS, BAGS, CRYSTALS, GRASSES, WEED AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS IN IT AND WILL BE THINKING HOW EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE, WHAT WILL WIN, NATURE OR MATERIAL STUFF? IS THERE A WINNER?
IMAGES OBOVE:
SOUL WARMER, 2005, ABBEY LIBRARY, ST.GALLEN
MIRACLES, 2003, ST. STAË, VENICE BIENNAL, VENICE
THE WATER WHOLE, 2009, ACCA, MELBOURNE
