Claudia Breitschmid*1983, Fotografiestudium an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste und Masterstudium in Contemporary Arts Practice an der Hochschule der Künste Bern. Seit 2008 aktiv als Künstlerin und Fotografin. Mitbegründerin von jmcb – Kollektiv für visuelle Feldforschung.
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Entsammlung

Film and concept: Claudia Breitschmid; sound and voice: Franziska Bruecker; sound recording: James Ritter
HD video (loop), colour; sound, stereo, 6:00
2021
installation view at Kloster Dornach, Switzerland, 25.04. – 26.09.2021

Entsammlung (or De-Collecting) deals with processes of eradication and offers an unusual insight into them through the city archive of Uster, Switzerland. Each year, experts at the archive decide which publications and documents will remain. What are their criteria? Which gaps will shape the future of this archive? Equipped with six cameras, Claudia Breitschmid accompanied this moment of destruction and presents the result as a filmic essay.

  • Is the past more fictional then the future?
  • How long is forever? 
  • Is there a historiography of the gaps?
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