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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Zwischenzeit

site-specific installation with motion detector, light control system and fluorescent wall drawings
2016
installation view at Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland, 10.12.2016 – 22.01.2017
photo credit: David Aebi

With Zwischenzeit, Claudia Breitschmid creates a site-specific installation. Visitors enter what appears to be an empty exhibition room. Their presence activates a light control system and, after a few seconds, the space abruptly darkens.

For a brief moment, a fluorescent drawing emerges from the walls. Before the spatial constellation can be fully grasped, the light returns, leaving the drawing barely visible.

The work reveals what usually remains concealed: cracks in the masonry and traces embedded in the exhibition architecture. As long as visitors remain in the space, darkness recurs, shifting perception and opening a moment in which seeing is no longer bound to light alone.

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