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Reto Pulfer
Zustandseffekte
until June 23, 2013
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I walk towards a cave in a tropical forest and I can recognize a smaller and a larger entrance. Upon entering I see the Milky Way spanning across the ceiling. Milk is dripping on me and the floor. I assume this cave is man-made as it appears so precisely cut in stone. The Milky Way illuminates the rather dark cave. I can see a large mouth moving on feet, it opens and closes, teeth are scatterd around it. I am actually frightened by it as I believe it may eat me.
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Towards the rear I can recognize a Grand Figure with wings. It seems to overlook the cave and I assume it lives here. Briefly I hide in a small cellar that is strangely located within the cave. Then I examine the cave in detail and I hear some lovely sounds. This makes me feel warm and warmer, actually I begin to feel really hot. My skin is peeling off like paper. I can now see my gibbous fish-like and leathery skin beneath it. My new skin is all full of colours. Desperately, I am in need for water to cool me down. There I jump into the fresh and clear Milky Way. The echo remains in the hall.
-- Reto Pulfer
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In his first solo-exhibition in the United States, Reto Pulfer suspends large swathes of hand-painted cloth from the ceiling structure, countering the architecture of Swiss Instituteâs main gallery while exploring an ethereal environment. Drawing from the ancient Greek strategy of mnemonics, the artist translates thought patterns into three-dimensional form: secondhand bed sheets, Raku-ceramics, and the handmade crate in which the work is shipped are used as vocabulary. |
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