“Plane Landing” 2008
Friday, 4 July 2008, 4am, Zurich Airport
All photos courtesy of and taken by the artist © Aleksandra Mir 2008
movie provided by Michael Reupke
Sunday, 6 July 2008, 10am (!Cancelled due to bad weather forecast for Sunday!)
Witness the public inflation of Aleksandra Mir’s “Plane Landing” on the spotter place in Oberglatt (the Parking area off the main road between Oberglatt and Bachenbülach).
Get directions here. Scroll down page with map and click on image with this caption “Züri-Unterland aus der Vogelperspektive”.
See you there!
28. Juni 2008, 12 – 17 Uhr, jeweils zur vollen Stunde (nur bei schönem Wetter!)
Ort: Flughafen Zürich, Besucherterrasse, Terminal 2
San Keller “Künstler und Polizist” Kasperlitheater
Im Rahmen der Ausstellung “Shifting Identities - (Schweizer) Kunst heute” führt San Keller ein Kasperlitheater auf, in dem zwei Figuren vorkommen: ein Künstler und ein Polizist. Die Geschichten dafür hat er aus realen Begebenheiten abgeleitet, die ihm Künstlerkolleginnen und –kollegen erzählt haben. Eine Auswahl der gesammelten Geschichten hat San Keller gemeinsam mit Dagny Gioulami für das Kasperlitheater dramatisiert und wird das Stück im Laufe der Ausstellung drei Mal an drei verschiedenen Daten und Orten aufführen. Die erste Aufführung findet nun am Flughafen Zürich, auf der Besucherterrasse statt.
“Journal of Disorientation”, 2008
Edition: 30’000 copies
Available at magazine racks at all boarding lounges
“Gianni Motti Assistants”, 1997 – 2008
Area near ‘Bye-Bye Bar’
“Kunstvitrine”, 2008
Gates B Check-in 1 towards Star Alliance Lounge
Brian Eno *1948
http://www.last.fm/music/Brian+Eno
Brian Eno’s ‘Music for Airports’ will be played daily at intervals at the Center Bar between Gates A and B at Check-in 2
Performance “Pre-emptive Act” 2008
Check-in 1, Zürich Airport
05 June 2008 14hrs, 11 July 13-19hrs and 31 August 13-19hrs
David Renggli *1974
Nedko Solakov *1957
(above) Nedko informing visitors of the museum of what had happened at the airport.
02 June 2008 - Photos of Nedko here doing his little scribbles at one of the ‘Passkontrolle’ at Zurich Airport before it got completely erased .. a few hours later. (This action was authorised by the same authorities who erased the work)
Aleksandra Mir *1967
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
Russian Jew, Polish Catholic, Swedish Protestant
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Sweden and USA
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Lubin, Lund, Partille, New York, Warszawa, London, Palermo
Where do you live and work right now?
Palermo
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
Yes, probably, I am very happy here
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. The Acid rain
b. The Erosion
c. The Ozon hole
If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a. The Acid rain
b. The Erosion
c. The Ozon hole
Ingo Giezendanner *1975
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
Half Swiss, half German
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland, Germany?
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Switzerland, USA, Pakistan…
Where do you live and work right now?
Switzerland
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
Luckily i dont know my final destination yet…
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. No private cars
b. Higher taxes
c. More tea
If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a. No private cars
b. Higher taxes
c. More tea
What is your favourite recipe?
Daal chavel (rice with lentils)
San Keller *1971
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
Swiss
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Berne, Zürich, New York, Rome
Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
I don’t know! My wife and my son decide
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. Less of anything
b.
c.
If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a.
b.
c.
What is your favourite recipe?
Meals made with old bread
Christian Vetter * 1970
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
Dark, warm and very very small
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Zürich, Mörschwil and Beijing
Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
Albania
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. Less complacence
b. Less money
c. Less cars
If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a.
b.
c.
What is your favourite recipe?
I don’t like recipes.
Gianni Motti 1958*