Ingo Rasp
The Phenomenon of Memory

Exhibition:
January 14 to March 5, 2022

Opening:
Thursday, January 13, 2022, 19h
Introduction by Catrina Sonderegger

Artist Talk:
Saturday, January 29, 2022, 15h

Finissage:
Saturday, March 5, 2022, 13-17h

Opening Hours:
Thursday 18-20h
Friday and Saturday 13-17h
or by appointment


The Sahara Sand Series

In early February 2021 the sky above Switzerland turned orange.
High altitude winds were blowing north from Africa across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, carrying approximately 80,000 tons of dust and sand from the Sahara desert in a single day.
In the Swiss Alps, the orange and brownish dust finally settled.
Glaciers were covered with a layer of colored sediment.
Entire mountain ranges appeared tinged with sophisticated and subtle colors.
Becoming visible on pristine winter snow, this phenomenon is known as “blood-snow”.
In the course of winter, new layers of fresh snow covered the evidence of this meteorological oddity, embedding it into the memory of the mountains and glaciers.
As time passed by and the seasons have turned, the snow is finally melting.
Meltwater carries the colorful dust and sand away, down from the glaciers and mountains to the sea.
Higher concentrations of the colorful material form where the water is seeping away, leading to abstract orange shapes and compositions.
A global phenomenon of becoming and decaying becomes visible in the details of a photograph.