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highwater

Highwater by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Highwater – Drink, Oh Heart, From The Overflow Of Time! Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany 2011 Feb 6 – Aug 14, 2011 World-reknowned Swiss artists Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger are having…

moongarden

Moon Garden by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Jardin de Lune (Moon Garden) In the heart of the old silver mine in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (France), 2007 until Sept. 2008 The Night is in command of the underground moon garden. Dreams and nightmares…

office

The Office by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

O Escritório (The office) CCBB Brasilia, 2007 Another thought-provoking installation by Swiss artists Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger.   A fully furnished open-plan office in the administrative centre of Brazil is overwhelmed by…

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Swan Lake by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Joutsenlampi (Swan Lake) ARS06 Kiasma Helsinki, 2006 In pre-Christian times, death was perceived as a deep, healthy sleep. Hence, death did not really exist, just sleep and the waking up into a new…

nervous system

The Vegetative Nervous System by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

The Vegetative Nervous System  museum kunst palast Düsseldorf, since 2006 The vegetative nervous system is a permanent installation in the 20 metre high entrance hall of the museum kunst palast. You can look…

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Crystalline Ovulation IV by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Crystalline Ovulation IV  Swiss Institute Rome, since 2005 The egg fountain is placed in one of the walls of the travertine covered courtyard. The fountain is embraced by a wall painting of prehistoric…

metajardin

Méta jardin by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Méta jardin la maison rouge Paris, 2005 The biodiversity of colourful junk meets the biodiversity of brilliant exclusivity. Growing and decomposing structures live in the same territories hand in hand. Values dissolve. A…

pigfood

Indoor Plants and Pig Food

Indoor plants and pig food by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger   Gallery Stampa Basel, 2005 The next generation of indoor plants is growing from pure fertiliser. They don't need foamed clay, no…

soulwarmer

Soul Warmer by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Soul warmer| Abbey Library of St.Gall, 2005 Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger created this installation for a library back in 2005.  I chanced upon a picture of this work while surfing the net.  And…

root

Root Treatment by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Root Treatment Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2004 From deep down we gaze up along the damp glistening and dripping roots into the dark space above. No, we are not dead. We are…

fountainofyouth

The Fountain of Youth by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

The Fountain of Youth Santa Ana chapel on the grounds  of the Cartuja monastery 1st Biennial of Seville, 2004 The Santa Ana chapel is deserted. Even Columbus, who was originally buried here, has…

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Brainforest by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Brainforest 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Japan), 2004 Another enchanting installation by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger.  Passers-by just can't help but become completely immersed in the space they created.  …

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Falling Garden by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Falling Garden | San Staë church on the Canale Grande | 50th Biennial of Venice, 2003 Almost everyone I know loves this installation at first sight.  When I see this work by artists Gerda Steiner…

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