PHO 008         Panorama         Julian Charrière         2011

Header image © Julian Charrière
Text: Julian Charrière

The series Panorama consists of photographs seeming to depict majestic alpine landscapes under various weather conditions, showing snowy peaks emerging from foggy valleys or mountain panoramas lit by a fleeting rainbow. But images are not always what they appear to be and, indeed, what Julian Charrière shot in this series are different ephemeral interventions, produced site-specifically in various construction sites in Berlin. The artist used extracted soil covered by flour and fire extinguisher foam to generate miniature, model Alps inspired by his native Switzerland in the middle of the city. With this work, the artist questions not only how perception works, but also our fantasized relation to “nature” and the sublime, while playing the demiurge on his own, limited scale.

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