ZÜRCHER OLYMP
Masks / Texts / Objects / Photography, Videography / Sound Art / Storytelling / Performance / New Ritus / Research / Mental Health meets immersive Artwork
ZÜRCHER OYLMP is an ongoing multidisciplinary Art Project. It evolves around the fictional mythology of the Gods of Üetliberg - an „ancient“ God-Family based on one of the main hills surrounding Zurich.
I initiated the project with various questions in mind. First of all - who owns history? Who is entitled to frame the past and therefore is able to influence and shape parts of the identity of citizens of certain regions and cultures of the world.
Although the Zürcher Olymp characters, masks and tales are fictional, they are deeply connected to the region of the Üetliberg and its spirits.
The various parts and steps of the projects always cite scientific proof / statistics and anthropological mechanisms in humorous ways. But still each of them is a meaningful piece of art. With each stage I explore new forms and mediums. The Zürcher Olymp is my vessel to create new layers and accociations around Questions of Identity.
Immersive Art
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Exhibition @ Dienstgebäude Zurich, August 2019
In big format Photographs (200 to 150 cm), tiny Polaroids, texts and Objects the new found traces of the Lost Gods of Üetliberg are presented for the first time. Maps show the places of this archaeological milestone. Profound research reveals that traces of the Gods can be found even in old Swiss history books.
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Initiation Rite / Filmpremiere / immersive Art-Performance @ lacapsula Art Space, Zurich October 2019
The 10th of Octobre got established as the official Zürcher Olymp Holiday in 2019. It was celebrated with a immersive public Performance, the Premiere of the Film „The Lost Gods of Üetliberg“, an Installation, an Audiowork and a collective Ritus. This day states the official imprint of the Gods into the history of the City Zurich.
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Feeling connected. Wherever you are.
October 2020. Isolation hit. Worldwide. How can we feel a connection, wherever we are? Weither in the forests of Finland, the parks of Berlin or on top of Üetliberg, the home of the Gods of Zürcher Olymp. The Godwalk is an immersive sound art experience
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Immersive Soundart
Meet the Man with the two colored eyes. / Follow the hidden tunnel behind the stone. / Sit with the fly in sweet hibernation.
FOREST WAVES is an immersive experience where Nature becomes the (theatre) stage. FOREST WAVES is Storytelling and Sound Art. Five stories guide you through the woods. FOREST WAVES is part of a bigger research on the interdisciplinary edges of Storytelling / Soundart / Nature and Mental Health.
FOREST WAVES is mapped in Joutsa / Finland via the Echoes App.
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An immersive New Music Theatre Experience. Coming Soon.
Premiere Zürcher Olymp
01.July 2023 - Live Reading at Jurablick Teahouse on the Üetliberg - Launch of the Audiowalk on the Echoes Sound App
THE AUDIOWALK IS AVAILABLE
>>> ENGLISH
>>> SWISS GERMAN
>>> GERMAN
Let loose, follow the guidance and wander through nature as if you are part of the stories which are told to you. Breath in. And out. Look twice. At the environment surrounding you.
This Audiowalk is designed as an invitation: to connect with nature and your inner voice. It’s a product of an ongoing research about the powerful combination of nature / art / sounds and their positive impacts on mental health. Questions which were arising during the process are: What could be new forms of healing? What could be new ways of prevention?
Participants described this Audio Walk as a sort of cleanse. They could disconnect from their daily business and experience the moment, the nowness. 35 Minutes of Storytelling and guidance is followed by a 10 Minute guided Ritual of worship and togetherness.
THE RITUAL
The last part of the Audio Walk is a Ritual. You are invited to be part of a big community, your voice will be one of many voices and connection is made. To honour nature and the Gods of Üetliberg each participant is asked to over a little gift (- no plastics!). All the pictures of the gifts are collected and form another layer of worship to this piece of immersive art.
