Story 4

Swiss culture change in knitting

Knitting is the preserve of grandmothers, even in Switzerland. Millions of socks, rags, hats, scarves, pullovers and necessaires have been made by generations of knitters for Christmas and birthdays. Knitting has been a school subject since the 15th century. The Z-generation, on the other hand, prefers to be mobile and buys useful and less useful things online. Packaging comes before content, there is no time for homemade things. The new generation is knitted differently.

Story 5

In the mirror: Swiss landscape

How much space does the people need, and how much in addition for short- and long-term visitors? Where does the charm of dense city centres begin and where does the landscape lose its charm? Where everyone wants to go, you are rich; where everyone has to live, you are poor. The landscape is what makes Switzerland distinctive. The many small and medium-sized towns and communities shape the individuality of Switzerland as a location, its history and its future. If you build up the spaces in between, you build up nature and individuality. The landscape will no longer be where everyone wants to go.

Story 6

Zurich chocolate makes you happy

Chocolate was discovered by the indigenous people of Central America. Rudolf Lindt succeeded in making it a melt-in-the-mouth delight in the 19th century by constantly stirring the cocoa mass. Lindt Home of Chocolate with its museum can be reached in Kilchberg in just a few minutes from Zurich. A world of experience to see, participate in, marvel at and enjoy. Chocolate is around almost every corner in Switzerland, because chocolate makes you happy.

Story 7

Zurich – leading the way with precision

Everything is in flux. Time orders the past and measures perspectives in the future. Precision has brought industry in Zurich and Switzerland a long way, in the machine industry, in the textile industry and not least in watch production. Today, precision is measured in research, in nanotechnology and in Zurich‘s cutting-edge medicine. In a country without raw materials, innovation and precision are everything.

Story 10

Zurich conquers the rankings

Hardly a global survey or an international factual comparison: Zurich conquers the top ranks. Economically, ecologically and socially. Every year again. An island of bliss. No wonder the residents of Zurich also consider themselves privileged. In terms of quality of life, they are in the best company with Vienna, Aukland, Munich and Vancouver. Other planets are not yet included in the ranking.

Story 11

Zurich snow-safe

Not only in winter. The proof in the winter sky and on the roofs of houses, streets and parks is quickly made. The other substance, independent of the season, leaves its traces in the wastewater of the municipal sewage treatment plants. Here, too, Zurich is far ahead in the top rankings.

Story 12

Switzerland on the cross

As early as 1291, the founding fathers of the then Confederation were anxious to make Switzerland more independent from the influence of other states. The white cross on a red background symbolises christianity, neutrality, democracy and protection. The founding fathers of the Swiss „Red Cross„ were concerned with helping people affected by wars and disasters. The Red Cross on a white background was recognised under international law in 1864 as a sign of protection for hospitals, ambulances and medical personnel in armed conflicts.

Story 13

Zurich understands speculation

Zurich knows how to make unwelcome phenomena invisible and make a good profit at the same time. The recipe is called gentrification. This is how the oldest trade in the world is to be forced out of the already world-famous milieu of Zurich‘s Langstrasse via the rent spiral. New conditions are fuelling property prices. Sex and multicultural residents are disappearing, as are the alternative shops and service providers. An old neighbourhood becomes a new, hyped and expensive one, but also a more boring and interchangeable one. Those who press the lemon squeeze don‘t want to leave room for niches.

Story 14

Zurich is DADA

When art is supposed to be nothing, at most parody and anti-bourgeois, it is art by DADA. In 1916, this art movement was founded in the city on the Limmat. In the former house of the Cabaret Voltaire on Spiegelgasse in Zurich, the spirit of Dada is held high. A never-ending quest for everyone else to find and explain this spirit.

Story 15

Switzerland: For peace, war and art

The UN, with its European headquarters in Geneva, stands for peace. Not all wars are prevented. The power of the opportunists disregards the ideals and arguments of the UN and its members. Cannon thunder and resolutions are routinely clocked. The anti-aircraft gun is the trademark of a once flourishing arms industry in Zurich. This branch of industry has long since been transformed into a high-tech centre for space travel. What remains is an art collection donated by the industrialist Bührle, which will soon find its home in Zurich‘s new Kunsthaus building. 

Story 16

Zurich divinely good

The confectionery is located in the heart of Zurich‘s city centre. It is constantly inventing new flavours for its Luxenburgerli. They fill bellies, hearts, coffeehouses and the cash registers almost unnoticed, given their fine workmanship and delicacy. The Zurich reformer Zwingli would not have liked that. But even Maria would probably have succumbed to them.

NOËL
2021

1920x1080 Pixel, H.264
25:18 Min. in loop

Edition of 3 + 1AP

Hotel Noël: Local artists design decentralised Christmas hotel

Just in time for the start of Christmas on 25 November, the unique "Hotel Noël" is being created in Zurich. For this purpose, artists are transforming one room in each of ten Zurich hotels into an inspiring world of art. The rooms can be booked now for overnight stays from 26 November to 26 December and are the perfect starting point for discovering the Christmas city on the Limmat. The "Hotel Noël" can be experienced in its entirety on the website noelzurich.com.

The Christmas pop-up hotel surprises with ten individually designed rooms in ten Zurich hotels. The temporary overnight experience from 26 November to 26 December will be designed by local artists. They will ensure a broad artistic spectrum and diversity, creating rooms that are as individual as possible. As art collectives, illustrators, designers and video artists, they create creative worlds in which guests can and should immerse themselves.

[...] At the Hottel Plattenhof, a subjective story is told in 16 acts about Zurich and Switzerland. Matthias Gubler projects a digital mural onto the ceiling in room 104 of the Plattenhof Hotel, which can then be viewed while lying down.

The video collages are digital murals. The source material comes from the internet. Selected film sequences
are turned into video loops without hard editing. The selection and juxtaposition of the individual films is primarily intuitive. The deliberate composition of the images and the rhythm of movement result in strong compositional juxtapositions. In terms of content, the individual acts take up everyday situations or political themes, respond to each other conceptually or formally, present them humorously to sarcastically, always aesthetically. Through animation and content, the „image“ attracts the attention of the viewer, who inevitably associates personally.