WINDOW PROOF

"What use - in thought“, Exhibition at Locher Grounds, Manegg Zurich 2020

Installation with existing concrete sample slabs, held in common tension by connected tensioning straps - © Stefan Jaeggi

Detail: connected tensioning straps with inscription of tension and pull - © Stefan Jaeggi

concrete sample slabs in window reveal, hold by tension strap - © Stefan Jaeggi

Installation witconcrete sample slabs in window reveals, hold by tension strap - © Stefan Jaeggih existing concrete sample slabs, held in common tension by connected tensioning straps

remaining of existing concrete sample slabs on the outside wall - © Ilona Ruegg

Outside view on the Locher Tower during installation of the concrete sample slabs - © Ilona Ruegg

The Locher grounds were about to be demolished and then redeveloped with residential properties. In the interim phase, the buildings of the former Locher construction company were used as artists' studios. It was in this context that the exhibition to which I was invited was conceived.

I moved 8 of the 10 existing façade sample panels from the outer façade to the staircase. There they were inserted into the 8 window openings, which they partially covered, so that from the outside behind the window openings the façade appeared to be closed. A continuous tensioning belt prevented the heavy, slightly inclined panels from falling down. They were all under the same tension. A cut would have caused them to fall in one single moment.

"What use - in thought“, Exhibition at Locher Grounds, Manegg Zurich 2020