My topic this time was “Decadimento – Italian Decay”, where I presented urbex four locations from Northern Italy. Each of these places has its own history which I will explain another time with a full set. Enjoy!

Exhbition homepage: “Industrieromantik” (until 14 September 2009)

Exhibition location: Ziegel Oh Lac (part of Rote Fabrik)

What: Pecha Kucha Night
When: Thursday, 28 May, 20:20h
Where: Unternehmen Mitte, Gerbergasse 30

More info on the official website.

Update: Great event, lots of fun – thanks to all who cheered for me! You can see all the slides I showed in the respective exhibitions page.

Annie Bertram: "Winter Princess"

My wife and I just returned from a great exhibition opening in the H.R. Giger museum in Gruyère, Switzerland. Our friend (and wedding photographer) Annie Bertram is showing her photograph series “True Fairy Tales” (“Wahre Märchen”) there until August.

Annie is a well-known gothic portrait photographer. Her exhibition is a reflection upon classic fairy tales – popular ones such as Sleeping Beauty, and less known ones such as King Thrushbeard – and show protagonists of those fairy tales in a new light. It is also a companion exhibit to her illustrated modern fairy tale book of the same name.

I can wholeheartedly recommend the exhibition: It’s a beautiful collection of 40 photographs on canvas, shown in an unusual museum next to a beautiful medieval castle in the middle of Switzerland. The exhibition runs until mid August – don’t miss it!

• Annie Bertram
• H.R. Giger Museum

Visitors seem to fall into four categories: 1) People who love the fruit pictures and are hesitant about the others, 2) people who see the fruit pictures as an interesting addition to the industrial ones, 3) people who don’t seem to care about either, and 4) elderly ladies who try to convince me of the coming alien invasion after the big world war.

Arte Binningen is still open until next Sunday, 26 October. If you have time to drop by, don’t miss it – Binningen is just one #2 tram stop away from Basel!

PS: The new postcards have arrived – in case you wanted some, but they were sold out on Sunday, this is your chance!

I’m looking forward to seeing you at the exhibition!

And here is are the pictures that will be on display:

Photographs on display (framed)

All framed photographs are printed on Hahnemühle fine art paper.
Dimensions: 50 x 70 cm (including frame)
Prices: between CHF 190.- to 350.-

Further Photographs (artist’s folder)

All photographs are printed on Hahnemühle fine art paper.
Dimensions: 30 x 45 cm (no frame)
Prices: between CHF 90.- to 120.–

Fruit of the Gloom Poster

Poster design always gives me headaches because I never know what grid structures to use… but after some tinkering around with a basic concept (and some help from Adobe’s fabulous Kuler color picker website), I came up with an exhibition poster I like. It’s a very clean, Swiss design.

My plan is to have two of those printed on A2 for display at the entrance of my exhibition room at Arte Binningen.

Btw, for the non-German speakers: “Früchte des Zwielichts” means “Fruit of the Twilight”.

UPDATE: changed the font, added a date, replaced the blue line

The center of my exhibition will be my Fruit of the Gloom series, which feature oversized fruit in empty halls. Furthermore I will show a cross-section of my interior, exterior and detail photographs. All pictures are available for purchase.

If you are around Basel, please drop by. I will be at the exhibition almost all of the time (during the week after 17h), but I recommend you to contact me just to be sure!

Arte Binningen

• Opening Event: Friday, 17 October, 18:30
• Exhibition: Saturday, 18 October – Sunday, 26 October 2008
  (Mon-Fri: 15-20h; Sat-Sun: 10-20h)
• Location: Kronenmattsaal, Kronenweg, Binningen, Switzerland (

  map)

• Website: http://arte-binningen.ch