Laurence Bonvin
Aletsch Negative

Chapter Hall

Audiovisual installation
2019

Laurence Bonvin is a Swiss artist who works with the media of photography and film. Her practice has a strong documentary approach and is dedicated to themes such as the transformation of the urban periphery, natural and cultural landscapes, segregation and the architecture of power.

The photographic animation is based on an exploratory journey to the Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps in the summer of 2018. Equipped with a camera, microphone and computer, the artist collected image and sound material that forms the basis for the large-format projection. Still and moving images as well as audio recordings make the process of melting and change in its irretrievability visually tangible and sensually comprehensible.