During the vernissage, the tape was removed so that the work could be viewed more closely. In her filigree objects inspired by a tropical underwater world, Ania Dziezewska has surrounded fine wire mesh with granules of white Carrara marble. The hollow bodies, which look like webs and are partly colored blue, flutter gently in the wind. In contrast, Volker Scheurer places massive, amorphous bodies next to his oversized human figures that resemble arrowheads, which are also inspired by the underwater world that the artists were able to get to know on a snorkeling trip on the Andaman Islands. A unique journey, as Scheurer remembers, which they originally set out on in search of swimming elephants from an Arte documentary, but which they did not find there. Two hours later, the festival grounds are empty, the art objects in their steel frames swaying slowly in the wind – a great effect.
There is no major thunderstorm over Weil am Rhein this evening either – just like last Saturday, when a film was cancelled in anticipation of a major storm and the audience was sent home. Two guests from Basel cannot believe that the audience left the venue without protest. “Everyone should be able to decide for themselves when to leave.”
