15 March 2008 – 4 May 2008

Swiss Video Art from the 70s and 80s. A Reconstruction

With video installations and video tapes by Swiss artists, some from the store-rooms of the artists’s studios, the exhibition focuses upon the beginnings of video art in Switzerland and its developments until the end of the 1980s. The presentation lays particular emphasis on authenticity and on a comprehensive experience of the works’ spatial aspects, the way in which they act as installations, and also their acoustic qualities. The reflection of performance practice seeks to intensivy an awareness of this transient mdium. At the same time it takes as its theme a historical era of video art which is of great importance for contemporary discourse.

Address

Kunstmuseum Luzern
Europaplatz 1
6002 Luzern
phone +41 41 226 78 00
http://www.kunstmuseumluzern.ch

Opening Hours

Tuesday - Sunday 10 a.m.-17 , Wednesday - 8 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

The collection of the Museum of Art Lucerne consists primarily of Swiss art from the Renaissance through to the present day.

New building opened in 2001; architect: Jean Nouvel

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