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"Seven days (rendering the world)", 2011
Videoinstallation, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz
Exhibition "Celestial Bliss"
The Basel-based artist Philipp Gasser (born 1958 in Chur) presents his first institutional solo exhibition in Kunsthaus Baselland. Since 2001 the artist has been teaching at the HGK FHNW (College of Design and Art, University of North-West Switzerland) in the department of Digital Media.

Philipp Gasser had his art education in Basel and participated numerous times in video festivals and exhibitions at home and abroad. His works were seen, inter alia, at the exhibition ÒReprocessing RealityÓ in Nyon (2005) and New York (2006) or at Kunstverein Freiburg (2002). Gasser also received numerous studentsÕ and scholarsÕ grants for travel and stay abroad. His exhibition in Kunsthaus Baselland is titled, ÒCelestial BlissÓ, which could be either interpreted as Òblessings from heavenÓ, Òheavenly joy or happinessÒ or simply as Òluck that originates in the firmamentÓ. The title evokes a potential prevailing mood and a substantial red thread which is carried through the exhibition.

 

I'm an exhibition
"Ein Kommen und Gehen"
Philipp Gasser, seven days
Exhibition "Celestial Bliss", Kunsthaus Baselland Basel/Muttenz
Photos: Viktor Kolibˆl