Beni Altmüller. ‘Luce Nel Bosco’ June/July 2020
Beni Altmüller (born May 26, 1952) is an Austrian artist. He works with various media and materials in applied and free fields of art.
He was a guest of ours as Artist in Residence in June/July 2020. During his stay at the Ciabot in Roddino, he created the sculpture ‘Luce nel Bosco’, the work stands on the wayside on the street Localita Bocciarda.
The project’s idea provoked different reactions; in any case, the sculpture provided a lot of talking material in Roddino.
Karin Bucher and Thomas Karren were our guests in the autumn, and we thank you for their impressions, for the text, and the photos.
As first-time travellers to the Piedmont we examine our map and finally find Roddino and Ciabot in the midst of vineyards. Behind the church we descend a lane as to our left a huge wooden ball appears. Signifying to us the end of a long journey.
„Luce nel bosco“ , in english „Light in the Woods“ is a piece of art by Beni Altmüller, created in June 2020. The sculpture is made of log cut branches of various local trees. Skillfully twined, an orb around a central nest it reaches out for the sun from dawn till dusk. Like fallen from the sky, heavily grounded, contemplating, confronting all storms.
In this manmade landscape the rearranged branches talk of a monument to the diversity and vitality of nature. Talk of the mortality of all existence. Reach out its senors in every direction to capture the energy of the universe. Maybe a reminder to mankind: grab the sky, bring it down to earth and live paradise.
We found paradise in Ciabot. Riding the bicycle, eating like Gods, drawing and playing some music we quickly recovered from an intense episode of time. We managed to see our past from a breezy distance, digest and condense, put to rest and make plans.
Karin Bucher, scenographer & Thomas Karrer, filmmaker
Karin Bucher is a freelancer scenograph and lecturer for scenography and visual arts. She loves to question our reception and to tell stories in many layers, transcending boundaries. The artist and teacher explores spaces and formats of storytelling full of power, magic and vitality. Perspectives get moved, discussions initiated and encounters provoked. www.karinbucher.ch
Thomas Karrer is a freelance filmmaker. He makes documentaries for cinemas, museums and institutions. They are mainly about man and culture. Presently his film „Zwischenwelten“ – a movie about alternative ways of healing – just opened all over Switzerland. www.karrer-multivision.ch
Since 2006 Karin Bucher and Thomas Karrer live in Palais Bleu, a former district-hospital in Trogen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, which whas been adapted as a cooperative for art, workspace and living. Currently they work together on a documentary about Chandigarh, a planned city in Northern India, which was built out of nothing by a team around Le Corbusier in the 60s. www.palaisbleu.ch
