„The 4th Country“ shows a trip into an area of borders, where the three countries of Switzerland, France and Germany come together. Equipped with rucksack and camera we crossed the area within spitting distance of our home in Basel. We lived in hotels like we were tourists on a voyage to a far away country. The trip evolved like a thriller without action in a no mans land between abandoned borders, brush, community gardens, industry, family home colonies and dubious hotel rooms. „The 4th Country“ shows a trip into an area of borders, where the three countries of Switzerland, France and Germany come together. Equipped with rucksack and camera we crossed the area within spitting distance of our home in Basel. We lived in hotels like we were tourists on a voyage to a far away country. The trip evolved like a thriller without action in a no mans land between abandoned borders, brush, community gardens, industry, family home colonies and dubious hotel rooms.
The journey through the 4th country was created at the request of Audiorama, Strasbourg for the “Dreiländeroper”. The work was shown as a slide show at exhibition stations of the “Hidden Publics” exhibition in Liestal, Graz, Dresden, Ustinat Labn and Lubljana. In the Blackboxx Basel as well as at the “Weg – Festival des Spazierens” in Basel we wallpapered the pictures as a room installation on the walls.
A collaboration with Max Philipp Schmid
Production: Audiorama for the Dreiländeroper
Magazine design: Nicole Boillat
see text: The 4th country