alfatih

For his first insti­tu­tional solo exhi­bi­tion in German-speak­ing Switzer­land, alfatih works across the six rooms of the former tax office on the second floor of the Kun­sthaus, which was once the town hall. The build­ing is built on water: the River Langete flows beneath it. Its his­toric flood pro­tec­tion system and reg­u­lar flood­ing earned the town the nick­name Little Venice. The set­ting of the exhi­bi­tion thus reflects the ten­sion between plan­ning and order on the one hand, and unfore­seen ele­ments that threaten to under­mine them on the other. This ten­sion also forms the basis of alfati­h’s new works, which have been cre­ated for the exhi­bi­tion. Time Leaks is an inves­ti­ga­tion into the rules of games and what hap­pens when their logic begins to falter, the title itself func­tion­ing as a dis­rup­tion of order.

A pub­li­ca­tion will be released to accom­pany the exhi­bi­tion in April.