Enter the Crack

Enter The Crack was an artistic research project with biographical, political, and staged references, realized from November 2023 to February 2026 in Appenzellerland, Berlin, Lichtensteig, and Zurich. At the core of the project was the appropriation of a place that appears simultaneously near and distant, with the aim of disrupting dominant structures and creating a moment of resistance. The inspiration for the project came from a sense of "discomfort that results from belonging to two different worlds, worlds so far separated from each other that they seem irreconcilable, and yet which coexist in everything that you are"as described by sociologist and philosopher Didier Eribon in Returning to Reims. Various works were created within the framework of Enter The Crack, including Silvester Firefly with Nagi Gianni, Schattenlicht with Wassili Widmer, and Bluse with Laura Oertle and Marisa Sturzenegger-Mayer. Private Garden by Roman Gysin was further developed, and together with Susan Steiger, masks were created from linen, wax, and acrylic through careful craftsmanship. In addition, objects and their contexts from the Collectio Magica et Occulta collection of the Cantonal Library of Appenzell Ausserrhoden were incorporated into the research. Finally, the research manifested as a short film with Die Haube, to be carried further.