Home is where the art is.
Because the curators’ project was to take an existing artwork out of the art world and reinsert it in a place central to its concerns (in this case that place was the “home”), Guido van der Werve’s film was not screened at the Museum Bärengasse (now Gasthaus zum Bären). Instead, the TV screens comprising the installation simply showed the first frame of van der Werve’s film.
The show Learning from Warsaw was curated by Nele Dechmann, Nicola Ruffo, and Agnieszka Sosnowska and was the result of their two month research activities in Warsaw. The curators found inspiration in the architectural classic Learning from Las Vegas.
The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue designed by Atlas Studio, which was honored with a Most Beautiful Swiss Books award. It was edited by Nele Dechmann, Nicola Ruffo, and Agnieszka Sosnowska.
The project was made possible by Artists-In-Residence Laboratory at the CCA Ujazdowski Castle and was supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, the Warsaw City Council, and Kultur Stadt Zürich.