Temporary Enchantment – KRIST-ALL-TAG

15.03.2005 Swarovski Kristallwelten Wattens

The exhibition "Temporary Enchantment", conceived by Harald Szeemann, devotes itself to the theme of "Krist-All-Tag" (Crystal in Everyday Life) for its second year at the Swarovski Crystal Worlds in Wattens. Until 5th February 2006, Una Szeemann’s audio visual installation on the theme and the recently adapted internet project, thecrystalweb°, will accompany the two permanent works of art in the display, Ingeborg Lüscher’s "Amber Room" and Peter Bissegger’s "Prometheus Dome".

Through “Temporary Enchantment” in the “Crystal Showcase” at the Swarovski Crystal Worlds, the Swiss curator, Harald Szeemann, who died in February 2005, was able to realise one of his last great exhibition projects – a playground of imagination characterised by visionary ideas and art for all the senses. The core elements of the display are the Amber Room and the Prometheus Dome, which have been installed in the Swarovski Crystal Worlds for a duration of three years. Equally significant, however, is the constantly changing virtual world of thecrystalweb° and an annually changing audio visual area, which Una Szeemann developed as “Krist-All-Tag” for 2005. This thematic focus takes over from “Escape Points”, which unearthed crystals in architecture and film, in expressionism and science fiction in the first year of “Temporary Enchantment” (March 2004 to February 2005).

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