icarus







In my ongoing project “icarus”, I work with delusions of grandeur and failure. The starting shot for “icarus” was fired in April 2024, with an unreal location in the Swiss Alps playing a central role.
Here, not far from the San Bernardino Pass and far from any human settlement, an abandoned restaurant bears witness to former sky-scraping plans. Reality has transformed the building into a ruin. The surrounding mountains are reflected in the mostly broken double-glazed windows.
The minutely changing reflections of the landscape form the basis for the project. In order to explore this visual dynamic, I repeatedly visited the site and came into contact with nature, here mirrored and distorted.
As if it were a providential joke, the abandoned building bears a significant name: “Mia Colpa”, which means “My Fault”.