"My work always begins with research and curiosity. I explore how images convey meaning, how they affect our identity and our collective memory, and how they can be retold. By shifting forms, meanings, spaces and contexts, I create new connections that invite us to re-examine the familiar."
Laurence Aëgerter
Laurence Aëgerter’s extensive œuvre comprises photographic series, site-specific installations, community projects and artist’s books that address the constant transformation inherent in things. Through her innovative use of archives and existing images – from illustrated books to museum collections – she examines the visual material that shapes collective memory. Displacement and translation play an important role in her work.
Her transcultural and transhistorical practice reflects on the meaning of images in relation to identity and shared memory. Working across photography, textiles, objects and installations, Aëgerter often collaborates closely with master craftspeople and specialists in techniques ranging from weaving and printing to ceramics, glass, wood and metal. Their knowledge becomes part of the development of each work, while the materials themselves contribute their own history, tactility and symbolism.