Douglas Mandry CH, b. 1989
Rhone Gletscher, Gletscherbesteigung, 2026
Lithography on used geotextile (glacier protection blanket)
100 x 75 cm
Unique piece
© Douglas Mandry
ABOUT THE SERIES «MONUMENTS» Collecting old images of Engadine glaciers from the early 20th century, Mandry transferred them onto pieces of geotextile, which had been brought down from the alps...
ABOUT THE SERIES «MONUMENTS»
Collecting old images of Engadine glaciers from the early 20th century, Mandry transferred them onto pieces of geotextile, which had been brought down from the alps after a season on the ice, protecting the glaciers. Through the traditional process of lithography, a double-exposure phenomenon happens: the images, fading memories of the Golden Age of Swiss tourism, become part of the current, technological attempts to preserve a past which no longer exists. As a result, an effect of collage happens, where time and space are consciously and playfully shifted by the artist. By using physical materials (originally used for something else) and working with old printing methods, he examines notions of tangibility and permanence.
Collecting old images of Engadine glaciers from the early 20th century, Mandry transferred them onto pieces of geotextile, which had been brought down from the alps after a season on the ice, protecting the glaciers. Through the traditional process of lithography, a double-exposure phenomenon happens: the images, fading memories of the Golden Age of Swiss tourism, become part of the current, technological attempts to preserve a past which no longer exists. As a result, an effect of collage happens, where time and space are consciously and playfully shifted by the artist. By using physical materials (originally used for something else) and working with old printing methods, he examines notions of tangibility and permanence.
