"12 IMPRESSIONS" - by Aksel Stansy and Paul Clemence

”12 IMPRESSIONS”: A collection of visual narratives by artists Paul Clemence and Aksel Stasny exploring 12 art museums in Switzerland, including the BEYELER FOUNDATION, KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL, TINGUELY MUSEUM, ZENTRUM PAUL KLEE, KUNSTHAUS ZURICH and MAMCO/Geneva. Featuring iconic projects by RENZO PIANO, MARIO BOTTA, CHIST & GANTENBEIN, IVANO GIANOLA and KARL MOSER.
Invited to get acquainted with some of Switzerland’s top cultural institutions photo artist Paul Clemence and Aksel Stasny embarked on an exploratory journey that took them across the country to discover a rich repository of world class art housed in museums built in a variety of architectural styles. Equipped with their camera the duo captured on video the art, the architecture and the feel of each institution visited. The result is a collection comprised of 12 very personal videos (one at each location) that takes the viewer on an unique cultural tour. At times atmospheric and conceptual, the videos go beyond the simply documentary type videography to establish for each museum its own mood and narrative according to the character found at each setting. “Museums are such an interesting typology, offer so many design possibilities. This experience gave us the chance to observe an eclectic mix of approaches to it”, comments Clemence. “It was fascinating to examine how the different design concepts influenced the connection with masterpieces by say Monet, Andy Warhol, Giacometti or Tinguely”. “The most challenging and interesting aspect of this project was to arrive at a space, examine its atmosphere and then almost instinctively attempt to capture it through moving images”, says Stasny of the project.
The short video clips, feature some of Swizterland’s top museums: The Beyeler Foundation, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kunsthaus Zurich, Kunstmuseum Bern, MAMCO Geneva, Museum zur Gestaltung, Fotomuseum Winterthur, MASI/LAC Lugano, Zentrum Paul Klee, Tinguely Museum, Musée de l'Elysée Lausanne, Art and History Museum Geneva.
About PAUL CLEMENCE: Paul Clemence is an award-winning photographer and artist exploring the cross sections of design, art and architecture. He exhibits in the international fine arts circuit, from classic B & W prints to cutting edge large scale photographic urban installations at important cultural events such as Venice Architecture Biennale, ArtBasel/Design Miami and Milan’s FuoriSalone. His work is in both public and private collections. A published author, his book "Mies van der Rohe's FARNSWORTH HOUSE" remains to this day the most complete photo documentation of the iconic modern residential design, a selection of these photos is part of the Mies van der Rohe Archives housed by MoMa. He is widely published in arts, architecture and lifestyle magazines, having photographed and interviewed the likes of Campana Brothers, Renzo Piano, Lord Norman Foster, Daniel Libeskind, Dame Zaha Hadid, Kazuyo Sejima, Dror Benshetrit, Marina Abramovic, Odile Decq, Vik Muniz and many other art, architecture and design personalities. His Facebook photo blog “Architecture Photography”quickly became a happening photography and architecture community, now near to one million followers worldwide. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil he now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His last project was a photo installation in the collateral Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 event “Time Space Existence” happening at Palazzo Bembo in Venice, Italy. More here: www.pauclemence.com
About AKSEL STASNY: Aksel Stasny was born in Vienna, finished his degree in computer science and business at the HTBLA Leonding and continued his studies at the University of Vienna focusing on Theory of Theatre, Film and Media. After working at well-known Viennese production, he attended the New York Film Academy in New York City. In 2010, Aksel's American directorial debut, “Coming Home” was officially selected by the renown Montreal World Film Festival. The following year, his second film “3 Needs” celebrated its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival and shortly after the festival invited him the third time to celebrate his first feature film production “Hold Me”. Aksel Stasny's body of work was celebrated at film festivals all over the world, such as the Busan Film Festival in South Korea, PUFF Film Festival in Hong Kong, LA Pacific Filmfest, San Diego Asian Film Festival, New York Independent Film and has won awards at the Oscar qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival and Canada International Film Festival. More here: www.akselstasny.com
This series premiered originally at ARCHI-PHOTO:
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