Art in Sihlcity
Helicoïdales
Where: Spiral Staircase Mall
Who: atelier oï. Founded in 1991 in La Neuville. Multidisciplinary studio for architecture, interior design, product design and scenography.
What: «Helicoïdales», 2021. Wooden installation made of pine. The artwork emphasizes Sihlcity's connection to the nature of the Sihlraum. The spiral-shaped compartments made of wood are arranged in a staggered manner like the branches of a tree and rotate gently in circles due to the air in the room.
Koi
Where: Night-time entrance to the car park
Who: Annelies Štrba. Born 1947 in Zug. Photographer. Video, photo art. Lives and works in Zurich and Melide.
What: ‘Koi’, 1998, video stills, backlit. 22m long. Processing and realisation 2007: WBG, Weiersmüller
Bosshard Grüninger, Atelier für visuelle Kommunikation AG, Zurich. Courtesy of the semina rerum gallery in Zurich.
A Portrait in Light and Heat
Where: Toilets on the lower ground floor
Who: Ana Gart
What: No title, 2015, backlit. 19m long. Processing and realisation: WBG, Weiersmüller Bosshard Grüninger, Atelier für visuelle Kommunikation AG, Zurich. Courtesy of the semina rerum gallery in Zurich.
Suitcase Installation/Three Colour Canons
Where: Sihl, underneath the motorway viaduct, and Kalanderplatz, underneath the bridge (hotel/mall link).
Who: Roman Signer. Born 1938 in Appenzell. Sculptor, draughtsman, performance and installation artist, videographer. Lives and works in St. Gallen.
What: Suitcase Installation, 2007. Galvanised bars as a closed loop, black metal suitcase, electronic motor, water.
Three Colour Canons, 2007. Three chrome-steel tubes, three colour stains, gunpowder, the colour blue.
Installation: ‘Pebro’ seating item
Sihlcity has lots of space to rest and linger, both outside and in the quite zones of the shopping mall. Three design studios took part in a competition to come up with novel ways to furnish these areas. The jury chose the suggestion by the young Cellule© studio, which came up with the convincing idea of a flexible seating item that returns to its original form after use, like a blade of grass after a downpour.
Producer: Faserplast AG
Sihl Delta - Artist Residency
Founded in 2021, the artist residency Sihl Delta offers artists a quiet space in the vibrant surroundings of a shopping mall – an unusual but very inspiring working environment! Sihl Delta is located on the first floor of a brick building dating from 1886 and consists of two spaces: The first room with its tall, steel frame window evokes the building’s industrial past. Where workers manually processed paper in former days, today, the studio doubles as an exhibition space. The second room is more reclusive, and bears witness to the space’s last use: From 2007 until 2019, the rooms functioned as a non-denominational church whose offices were furnished with the wall-to-wall cupboards now generating the slightly bureaucratic but meditative atmosphere of the second room.
Today, Sihl Delta provides artists working in different media with space and time for developing their artistic practice. At the same time, Sihl Delta and its exhibitions and events aim to bring contemporary art to Sihlcity – serving as a trap door for visitors of the shopping mall, offering unexpected discoveries in a world designed for consumption and amusements.
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Location:
Sihl Delta
Artist Residency
Kalanderplatz 6
8045 Zürich