Articles of ‘Swiss Pavilion 54th Venice Biennale’

Kettle’s Whistle / The Prodigal Son

Kettle’s Whistle / The Prodigal Son

By Michele Robecchi
In December 2003 Thomas Hirschhorn dropped a bomb in the room by announcing that he would no longer exhibit in his home country. The page-long statement was motivated by the election of Christoph Blocher, number two of the ultra-conservative Swiss People’s Party, to a full member of the Federal Council the very same [...]