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If I Were A Bird - Book Launch with accompanying exhibition
Zurich, Switzerland, 2026

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Publication IF I WERE A BIRD
2026, Zurich
668 images, in German with English translation. 544 pages, A4 format, limited edition of 100 copies.
Printing and binding: buch.one-Offsetdruckerei Karl Grammlich GmbH, Pliezhausen, Germany
Paper: Munken Pure 130 g/m², cover: 300 g/m², fonts: PS Fournier Std and Avenir Next, cover design using individual letters (wooden type) from the era of hand‑setting

Hold On!
2003
Approx. 33 photographs as inkjet prints (each 24 × 36 cm)

Koudhi
2008, Bangalore, India
Fabric scraps, thread, 200 × 190 cm

Mirror Rooms
2004, near Pontresina, Switzerland
Lambda print on aluminium, 70 × 105 cm

The Yellow Wolf Lichen
2004, near Pontresina, Switzerland
Lambda print on aluminium, 70 × 105 cm

Nest
2003, Zurich-Altstetten, Switzerland
H8 digitised, time-lapse, silent, 14 min 54 sec

Parabole
2016, Rivière-Pilote, Martinique
Full HD, with sound, 5 min 42 sec

Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
2019–21, Berlin, Germany
Full HD, with sound, 28 min 26 sec
Video documentation of a parallel projection

Fundus
1996, Zurich
9 performances with clay (video installation, presented in this exhibition via tablets mounted on the wall)
H8 digitised, variable duration, loop

Four places in Zurich
1997, Zurich
H8 digitised, 11 min 35 sec

Clay Head (video portrait)
1997, Zurich
H8 digitised, 17 min

Model of a 2-Room-Flat (Draft for a Better Life)
2018, Zurich
Video documentation of a video installation with 2 projections (each 280 × 157 cm)
Full HD, stereo, 12 min (loop)