You may recall us featuring Zürich’s The Proposal at the tail-end of last year – if you don’t then you really need to check it out – we said then that it’s “not just a gallery, but possibly the most astonishingly unique b&b we can recall”, and now the guys are back with the 2nd in a series of 6 planned proposals.
Running until February 12th, “Untitled” poses American philosopher Henry David Thoreau’s question “what are we busy about?” – as artists Jeremie Maret, Lenny Staples and Christian Weber explore the concept of workers losing perspective of what exactly it is they’re doing. 337 Euro-pallets fill the courtyard – and surround the 1977 Peugeot J7, one of the b&b’s two rooms – to symbolise industry and the production process, whilst inside the main gallery the question is posed about society’s connection to these processes.
Once again it’s innovative, thought-provoking and, well, we just can’t wait for No.3…