QUARTO: MOVING LANDSCAPES

A – Tenna: Tenner Chrüz – GPS: 46.759300, 9.334180, from Tenna (Mitte) ca. 1.5 h
B – Stable on the Street to Tenner Alp – GPS: 46.74810, 9.33150, from Tenna (Mitte) ca. 20 Min.

Installation, site specific performance and video series raising questions on the ecology of habitation explored in a choreography of two bodies and a metal cube that can be visited at Tenner Chrüz. Installed in a barn halfway along the trail, the video series captures the artists‘ attempts to move various landscapes, including one from the Safiental. Let us to move in the landscape and allow the landscape to in turn move us while casting our collective spells to the future! (JL)

BIO: QUARTO are Anna Mesquita & Leandro Zappala, a Brazilian-origin interdisciplinary artist duo based in Stockholm. www.quarto.se
MEDIUM; Installation, performance, video, participation
The performance took place on July 6, a video documentation is on show in the stable.
COLLABORATION: Thomas Rickenmann, Andrea Todisco
SUPPORT: Alpgenossenschaft Tenna, Jürg Willhelm, Josi Messmer, Thomas Buchli, Layher GmbH, Swedish Arts Council
CURATOR: Joanna Lesnierowska

Video Sampler (v4, 2024):

Extended Credits:
Choreography, concept & performance: Anna af Sillén de Mesquita & Leandro Zappala
Artistic advisor: Igor Dobričić
Light design & technical coordinator: Tobias Hallgren (Lumination of Sweden)
Sound advisor: Tim Palmer
Cinematography: Gregori Bastos, Mary Isaac, Osama Elgendy, Anton Abrahamsson & Maria Berg (Septemberfilm), Claudio von Planta, Thomas Rickenmann
Edit & postproduction: Leandro Zappala, Henrik Norberg & Gregori Bastos.
Co-production: Weld, Dansens Hus Stockholm & Art Stations Foundation / Susch Museum (Switzerland), Art Safiental Biennal
Created in residence and in collaboration with MDT (Sweden), Breaking Walls Festival Cairo (Egypt), Art Stations Foundation & Susch Museum (Switzerland), ILEA Institute for Land and Environmental Art, Safiental
Sponsored by Layher
Supported by the Swedish Arts Council, Alpgenossenschaft Tenna, Jürg Willhelm, Josi Messmer, Thomas Buchli