Quiet Things, 2005, A photo installation in the barracks, Liestal

An order following a contest, permanent installation

The usual man and machine dominated perception of the army is contrasted with motifs from the barrack’s housekeeping. The photo installation covering the entire wall shows daily living spaces and their standardization in the large scale organization of the barracks. They play with the common dimensions of the known objects and direct the attention towards these unspectacular but nevertheless essential areas.

Four Laserchrome® photographs on Alucobond
dormitory 920 xs 324 cm, shirt shelf 952 xs 324 cm, canteen trays 476 xs 364 cm, ladles 476 xs 364 cm

Photo and digital processing: David Hiepler and Fritz Brunier, hiepler, brunier, Berlin
Production and montage: Grieger Professionelle Bildtechniken, Düsseldorf
Contest organization: Education, culture and sports direction, canton of Basel-Landschaft, kulturelles.bl
Builder: Direction of building and environment protection, canton of Basel-Landschaft, town planning and confederate department of defense, public protection and sports.
Architects: Vischer AG Architekten & Planer, Basel
Publication: Folding card with four pictures and a text by Isabel Zürcher