Curated by Francesca Benini

A project in collaboration with Aargauer Kunsthaus

The artist travels to very remote regions of the planet with a strong geopolitical identity –volcanoes, glaciers, radioactive sites – and uses unconventional methods and materials in situ to investigate the tensions and elemental links that exist between human civilisation and the landscapes it inhabits.
The MASI exhibition scenography is designed as a diorama. With a video projection at its core, Charrière has created an installation that transforms the entire exhibition space into an environmental setting reflecting the central subjects and themes of his work. The artist’s aim is to intensify the visitor’s involvement by means of a sensory experience as well as the interactivity between the observer and represented landscape. New works produced by the artist specifically for this MASI exhibition are displayed alongside reinterpretations of previous works in the environmental installation. He has included local subjects and natural resources in his research, which he has developed with Ticinese craftsmen.