Lumiere 308: Bâle – Le pont sur le Rhin, 1896

  • Philipp Gasser
  • Switzerland

A virtual replica of the Old Rhine Bridge (replaced by the Middle Bridge) was created using 3D graphics software and original plans. The buildings and objects reconstructed to scale on the Kleinbasel side are covered with textures from contemporary photographs. In a tracking shot from the Grossbasel to the Kleinbasel side, viewers are guided past various points of information worth knowing about the bridge and its surroundings.

  • Philipp Gasser

    Born 1958 in Chur, lives in Basel. Artist in the field of digital media art. Works with video, virtual reality and augmented reality technology, animation and installation. 1989 - 1992 Class Audiovisual Design, SfG Basel (today HGK Basel, FHNW) until 2023 Lecturer at the Institute of Art of the HGK Basel, FHNW in the field of digital media art.
    Solo exhibitions: Among others at Kunsthaus Baselland (2011); Kunstmuseum Bern @ PROGR (2015); Galerie Kabinet T, Zlín Czech Republic (2017).
    Group exhibitions: Video works in the exhibition "Jenseits des Panoramas" at Thun-Panorama (Kunstmuseum Thun)(2022); "The Scarlet Poodle", AR animation film, preview at Kino Atelier, Basel (2022); Several video works in the exhibition "Kino vor dem Kino, Lavanchy-Clarke, Schweizer Film-Pionier", Museum Tinguely, Basel (2022); 1-channel video installation "Rear Window" on view at space25, Basel (group exhibition together with Alex Silber and Rut Himmelsbach) (2022/2023).