Art Spectacle in XXL at the Kornhaus Romanhorn

The House of Digital Art in Romanshorn opened on 4 December 2020 and offers an exciting experience. The ground floor, which was previously used as an SBB warehouse, now houses 1300 square metres of exhibition space. Two exhibitions are currently on display: "From Monet to Kandinsky - Revolutionaries of Art" presents ten modern artists, but you won't find any women. The second show is called "Colours X Colours" and is by the French artists Thomas Blanchard and Oilhack. They show macro photographs of colours flowing into each other and floral motifs.

A virtual reality show will follow in spring

The House of Digital is the first of its kind in Switzerland, with branches in Bangkok and Dubai. Peter Schnückel, the investor behind the conversion of the Kornhaus, acquired the licence from the Russian company Vision Multimedia Projects. However, the House of Digital Art is not the first institution in Switzerland to present art as a multimedia show. For example, "Van Gogh Alive" can be seen in Zurich's Maag Hall until the end of the year. What is new, however, is that this type of spectacle, which combines HD projections with animated graphics and music, has been given a permanent home.

And that's not all: Schnückel is planning further exhibitions: a virtual reality show and an interactive parent-child exhibition are due to follow in spring, as well as a very old-fashioned presentation documenting the construction process in the Kornhaus. The House of Digital Art is to become "the destination for digital art in Switzerland". However, Basel has already been home to the House of Electronic Arts since 2011, which we have already reported on. reports have. The focus there is not on show effects, but on contemporary digital art.

Arouse emotions

Peter Schnückel wants to make art accessible to everyone with his House of Digital Art: "It's about emotions, not about thinking too much." Although information about the individual artists is projected onto the walls in an anteroom, you will look in vain for a catalogue of the works on display. "We have no elitist aspirations. We want to whet the appetite for art," says Schnückel.

We are looking forward to the VR part in spring.

Source: tagblatt