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WIDMER+THEODORIDIS contemporary is delighted to open the season with a new exhibition by the Zurich-based photographers Andreana Scanderbeg and Alexander Sauer. Their second one-(wo)man show Chavalon takes its name from the now disused Chavalon Thermal Power Station located in Vouvry in Valais.
Following their highly successful Decommissioned exhibition, SCANDERBEG SAUER aim now their lens at out-of-use industrial plants. While aeroplanes such as those portrayed in Decommissioned can be removed from service without too much trouble, the removal from operation of larger and primarily housed machine installations is slightly more complicated.
The history of Chavalon is marginally relevant when wishing to understand SCANDERBEG SAUER’s series of images. Chavalon is exemplary of many other industrial plants. Economic and political decisions of national importance are primarily mirrored in such large-scale projects; these projects later allow an insight into the prevalent opinions of the time.
Vignette : © SCANDERBEG SAUER
