Die Alpen sind hohl
by Isabelle Weber
Synopsis
Based on a huge military infrastructure, this experimental short film looks at the Swiss belief in the mountains: as it upholds both a physical and mental barrier, the construction of national identity and fictitious common origin, and of a flourishing economy. The Alps are hollow, in their cavities echoes a rotting ideology…
Biography
Isabelle Weber (she/her) works with video, CGI, installation, sculpture and performance. Her art practice researches geopolitical circumstances and wealth-distribution in relation to raw materials, resource extraction, technical devices and digitality. Her current project “Die Alpen sind hohl” takes the Réduit national as a starting point for a feminist, anti-nationalist, and postcolonial examination of Switzerland’s ideologies. She works as a freelance artist and is curating and organizing in the art space KEINRAUM.