For the old factory hall of the Arbon art center, Séverin Guelpa develops a gigantic immersive installation on the interaction between progress and decline: the Kunsthalle is bathed in darkness and atmospheric sounds. Dimly lit, a mysterious, building-like structure rises in the center, above a mirror-smooth surface of water. Is it first emerging or sinking? The title, Subsidence of Growth, suggests the latter….
