Markus Schwander
Markus Schwander

Rainbows grow in the neighbor's garden 2009

Rainbows grow in the neighbor's garden. On the occasion of Meret Oppenheim's 100th birthday. Basel, 2009.

Rainbows grow in the neighbor's garden. On the occasion of Meret Oppenheim's 100th birthday. Basel, 2009.

Rainbows grow in the neighbor's garden. On the occasion of Meret Oppenheim's 100th birthday. Basel, 2009.

Rainbows grow in the neighbor's garden. On the occasion of Meret Oppenheim's 100th birthday. Basel, 2009.

Collaboration with Tina Z'Rotz.

A hanging rainbow of colorful water hoses connects the front yards of two houses in Kleinbasel. Z’Rotz and Schwander designed the sculptural intervention based on a poem by Meret Oppenheim, for an exhibition on the event of the Swiss artist's 100th birthday. The rainbow was reinterpreted in 2014 as part of the exhibition Nukleus Nairs at the Nairs Cultural Centre in Scuol.

Rainbow on the move, Nairs Cultural Centre, Scuol, 2014

Rainbow on the move, Nairs Cultural Centre, Scuol, 2014

Rainbow on the move, Nairs Cultural Centre, Scuol, 2014

Rainbow on the move, Nairs Cultural Centre, Scuol, 2014

Rainbow on the move, Nairs Cultural Centre, Scuol, 2014

Endlich!
Die Freiheit!
Die Harpunen fliegen.


Der Regenbogen lagert in den Straßen,
Nur noch vom fernen Summen der Riesenbienen unterhöhlt.


Alle verlieren alles, das sie, ach wie oft,
Vergeblich überflogen hatte.



Aber:
Genoveva:
Steif
Auf dem Kopfe stehend

Zwei Meter über der Erde
Ohne Arme.


Ihr Sohn Schmerzereich:
In ihr Haar gewickelt.


Kleine Fontäne.
Ich wiederhole: Kleine Fontäne.
(Wind und Schreie von ferne.)
(1933)


Aus: Meret Oppenheim: Husch, husch, der schönste Vokal entleert sich. Gedichte, Zeichnungen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1984.