THE PROJECT “HABITAT #3:WEIT IST WEITER?” DEALS WITH A SPECIFIC PART OF SWISS HISTORY. AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE SWISS GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO DEVELOPPP A CIVILIAN AND MILITARY NUCLEAR PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CONNECT THE COUNTRY TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEVELPMENT.
TO ACHIEVE THIS, SWITZERLAND HAD TO TEST ITS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLY IN THE FIELD OF ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. TO THIS END, AN EXPERIMENTAL POWER PLANT WAS BUILD UNDER A HILL NEAR THE VILLAGE OF LUCENS IN THE CANTON OF VAUD, IN WESTERN SWITZERLAND.
WAHT IS LESS WELL KNOWN, HOWEVER, IS THAT THIS EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT COMPLETELY DERAILED ON JANUARY 21, 1969 (AT 17:17:00), LEADING TO A CORE MELTDOWN AND THE FINAL SHUTDOWN OF THE POWER PLANT. ALTHOUGH THE ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACCIDENT SEEMED MINIMAL DUE TO THE SMALL AMOUNT OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL ON SITE, THE ACCIDENT AND INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO CURB THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS SHATTERED THE SWISS DREAM OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
THE PROJECT “FLUXXXXX #1:HOW FAR IS FAR AWAY?” DEALS WITH THIS MOMENT OF SWISS HISTORY, WHICH TOOK PLACE JUST ABOUT 20 KM FROM THE ARTSITS BIRTHPLACE. THE PROJECT QUESTIONS OUR RELATIONSHIP TO MATTER AND THE WAY WE TRANSLATE IT INTO IMAGES.