LAUBERHORN SKI RACE IN SUMMER

Wengen CH 2006/07

This art project recreates – in summer – the most famous of Swiss ski runs, rendering it visible with the aid of installations and a time accelerator. The end product, an installation with viewing apparatus and a short film with an all-time record on the Lauberhorn, provides insight into the fascinating race course. Ten thousand wooden slats depict the perfect line carved by the ski racer as he hurtles down the piste. The trail of slats is deliberately set against a background of a green alpine meadow to generate alienation, thus showing the perfect line far more clearly than would be possible in the snowy landscape.

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