Everywhere is everywhere and nowhere
We find ourselves in the year 2008 AD. The entire Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich is dedicated to commerce and luxury. The entire street? No! With imagination and humour, a small group of artists resist the shopping frenzy. To understand how they do, attend the rehearsals of OONA Project. Founded by Marisa Godoy and Michael Rüegg in 2004, the group sees itself as a pool of artists, a forum for highly diverse collaborative work. Look closely: you will see that there are not only bank vaults under the Bahnhofstrasse, but also a tiny refuge for creative artists, who – cast out of the Gessnerallee by IETM – have found a means of escape amidst a world of finance and commerce, elegance and exclusivity.
OONA Project (guide), with: Trixa Arnold, Lana Baldanova, Marisa Godoy, Ilja Komarov, Yvonne Nünlist, Nic Tillein, Michael Omlin, Jan Ratschko, Michael Rüegg, Slava Zubkov, www.oonaproject.ch.