Forget Me Not / Vergissmeinnicht
Stéphanie Baechler
CONDITION & NOTES | |
New |
|
TYPE | PUBLICATION YEAR |
Softcover |
2024 |
EDITION | LANGUAGE |
First |
English |
PUBLISHER | DIMENSIONS |
Building Fictions | 34 x 23 x 4 cm |
New
TYPE
Softcover
PUBLICATION YEAR
2024
EDITION
First
LANGUAGE
English
PUBLISHER
Building Fictions
DIMENSIONS
34 x 23 x 4 cm
ABOUT
The picturesque landscape of northeastern Switzerland is home to a diminishing number of Tröcknetürme and Hänggitürme: peculiar yet monumental wooden towers once used for drying dyed textiles. These structures are architectural remnants of the 19th century, when the region was a booming global centre of textile production.
This book records the life of these towers in two ways. First, photographer Ladina Bischof’s photo series documents the last remaining towers in Switzerland. Second, I share my research and process behind the production of a monumental public artwork installed at the Tröckneturm St. Gallen. Once myself a textile designer in St. Gallen, my intrigue for the towers soon became determination, not only to trace the histories of these structures and the work they accommodated but to give them visibility once again.