Ester Vonplon

Ester Von­plon (b. 1980) is one of the most important Swiss repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of soci­ally com­mit­ted artis­tic pho­to­gra­phy. Von­plon, who grew up in Berg­die­ti­kon, draws inspi­ra­tion from her enga­ge­ment with land­scapes and the natu­ral ele­ments of the respec­tive topo­gra­phies. Pre­cise framing and a see­mingly sculp­tu­ral lan­guage of forms cha­rac­te­rise her expres­sive works, which tell of beauty and tran­si­ence in equal mea­sure. Vonplon’s images make us aware of the fra­gi­lity of the pris­tine. In the con­text of ART FLOW, this artist has com­men­ced wide-ran­ging rese­arch on the state of nature in the Limmat Valley. Her pic­tures show­ing pockets of land­scape, be they almost untouched or res­to­red, raise fun­da­men­tal ques­ti­ons about how our civi­li­sa­tion deals with nature.

The Limmattal(ers) x Gluri Suter Huus, Wet­tin­gen