For ART FLOW, Swiss artist Taiyo Onorato is showing his video installation «Wasser Welt» at Zurich’s Wasserkirche. In his project, the artist focuses on the river space that the Limmat has created over millions of years. The decidedly chosen change of perspective below the surface of the water creates new access and visibility of life in and around the river. Water is also present in the exhibition space: Onorato runs the results of his video research through an ingenious, installative complex, the centerpiece of which is a repurposed aquarium. This creates an immersive, multi-perspective perceptual space in the Wasserkirche that invites visitors to experience unusual views of the river.
Taiyo Onorato (*1979 in Zurich) studied photography at the Zurich University of the Arts. Together with the artist Nico Krebs (*1979 in Winterthur), Onorato appeared as an artist duo from 2003 to 2024. The success of their work has taken them to various renowned exhibition venues in Switzerland: Kunstmuseum Thun (2006), Kunsthaus Aarau (2009), Fotomuseum Winterthur (2009), Museum im Bellbark Kriens (2011). The artist duo gained international recognition with solo exhibitions at PS1 MoMA in 2006 and the Swiss Institute in New York in 2008. The project at the Wasserkirche is Taiyo Onorato’s first solo exhibition after the dissolution of the working group.