Opening - Oscar Tuazon - "Lighthouse"

Oscar Tuazon – ​“Light­house”

Ope­ning: Satur­day, 25 Octo­ber 2025, 3:00 pm

Loca­tion: Spiel­platz August­wiese, Eulen­weg, 5400 Baden

Wel­come addres­ses:

Markus Schnei­der,
Pre­si­dent ART FLOW / Mayor of Baden

Petra Wini­ger Østrup,
Head of Art Media­tion, ART FLOW

«Light­house» by Oscar Tuazon marks the 23rd pro­ject of the gro­wing exhi­bi­tion ART FLOW – Art in the Limmat Valley.

The Ame­ri­can artist Oscar Tuazon has crea­ted an impres­sive social sculp­ture on the forest edge in Baden: «Light­house» – a sculp­tu­ral fire­place made of con­crete, steel and wood, con­cei­ved as a gathe­ring place for people of all ages.

Tuazon, inter­na­tio­nally renow­ned for his par­ti­ci­pa­tion in the Venice Bien­nale and the Skulp­tur Pro­jekte Müns­ter, is among the lea­ding repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of a new gene­ra­tion of artists enga­ging with social issues in public space. His works bridge art and archi­tec­ture, bea­ring visi­ble traces of con­s­truc­tion and use – an open invi­ta­tion to coll­ec­tive expe­ri­ence.

In Baden too, Tuazon explo­res the design and trans­for­ma­tion of public space. As these areas become incre­asingly regu­la­ted, oppor­tu­ni­ties for spon­ta­neous encoun­ters are dis­ap­pearing. With Light­house, Tuazon takes a clear stance: the sculp­ture offers an open site for exch­ange and invi­tes people, through an archaic ges­ture, to gather around the fire – to share warmth, dia­lo­gue and par­ti­ci­pa­tion in public life.

Regis­tra­tion

Photo: Oscar Tuazon, Design dra­wing / Gou­ache, «Light­house», 2025