Julian Charrière: Midnight Zone

Curators: Roland Wetzel, Tabea Panizzi (Assistant Curator)
Artist: Julian Charrière

A core concern of French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière is how human beings inhabit the world—and how the world, in turn, inhabits them. The comprehensive solo exhibition at Museum Tinguely presents photographs, sculptures, installations, and new video works that examine humanity’s relationship with Earth as a world of water—a liquidity that covers most of the planet in seas, lakes, and ice, serving both as habitat for countless organisms and as a host to circulatory systems vital to climate stability.

Unfolding across three floors, the exhibition “Midnight Zone” explores underwater ecologies, from the local presence of the Rhine to distant oceans, addressing the complexity of water as an elemental medium shaped by anthropogenic impact. Reflecting on its flow and materiality, depth and politics, as well as its mundane and sacred dimensions, the exhibition functions as a kaleidoscope—inviting viewers to engage deeply.