Claudia Kübler

Ask the Stone
Kunstmuseum Luzern

Beyond the Event Horizon

Claudia Kübler (b. Zurich, 1983; lives and works in Zurich) explores geological processes, holes, and especially time—its measurability, elasticity, and visualization. In her installations, kinetic objects, and transformative sculptures, the artist works with materials and situations that have something inherently ephemeral about them. Often made of sand or plaster, her works at the Kunstmuseum Luzern transform over the course of the exhibition in response to climatic and temporal conditions as well as the visitors. Duration, collapse, cycles, and transformations play a key role in these investigations.

How do we perceive time? How do other living beings or even stones experience time? When is a work finished, and how does time affect the idea of it? These are the questions at the heart of Claudia Kübler’s monograph. The essays were written by Daniel Morgenthaler, Eveline Suter, and Stephan Zimmermann.