Diesel

Andreas Marti, with his piece titled: Bag Bellows Break. The jury, headed by Wilbert Das -Creative Director of Diesel-, was made up of Philipp Lämmlin from the Alltag agency in St. Gallen, Daniela Hardmeier, art historian at the Museum zur Allerheiligen (All Saints’ Museum) in Schaffhausen, Daniel Strolz, architect and designer within the City of Zurich Department of Structural Engineering, and Lorenz Gianfreda "Lopetz", graphic designer at Büro Destruct in Berne. Choosing from more than 380 entries from all over the world, they had to select an art work to enhance the rear wall of the Zic-Zac Letzigrund restaurant for a whole year from 15 May 2008. They unanimously voted for Andreas Marti, who was born in Zurich in 1967. "The "Bag Bellows Break" project impressed us by its simple approach and by the way it related to its location. Artist Andreas Marti was the only entrant who responded to the surroundings and integrated the mural with the building", said Daniela Hardmeier. As the narrative describes, the wall represents the perimeter, folded in on itself, of a square which might have existed here at one time. By reducing the graphic to a white background and black lines, the mural gives an almost paper-like impression, and the skilfully added folds give a fluid image of how the buildings have been pushed into one another. Even after seeing the image many times, viewers are always able to find something new within it. These were some of the things that fascinated the jury and resulted in their unanimous vote to make it the winner. To see more info check here. Or to see the complete shortlist check here. Andreas' website (only in german) is:  www.andreasmarti.ch