Kunsthaus Museum - "Time"

The Kunsthaus is Zurich's major art museum. It's magnificent with two buildings connected by an underground passage:

 

For years, to document the effects of climate change, the Icelandic artist, Olafur Eliasson, has been scanning lumps of ice. These had washed up on the shore after breaking off from glaciers as a result of climate change. He transposed his digital images of blocks of "ice" into dazzling white Carrara marble hanging them from the ceiling in the tunnel between the two buildings. 

There were several special exhibits at the museum. I chose to see "Time." I thought it was well done, but very, very comprehensive which can take a bit of time (sorry for the pun) to understand.

A multimedia piece by Monica Ursina Jager showed the passage of time as depicted by erosion:

This piece showed time on the various planets.

Here's Nepture:

This one by Una Szeemann (who, coincidentally also had an exhibit at the Museo Casa Risca in Lucarno) had an interesting concept:

This explanation was from a video that was too dark to photograph. But the subject was very compelling.

Hourglasses measuring different time spans.

Clocks with bells.

 

 

 The Fahr Convent which explains the monk's daily routine:

 

 

 

 

The light bulb as planned obsolescence:

There were four of these "You to Me" pieces, each very unusual. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Klee:

The video installation below featured four couples discussing the allotment of jobs within a marriage. Only one man, the father of three daughters, thought the wife and husband should be equal partners. He also seemed to be the happiest in his marriage. 

 

Below, this threesome features (left to right) the second wife, the husband, and the first wife. The husband feels this is his right and the way things are done for him to take a second wife. The first wife was very articulate stating that she "held her feelings in to better get along." I found it horrifying that women were (and are) placed in this humiliating situation with no real way to escape.