spiderwebs covered like camouflage
Robin Mettler

21.09 - 18.10.2024 @ Terrain Gurzelen
solo exhibition


EN        The exhibition ‘spiderwebs covered like camouflage’, presented by Robin Mettler, invites us to reflect on our relationship with nature and the economic dynamics that have been created around it. The modern consumer society, following the capitalist model of „ever more“, seeks to increase the production of goods, improve technologies and develop the most high-performance materials in all sectors. Nature is no exception, and the image of the contemporary adventurer that emerges from this consumer society assumes the way in which we should experience nature: equipped from head to toe, with new textiles made from special fibres, the goretex revolution, featherweight and compact XXXS equipment. The irony of this consumerist market in the face of the pure simplicity of nature has been the driving force behind Robin Mettler's practical research, which satirically questions the way we consume nature.

In keeping with a coherent approach, Robin Mettler has favoured materials with low technological impact, everyday or recycled objects, and elements derived from nature. The approach to this work follows the artist's general interest in materials; the process is as essential as the end result. The sculptures, both organic and anthropomorphic, seem to emerge from a dystopian future, evoking the toxic waste of unbridled industry. They remind us of our condition, halfway between technology, industrial production and the organic world.

text by Elisa Repele & Victor Sala


FR         L’exposition « spiderwebs covered like camouflage », proposée par Robin Mettler, nous invite à réfléchir à nos rapports avec la nature et aux dynamiques économiques qui se sont créées autour de celle-ci. La société de consommation moderne, en suivant le modèle capitaliste du toujours plus, cherche à augmenter la production de biens, à améliorer les technologies et à développer les matériaux les plus performants dans tous les secteurs. La nature n’y échappe pas, l’image de l’aventurier.ère contemporain.e issue de cette société de consommation suppose la manière dont il faudrait aller en nature ; équipé.e de la tête aux pieds, avec de nouveaux textiles en fibres particulières, la révolution goretex, les équipement poids plume et compact XXXS. L’ironie de ce marché consumériste face à la pure simplicité de la nature a été le moteur des recherches pratiques de Robin Mettler, qui remet en question de manière satirique la façon dont nous consommons la nature.

Fidèle à une approche cohérente, Robin Mettler a privilégié des matériaux à faible impact technologique, des objets du quotidien ou recyclés, ainsi que des éléments issus de la nature. L’approche de ce travail suit l’intérêt général de l’artiste par la matière, le procédé est aussi essentiel que le résultat final. Les sculptures, à la fois organiques et anthropomorphiques, semblent surgir d'un futur dystopique, évoquant les déchets toxiques d'une industrie effrénée. Elles nous rappellent notre condition, à mi-chemin entre technologie, production industrielle et monde organique.

texte par Elisa Repele & Victor Sala


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crédits photo : Aude Mayer
graphic design : studidiot


Soutenu par la Ville de Bienne, le Canton de Berne et la fondation culturelle GVB.

'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler
'spiderwebs covered like camouflage' by Robin Mettler