Alzheimer n°1

2012

Sound installation

An armchair in front of a fireplace invites the viewer to sit and listen to the dialogue in Italian and Swiss German; in front of him/her is a book with the French translation. The discussion between the artist and the Alzheimer patient highlights the latter’s confusion. It shows moments of confusion and lucidity as well as the depression affecting her.

The installation Alzheimer n°1 is part of a research project on the relationship of familiarity, strangeness and hostility that patients develop with their environment and those around them