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Time can feel stable until you confront its depth. As Colloquia emerges from a long winter, Swiss artist Christian Vonarburg’s Strata – a speculative archaeology arrives as a body of work shaped by accumulation rather than resolution—by layers laid down patiently over time.

Vonarburg’s practice is rooted in a non-narrative approach and a deep commitment to formal construction. His works are built through meticulously structured systems of non-overlapping geometric motifs, where form, colour, and structure operate with clarity and restraint. What initially appears ordered and exacting opens into an encounter with time unfolding at scales far beyond human experience.

Drawing on the geological imaginary—layers, fractures, accretions—Strata does not represent geology but translates its logic through formal means alone. Repetition, rhythm, and controlled colour propagation convert deep time into visual systems that carry meaning without narrative.

The resulting vertigo is perceptual rather than theatrical. Meaning emerges in the encounter itself, as perception slows and complexity becomes legible rather than overwhelming. The work does not ask for interpretation; it establishes the conditions in which interpretation can occur.

Most works in the exhibition are realized using risography, whose incremental layering echoes the sedimentary logic of the project. A small number incorporate xerography and pencil, extending the same structural concerns through different material means.

Strata marks a moment of emergence: a first exhibition of spring shaped by accumulation, compression, and gradual clarity—a meditation on time, structure, and the discipline of sustained seeing.

Guests and prospective clients are invited to visit the virtual exhibition to view works, make inquiries, and download the exhibition brochure.