2019
Woodcut on vellum95 x 70 cm
Following extensive research into incunabula (an early form of book printing) and an analysis of their structure and materiality, a reinterpretation of Hartmann Schedel's world chronicle Ultima Etas Mundi (The Last Judgement) from 1493 was the result of this process. The work builds a bridge to the origins of modern printing techniques in connection with Christian iconography. While Schedel's coloured illustration clearly distinguishes between good and evil, the harsh contrasts and abstract imagery of the black-and-white woodcut adaptation appear altogether more threatening and call into question the idea of a heavenly paradise.
Photography by Nadia Hauri