Image series 32 / 2025: Eric Lanz

Drawing Attention to Everyday Phenomena

3 August 2025 | By: Bettina Pfleging

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Drawing Attention to Everyday Phenomena

The videos, installations and sculptural objects of Swiss artist Eric Lanz reveal a passion for collecting, cataloguing and organising, always accompanied by a light, humorous attitude. He is concerned with making us aware of our physical existence and the manifestations of our everyday environment. To this end, he brings out things that we hardly notice in their texture, structure, colour, surface and consistency, and shows us ways of experiencing them.
The exhibition provides a comprehensive insight into Eric Lanz’s multimedia work and shows how the artist creates sensuality between the screen and the real world.

„Eric Lanz. zusehends“
16 March to 10 August 2025, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen

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Eric Lanz. Les gants 2, Die Handschuhe 2, Ausschnitt, 1992, 1-Kanal Video, Loop, Farbe, Düsseldorf; Videoarchiv, imai – inter media art institute, Düsseldorf

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Eric Lanz. Les mains, Die Hände, Ausschnitt, 1994, 1-Kanal Video, Loop, Farbe, Düsseldorf; Videoarchiv, imai – inter media art institute, Düsseldorf

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Eric Lanz. Les pullovers, Die Pullover, Ausschnitt, 1995, 1-Kanal Video, Loop, Farbe, Düsseldorf; Videoarchiv, imai – inter media art institute, Düsseldorf

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Eric Lanz. Choses 1, Dinge 1, Ausschnitt, 1999, 1-Kanal Video, Loop, Farbe, Düsseldorf; Videoarchiv, imai – inter media art institute, Düsseldorf

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Eric Lanz. La pâte, Der Teig, Ausschnitt, 2000, 1-Kanal Video, Loop, Farbe, Düsseldorf; Videoarchiv, imai – inter media art institute, Düsseldorf

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Eric Lanz. Intervention, Ausschnitt, 2001, 1-Kanal Video, Loop, Farbe, Düsseldorf; Videoarchiv, imai – inter media art institute, Düsseldorf

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Eric Lanz. Crescendo Solo Moderato, Ausschnitt, 2009, 1-Kanal Video, Farbe, Düsseldorf; Videoarchiv, imai – inter media art institute, Düsseldorf

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Eric Lanz. Tonal, Ausschnitt, 2013, 1-Kanal Video, Loop, Farbe, Düsseldorf; Videoarchiv, imai – inter media art institute, Düsseldorf