Arno Schmidt. Miroir noir
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Intro
A monument to German literature, Arno Schmidt was also, secretly, a passionate photographer.
A monument of German literature, Arno Schmidt was also, secretly, a passionate photographer. The "Black Mirror" exhibition reveals this fascinating aspect of his work to the Swiss public for the first time: thousands of photographs that extend and illuminate his literary universe.
Like his precise, fragmentary writing, Schmidt captures snapshots of everyday life with remarkable acuity and obsessive attention to composition. From his home to his garden to his walks in the forest, he photographs the German heath in all its apparent banality: flat terrain, barbed-wire fences, seasonal variations. These same landscapes serve as backdrops for his novels, where his characters can be seen wandering about.
For the writer, photography is a form of visual note-taking. Each snapshot functions as a paragraph in his texts: an autonomous unit, a moment snatched from the flow of time.
Arno Schmidt was born in Hamburg in 1914 and died in Celle (Germany) in 1979. The exhibition is organized with the support of the Arno Schmidt Stiftung in Bargfeld.
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Event dates
- 09 March 2025
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Musée des beaux-arts
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