EVERYTHING BEGINS TO FLOAT
Photography

The gallery opens again on April 14th 2026 with the new exhibition.
The gallery opens again on April 14th 2026 with the new exhibition.

Tamas Dezső
EVERYTHING BEGINS TO FLOAT

«Everything begins to float», says a character in Jean-Paul Sartre’s novel when he realizes that the world does not revolve around him, but that he is surrounded by a multitude of «indifferent» manifestations of nature. A shock moment in the history of philosophy: Humans, the crowning glory of creation, are in the process of destroying their own livelihood as well as that of many species. After a geological blink of an eye, mankind is once again in danger of becoming extinct, as is currently the fate of some 150 animals and plants per day. And there will be no one to remember us. While the complex, living, resilient organism that is the planet Earth will continue to develop. 

Tamas Dezső’s photographs are visual reflections of man’s significance in the universe, his status amongst the animals and rocks, amongst all the animate and inanimate entities. His gaze falls upon the world of plants, «the voiceless, non-narrative, barely perceptible presence of plants», as he says, «immobile and dispersed in time». 

The core of Dezső’s work for INN SITU is formed by four diptychs, human-sized images of alpine forest floors photographed in the spring, summer, fall, and winter in the region of Tyrol and Vorarlberg. He alters their appearance in a simple but radical way. He enlarges his photographs as color negatives. These works challenge us to visually translate what we see back to the original and rethink our perception of the world around us. They are tools that let us reflect on our being part of the planetary organism and on the consequences of our actions – shaped over centuries by the image we have of ourselves as being separate from the whole. 

Tamas Dezső’s (*1978)

Tamas Dezsö

©Andreas Moser

His works have been shown all over the world, including at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest, the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, the Foam Photography Museum in Amsterdam, or at the Helsinki Photo Biennial. His photographs have appeared in GEO, Wired, National Geographic, and Time Magazine. He was nominated for the Prix Pictet twice. Tamas Dezső lives and works in Budapest.

 

 

 

 

 

Tamas Dezsö

EVERYTHING BEGINS TO FLOAT
Music

As always at INN SITU, the concert format is a specially developed response to the exhibition: The focus this time has been conceived by the Bregenz-born singer.

Miriam Feuersinger and ensemble 

Miriam Feuersinger

©Brigitte Fässler

She is one of the leading sopranos in the area of sacred Baroque music. A strong focus of her repertory also lies in the broad spectrum from Baroque to the late Romantic period as well as Lieder. Miriam Feuersinger has performed with such conductors as Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, or Christoph Prégardien, as well as in various constellations including the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent, or Holland Baroque. She has won the German Record Critics’ Award and the OPUS KLASSIK Award, among others.  

 In their reaction to Tamas Dezső’s depictions of plants, the three musicians address questions of finiteness, slowness, and attentiveness in the work of three very different composers. Their contribution spans four centuries of music history, from the Baroque period with Bach to the Romantic music of Schubert to the twentieth century with Astor Piazzolla. The diversity of the enormous, seemingly sacred diptychs by the Hungarian photographer is reflected in the trio’s unusual formation: harpsichord, accordion, and the human voice.  

Elina Albach

Elina Allbach

©S. Hegemann

She studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. She has headed various ensembles, including the Ensemble Reflektor and the Karajan-Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker and has taught chamber music, basso continuo, and harpsichord at the Dresden University of Music, among others. She has performed in various ensembles or as a soloist at renowned festivals and legendary concert halls on four continents. In 2019, she won the OPUS KLASSIK Award in the category «Most Innovative Concert of the Year», a trio version of the St. John Passion by Bach. 

Viviane Chassot

Viviane Chassot

©Viviane Chassot

She ranks as one of the most outstanding accordionists in the world. In addition to original works for her instrument, she also plays piano literature by Haydn, Mozart, and Rameau, and combines classical, jazz, contemporary music, and improvisation. With the release of selected piano concertos by Joseph Haydn on Sony Classical she became the first accordionist in the label’s history. As an artist with international charisma and a pioneer of her field she was awarded the Swiss Music Prize in 2021. Her CD Pure Bach won the OPUS KLASSIK Award in 2022. 

 

 

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