HERRGOTTSBETON
Herrgottsbeton is about the material culture of the ‘Nagelfluh’ stone nested within the river valley of the Necker in Toggenburg, Switzerland. The project relates to an old path towards a large ‘Nagelfluh’ boulder in St. Peterzell. Surface treatments on sediments and acts of care-taking interact with the ever-changing landscape of the river.
The project is currently in development and will be opened in september 2025.
The execution is developed and realized in collaboration with Enzo Valerio.
The project is organised by DOGO Residenz (CH) and curated by Johannes Reisigl.
The clients are Thur- und Neckerweg (CH).
Participating Artists:
ERBA Suzanne Bernhardt and Philipp Kolmann
Nagelfluh stone can become a substrate for plants, a growing surface
Nagelfluh is a conglomerate stone and resembles concrete - both are pebbles bound with a sandmixture
along the old path next to the river one can find both concrete and Nagelfluh
through material experimentation we learn about imitating geology
heavy rainfall in the summer changes the material course of the project
when people interact with the becoming of a place, they leave traces
testing new visual traces that tell about the continuous becoming of the river and the Nagelfluh
the path becomes a pilgrimage towards a big Nagelfluh boulder in the river