More than a setting, Montreux became an active force in their creative processes. Echoes of Place reveals how immersion in a particular territory not only shapes the work created but also redefines the way we perceive and experience the world around us.
Echoes of Place explores how a specific location shapes artistic perception and creative processes. Over the past two years, Tamara Alves, J. Demsky, Bill Claps, and Kristin Moore each spent between three and five weeks in residence at Laurent Marthaler Contemporary in Montreux, overlooking Lake Geneva. Though they worked at different times, they all engaged in a dialogue with the same landscape—its shifting light, the fluidity of the water, and the ever-present mountains.
Each artist responded to this environment in their own way: Tamara Alves infused her work with organic forms and dreamlike symbolism, blending nature and instinct. J. Demsky fractured space through a retro-futuristic lens, merging glitches and geometric abstraction. Bill Claps captured fleeting moments of light and texture, transforming ephemeral impressions into lasting imprints. Kristin Moore explored landscape as a space of memory, where reality and recollection converge.
