Olivia Wünsche

Works
  • Olivia Wünsche, The Falling Sky #1, 2023
    The Falling Sky #1, 2023
  • Olivia Wünsche, The Falling Sky #2, 2023
    The Falling Sky #2, 2023
  • Olivia Wünsche, The Falling Sky #3, 2023
    The Falling Sky #3, 2023
  • Olivia Wünsche, The Falling Sky #4, 2023
    The Falling Sky #4, 2023
  • Olivia Wünsche, The Falling Sky #5, 2023
    The Falling Sky #5, 2023
Biography
Olivia Wünsche is a Swiss artist based in France. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design and a Master's degree in Photography (2021) from ECAL (University of Art and Design Lausanne). Her work explores the interaction between visible and invisible Western materialistic culture. Using photography, collage,digital painting, video, and installations, her art delves into themes of mysticism, commerce, nature, and regeneration.

The Falling Sky is a visual testament to the cosmogony of the Peruvian Shipibo-Konibo people, reaffirming the existence of models exogenous to capitalist uniformism. The title echoes the Yanomami belief—a population located on the border of Brazil and Venezuela—that after the death of the last shaman, no one would be able to hold up the sky anymore, causing it to collapse. These end-of-the-world myths evoke colonization devouring territories and local resources. By grafting symbolic motifs and colors onto her landscapes, she manages to make the invisible visible, questioning our Western perceptions: illuminating the mechanisms of domination that stratify globalized societies.
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