“Personal Archive”, Asef-Burckhardt, mixed media, dimensions variable, 2023/25
The archive consists of drawings, books, audios, and prints that offer insight into the artists‘ research and personal archives, probing and contextualizing the exhibition like a thread. The works come from two research trips to the historic site of “The Sea Ranch” in California. Built in the 1960s, the Sea Ranch continues to set international standards for the interplay between architecture and environment. This is also where the iconic choreographer Anna Halprin and her husband Lawrence, The Sea Ranch‘s landscape architect, worked together for community building. Yet, today it’s clearer than ever: It is a place where utopia and harsh social and ecological reality collide.
“Personal Archiv” exhibition view HAUNT/frontviews, 2024
“Personal Archiv” exhibition view Kunstverein Göttingen and MOS, Gorzow, 2025
Mario Asef 