Word-Images

Art on construction project with 136 pillars, labelled in 57 languages ​​and 17 different fonts on 3 floors plus inscription of the glass railing of 3 passerelles in the 6 most important languages ​​and their corresponding fonts

State Secretariat for Migration, Berne-Wabern (CH), 2000

Building owner: Federal Department for Buildings and Finance (Competition)

Type, design: H. Gantschnigg (indivisuell, Berne)

Fotos: © P. Bosshard

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Therese Bhattacharya-Stettler: Wortbilder der Migration, Berner Kunstmitteilungen, 09/10 2000 (abriged text, translation: Aileen Derieg)