Exploring Laura Mietrup’s Solo Exhibition "Traverse" at Kunsthaus Baselland
Visitors stepping into the annex of Kunsthaus Baselland are met with a striking, immersive environment created by Basel-based artist Laura Mietrup. Running as part of the institution’s ongoing exhibition calendar, Traverse marks the artist's first major institutional solo presentation. The project brings together large-scale mural painting, architectural interventions, and sculptural objects designed to transform the venue's long gallery space into an integrated sensory experience.
Visitor Experience and Spatial Design
The exhibition unfolds along a massive, dark-toned wall painting that stretches across the 35-meter interior of the gallery annex, acting as a second skin over the architecture. Rather than reading as a flat backdrop, this sweeping mural merges seamlessly with a series of sculptural fragments and furniture-like objects. These pieces evoke unfamiliar machines and structural systems while playing with the scale of the room.
Visitors navigating the space encounter a deliberate interplay between shadow, high-contrast tones, and constructed forms. The arrangement invites a slower, more deliberate pacing, encouraging guests to trace the boundaries where painting transitions into physical objects and structural space.
Context of the Solo Position Initiative
Traverse comes to fruition as part of the 'Solo Position' competition format, a biennial initiative supported by kulturelles.bl alongside the art commission of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft and Kunsthaus Baselland. Aimed at highlighting regional talent, the program awards emerging practitioners with a dedicated institutional showcase.
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