In all pictures the physical eye sees the same blue, yellow, red, black and white. However, interferences originate from the bordering colour surfaces, dimensions of the borderlines and in the interplay of simple geometrical forms, so that the natural eye sees in a different way than the physical one. The context is important, the determining phenomenon originates in the borderlines.
Jürg Nännis pictures plumb the perception, challenge seeing habits and show the viewers what it means to take consider another perspective in the most true sense of the word, to step back. Knowing what determines your own perception, acknowledging the dimensionality of the world view– a special kind of a visual school!
Jürg Nänni
1942
born in Rehetobel (AR)
from 1961
study of mathematics and physics in the ETHZ, also at the same time occasionally teacher in Primary-and Secondary Schools.
1965 – 66
dissertations in experimental physics, certificate degree in the ETHZ
1971
Doctor’s degree in Technical Sciences
from 1971
assistance and lectureship in the ETHZ, research projects, publications, talks at home and abroad
in 1991
software price, technology location Switzerland (together with Walter Schmidli)
since 1998
lecturer at the FHA
Books in the area of design:
1991
„Blau. Gelb. Rot.” (“Blue. Yellow. Red.“) (with Hans Knuchel),
Verlag Lars Müller, Baden
1993
"see saw" (with Hans Knuchel), Verlag Lars Müller, Baden (prize of the Swiss bookseller's organisation)
1994
Cooperation in the book "Flatlands" of Hans Knuchel, Verlag Lars Müller, Baden
1997
„...aber brich dir ja kein bein …” (“…don’t break your leg …”), Wolfaudruck, Weinfelden (award of the Swiss bookseller's organisation)
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