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Cornelia Hesse-Honegger
Artists

Cornelia Hesse-Honegger

For over thirty years, Swiss artist Cornelia Hesse Honegger has scoured the surroundings of nuclear power plants worldwide to observe and chronicle the consequences of "low-level" radioactivity, as well as nuclear disasters, such as Chernobyl and Fukushima, on local fauna and flora. A direct descendant of the naturalists, she studies insects under a microscope, precisely inventories her samples and paints watercolors of mutant organisms that she encounters, freaks that result from human folly. Her work is striking, as much for the delicate brushwork as for the implication that "low-level" radioactivity—emitted by regularly functioning nuclear plants—has significant effects on living organisms. The scope of her practice is political and makes her a whistleblower.
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The exhibition features work from four geographical locations: La Hague (France), Three Mile Island (USA), Chernobyl (Ukraine) and Gösgen (Switzerland).

With the support of Pro Helvetia, Swiss arts foundation.

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