• Esther Eppstein, "Bring your art to the museum shop", flyer 1998

    Esther Eppstein, "Bring your art to the museum shop", flyer 1998 

  • Esther Eppstein at the message salon reception desk, 20 August 1998, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich, photo ©FBM

    Esther Eppstein at the message salon reception desk, 20 August 1998, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich, photo ©FBM 

  • Kerim Seiler at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Kerim Seiler at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich 

  • Bang goes at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Bang goes at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich 

  • Nadia Athanasiou at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Nadia Athanasiou at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich 

  • Urs Lehmann at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Urs Lehmann at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich 

  • Andrea Muheim at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Andrea Muheim at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich 

  • San Keller at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich

    San Keller at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich 

  • Antonio Pate at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Antonio Pate at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich 

  • Laurent Goei at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Laurent Goei at the message salon reception desk, message salon museum shop, Kunsthaus Zurich 

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich, Foto©FBM

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich, Foto©FBM 

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich, Foto©FBM

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich, Foto©FBM 

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich  

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich  

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich  

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, panzerotto by Vincenzo and Maria, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, panzerotto by Vincenzo and Maria, Kunsthaus Zurich 

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, with DJ Alexis, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, with DJ Alexis, Kunsthaus Zurich  

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich  

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich  

  • Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich

    Launch of the message salon publication and the message salon museum shop 23.8.98, Kunsthaus Zurich  

  • The VHS cassette "der message salon Fotoband", part of the publication "message salon Ankerstrasse 6, 8004 Zurich". Video by Esther Eppstein, sound by Stini Arn, 1998

    The VHS cassette "der message salon Fotoband", part of the publication "message salon Ankerstrasse 6, 8004 Zurich". Video by Esther Eppstein, sound by Stini Arn, 1998 

Launch of the message salon publication

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Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer – Kunsthaus Zurich

Sunday, 23 August: Launch of the message salon publication! 7pm–midnight

message salon museum shop, panzerotto and spaghetti by Vincenzo and Maria, well-known from the Zürcher Kanzleiflohmi, plus an atmosphere created by DJ Alexis and DJ Mauro on the turntables. In the window facing the square: “L’après-midi dans le musée du temps perdu”, a video installation by Koch/Henseler, 13 mins, 1998

An invitation from field “Other Perspectives, Alternative Spaces in Switzerland”, as part of the exhibition “Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer”, (“Unobstructed views of the Mediterranean”), Kunsthaus Zurich, 5 June –30 August 1998, curated by Bice Curiger

Kunsthaus Zurich
8001 Zurich

This Sunday evening, the message salon museum shop will open in the middle of the square in front of the Kunsthaus Zurich. The highlight of the museum shop will be the launch and presentation of the publication “message salon, Ankerstrasse 6, 8004 Zurich”, comprising the catalogue and a VHS cassette.

On Thursday, 20 August, Esther Eppstein invited Zurich-based artists to personally deliver their art editions, artworks, postcards, cassettes, CDs, T-shirts, posters, records and publications to the message salon office, located in the “field” event container next to the Kunsthaus Zurich. Welcomed by Esther Eppstein, the artists hand over their items for sale at the office, fill in a form and set the selling price. The 48 works will be integrated into the message salon museum shop installation by Esther Eppstein and her crew on the following Sunday, during the message salon book launch on the square in front of the Kunsthaus. Everything is for sale!

The publication: Esther Eppstein. message salon, Ankerstrasse 6, 8004 Zurich.
Concept and production: Esther Eppstein; concept and graphic design: Alexis Saile. The catalogue features 15 texts by Peter Weber, Simon Maurer, Golda Eppstein, Laurent Goei, Pipilotti Rist and others. Photographs showcase 27 exhibitions and the artists. 84 pages, colour. Photography: Manuela Ledermann

The VHS tape “der message salon Fotoband” features around 600 photos of all 49 exhibition openings at the message salon on Ankerstrasse, transforming it into a legendary photo album on screen. Photography and video: Esther Eppstein, Sound: Stini Arn

The publication (catalogue and VHS cassette in a cardboard slipcase) is published by Andreas Züst Verlag c/o Scalo Verlag, Zurich. Price: 60 CHF

To mark the launch and presentation of the publication, a limited edition of 12 exclusive photographs on aluminium is being released. Photography: Manuela Ledermann, Esther Eppstein. Publication and photographs, price CHF 300

message salon museum shop team: Saskja Rosset, Wanda Nay, Mauro Arnold. With thanks to Patrick Huber “field”, Bice Curiger, curator at Kunsthaus Zurich, and the technical team at Kunsthaus Zurich.