Mythen der Nachwelt: Scenes | Cosimo Wunderlin

Mythen der Nachwelt: Scenes by Cosimo Wunderlin extends the exhibition Mythen der Nachwelt into literary form through thirteen cinematic scenes. Conceived somewhere between screenplay, fragmented narrative, and speculative archive, the book does not document the exhibition, it expands its universe.

Set within the unstable logic of Mythen der Nachwelt, the text moves through atmospheres, encounters, and unresolved sequences. Like the paintings themselves, the scenes resist linear storytelling. Fragments overlap, timelines collapse, and meaning emerges through association rather than explanation.

Operating in dialogue with painting, sound, and spatial installation, the publication becomes an integral part of the project’s fictional architecture: a script for a film that does not fully exist, yet continuously unfolds through the viewer’s interpretation. The thirteen scenes function as narrative traces, suspended between past and future, reality and simulation, documentation and myth.

Cosimo Wunderlin (b.1992 in Bern, Switzerland) works across multiple media with a consistently conceptual approach. Rooted in painting, his practice expands through illustration, animation, sound, and graphic elements, allowing traditional and contemporary techniques to coexist within a single visual language. By merging old and new processes, Wunderlin continuously develops new forms and narrative strategies.

His works are characterized by dark, atmospheric color palettes enriched with references to film, comics, and self-designed typographic elements. Recurring motifs include futuristic figures, objects, and abandoned or transitional spaces that hint at speculative, often dystopian worlds. Many paintings resemble cinematic stills, creating a strong sense of narrative tension, while others lean into surrealism and remain deliberately open to interpretation.

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