The monograph Und doch bewegt es sich consists of a box set of five individual booklets, and offers the first comprehensive overview of the current work of Swiss artist Stefan Daniel.
Four illustrated books present the artist’s most important bodies of work through images and project descriptions by Irene Müller. A text booklet, featuring a foreword by Sophie Haslinger and essays by Peter Killer and Nathalie Dietschy, provides context for the works and offers insight into themes and creative processes.
Stefan Daniel’s artistic practice is grounded in intensive research, in data and studies, and scientific exchange. He subjects abstract climate research data to a visual and material transformation. In doing so, his works do not depict what we already know; rather, they open up spaces for thinking and experiencing that challenge our perceptions and question what we presume to be familiar. Stefan Daniel himself points out that art cannot change or save the world. Its strengths lie rather in posing questions and contributing to a more profound understanding of what is happening. Daniel’s works are created out of a willingness to confront the knowledge of the crisis and its unknown consequences, not to filter out the feelings associated with it but to give them space.
In a time of increasing polarisation and fragmented knowledge, Stefan Daniel’s works make tangible what is difficult to grasp by rational means alone. By bridging the gap between research and perception, facts and experience, they sharpen our awareness of ecological and social upheavals and encourage us to remain open to further exploration – conscious of the responsibility we bear.
