The total mass of water filling up the basin down to the bottom from shore to shore mentally transformed into shimmering liquid gold, every single drop of it – water to pure liquid gold

 

 

 

 

„Laco Aurum (Water to Gold II))“, 2010/2015, Reto Jeltsch, instruction piece/imagination,

The imagination for clear water lake basins, „Laco Aurum“, is to be understood as an extension of the idea „Aurum Fluxum“ and can be visualized in principle at any place of a lake shore (or also with a distant view of a lake from above); a quiet environment is generally recommended as a starting point.

Recommended location Zurich:

Access to the lake near Zürichhorn/Seefeldquartier at the level of Klausstrasse – behind the small asphalted square with the shiny metal construction of the Feldmann fountain, the access to the lake leads over flat, wide stone blocks down to the shore path made of hewn natural stone. Here, the view of Lake Zurich opens up, and here is one of the „official“ places to mentally implement the thought installation „Laco Aurum“.

This imagination can be realized from any shore of any lake (worldwide) in general.

Recommended locations „Laco Aurum“ in Central Switzerland:

Location Lucerne: the performance can be implemented along the entire lake promenade at the level of the city of Lucerne; however, the recommended location is slightly away from the center on the left shore of the lake in the middle of the Luzernquai
 
Location viewing plattform Fronalpstock, 1922 meters above sea, 6433 Stoos; the official location on the railing of the platform is in the immediate vicinity of the mountain station and can be reached in a few steps. From here, large parts of the water surface of Lake Lucerne can be seen from above and the imagination is also visualized at this point from a bird’s eye view.

Note: The instructions for the lakes are the same at all locations.

 

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