Martin Widmer is a Swiss artist based in Geneva, working across photography, text, and installation. With a background in both visual arts and curatorial studies, his practice revolves around dismantling the photographic image—exploring not just what an image shows, but how it’s made, framed, and remembered. His recent works often involve raw materials like aluminum, glass, and cardboard, creating fragile yet deliberate installations that pull viewers into the physical process of image-making.

Writing plays an equally important role in Widmer’s work. Often composed under self-hypnosis or using prompts like Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies, his texts accompany and extend his visual pieces. They read like fragments of memory or thought—reflective, disjointed, and deeply atmospheric—mirroring the instability and impermanence he finds in photography.

Recent exhibitions include Making Light of Everything at the Centre de la Photographie Genève (2024) and WHOOSHH at Truth and Consequences, Geneva. He has also contributed curatorial projects, including a 2023 exhibition on Jacques Lacan at MAMCO Geneva. Widmer’s work invites a closer look at how we see and remember—at the blurred boundaries between image, thought, and perception.

Exhibitions at Espace_L gallery:
Chain Reaction | – Crystal Path #4; Réalités fragmentées (May 2024)