Sandra Knecht. Home Is a Foreign Place

A photograph of a hardcover book with a bright yellow cover and spine, resting on a white surface. The book is titled Home Is A Foreign Place by Sandra Knecht in bold black text. The cover features a dark, blurry photo of a person with long blonde hair on a city street at night, with motion-blurred lights in the background. The title is also written in a white, graffiti-style script over the image.

An open book with a yellow spine showing a two-page spread. The left page has a black background with large white text reading Sourdough Bread, Alpine Butter, Patti Smith, and Mushroom Garum, along with a black-and-white photo of a dog. The right page is white with black text, featuring the heading In Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist above an interview transcript.

An open book laid flat shows a two-page spread. The left page has a grainy, black-and-white photo of a classical nude female marble statue in a pensive pose. The right page displays a color photo of a rugged coastline with waves from a turquoise ocean breaking on a sandy beach under a cloudy sky.

An open photo book with a yellow spine displays two contrasting images side-by-side. On the left page, a dark, motion-blurred photograph captures a person dancing, their form streaked with red and green light. On the right page, a stark, highly detailed close-up shows the head of a rooster with a large, textured red comb and wattle against a chicken wire fence.

The book cover for Home is a Foreign Place by Sandra Knecht. On the left is a grainy, sepia-toned photo of a long, empty institutional hallway. On the right, on a white background, the title appears in bold black font and a handwritten script, alongside the artist's name and the publisher, Hatje Cantz.

A collage with a photo on the left of a woman standing in a rustic room with a black goat. On the right, against a black background, is white text that reads Mac and Cheese, Orange, Brot, and Valerie Solanas, along with a small, blurry photo of a road at night.

An event poster with a split layout. On the left is a nighttime flash photo of a goat standing on grass next to a gnarled tree, with a red bench in the background. On the right, against a white background, is black text in German for an event titled DURCH DIE NACHT with Kin Dee and Gregor Hildebrandt in Berlin.

A diptych image. On the left, a close-up color photo shows the light brown, furry hindquarters of an animal at night. On the right, a grainy, black and white photo shows a classical stone statue of a woman with a sorrowful expression holding a child.

A diptych showing a stark contrast. On the left, a detailed black-and-white 3D scan reveals the skeleton and feathers of a bird against a black background. On the right, a colorful overhead photo shows a blue corn taco with toppings like crispy potatoes and salsa, served on an orange plate on a red tiled counter.

The cover for a mixtape titled AFTER NIGHT 1. On the left is a motion-blurred photo of a person in a vibrant, sequined outfit against a dark background. On the right is the tracklist, a numbered list of 30 artists including Robert Glasper, Frank Ocean, A Tribe Called Quest, and Lizzo.

Album art for a mixtape titled ARABIAN NIGHTS. The left side is a photo of a rooster with elaborate brown and cream plumage and a large, fluffy crest. The right side displays the tracklist of 27 artists against a white background.

Sandra Knecht. Home Is a Foreign Place

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Author: Laura Ewert, Hans Ulrich Obrist , Birgit Stammberger

Edited by: Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger

February 2025, 288 Pages, 170 colored photos

hardcover

194mm x 276mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5934-2

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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Sandra Knecht is a Swiss conceptual and performance artist whose themes revolve around identity and home. Her practice encompasses cooking, photography, film, installation, and performance. For almost ten years she has been investigating the concept of home—geographically, historically, sociologically, philosophically, and culinarily. Her long-term research has resulted in an artist's book that presents the new photographic work group Tschinn and an unusual documentation of her work, drawing on her extensive image archive. For Knecht, home is an unknown place that constantly feeds her artistic imagination, and which must be continually questioned and renegotiated.

Sandra Knecht (*1968) worked as a social pedagogue for 25 years before deciding to work primarily as an artist. She studied at the Zurich University of the Arts from 2011 to 2014. Since then, she has participated in national and international exhibitions. She lives near Basel with her animals.

January 10 - April 27, 2025

Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger