Claudia Caviezel collaborated with Holzer Kobler Architects on the design of the public areas of the Rex Cinema and its bar. Inspired by the elusive character of classic film noir, Caviezel borrowed the cinema's signature palette – black, white, red - to colour code her life size wall-based silhouettes created with friends and family who loaned their profiles to become actors in genres ranging from film noir to Disney. Spotlight projections highlight Caviezel's characters and her circle motif carpet so cinema goers can imagine themselves at a red carpet Hollywood opening as searchlight beams guide them into the spectacle of cinema.
Sketch on architectural plan for carpet print
© Claudia Caviezel
Sketch on architectural plan for carpet print
© Claudia Caviezel
Re-opening of cinema Rex in Thun, Switzerland
© Claudia Caviezel
Western print on textile Wallcover in the lobby
© Jean-Lucien Gay
The Birds print on textile wallcover in the anteroom of the cinema
© Claudia Caviezel
Dirty Dancing and Tomb Raider print on textile wallcover in the lobby
© Claudia Caviezel
Digital print on textile wallcover for cinema Bar
© Claudia Caviezel
Claudia Caviezel in front of Jungle print on textile wallcover
© Michael Wiesner
Printed light effects on textile wallcover inside the cinema
© Claudia Caviezel
Detective print on textile Wallcover in the lobby
© Claudia Caviezel
At Mitlödi Textildruck AG, Switzerland, checking the fabric, before coating to wallpaper
© Claudia Caviezel
At Mitlödi Textildruck AG, Switzerland, checking the fabric, before coating to wallpaper
© Claudia Caviezel
Making of the mockup in 3D for the combination of carpet and wallcover prints
© Claudia Caviezel
Making of the images - Claudia Caviezel and Michael Wiesner
© Claudia Caviezel
Making of the images - Claudia Caviezel and Michael Wiesner
© Claudia Caviezel
Making of the images - Claudia Caviezel and Michael Wiesner
© Claudia Caviezel
Rex Cinema
Design of Wallpaper and Carpet
Cinema Rex, Thun, Switzerland
2014
Printed textile wallpaper and carpets
Produced by Mitlödi Textildruck AG, Switzerland
In coollaboration with Holzer Kobler Architekten, Switzerland
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