The Sunday Excursion. In the Rearview Mirror of Amateur Films

Description

The car belongs to the leisure society of the 20th century like the Tremola to the Gotthard Pass. Sunday excursions into the countryside, picnics at the pass summit, or a holiday trip to the south – the mass production of small cars satisfied a new hunger for mobility and created individual freedoms. "The Sunday Excursion" tells with amateur film images about the unclouded happiness of car rides and pass excursions from the 1920s to the 1980s, when even traffic jams were still an experience. The film material mainly comes from private ownership in the canton of Ticino. The films tell in moving, sometimes bumpy images, without words, but expressive. Sit back in the car seat and dive into the film collage. An exhibition in collaboration with the Museo Nazionale del San Gottardo.

Highlights

• Exhibition about car rides and excursions from 1920 to 1980
• Film material from private ownership in the canton of Ticino
• Collaboration with the Museo Nazionale del San Gottardo

General Information

The exhibition "The Sunday Excursion" at the ALPS Alpine Museum of Switzerland in Bern shows amateur films that document the happiness of car rides and excursions. Visitors can immerse themselves in a nostalgic film collage that thematizes the mobility and freedom of the 20th century.

Location

Helvetiaplatz 4, 3005 Bern, Switzerland

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