Chavalon II, Chavalon, Switzerland

Scanderbeg Sauer have photographed these vacant industrial sites and abandoned office buildings. In their images, the viewer is faced with rooms fraught with memories: abandoned floors and production rooms stand as a reminder of just how much has changed since the plant was built. There are no indications of dimension. They have stood in the 45-meter high ovens where 16 tons of heavy fuel was once burned per hour and temperatures pushed 1500° C. Scattered files and tools or dusty machine parts reveal the vulnerability and the finite nature of this once modern technology. With their accomplished, distanced view they have created silent images that act not as a documentation, but capture the inner state of this plant like a portrait.