The Zurich Oberland is home to numerous museums that offer different insights into the region's multi-layered history and significant artifacts. Their collections tell us much about notions of identities, traditions, value systems and technologies that have played a role in the cultural development of the region. From sound machines and children's toys to medieval weapons and spinning mills, a story of communities and industrialization unfolds.

Through the Art Local Festival, we work closely with these museums, placing us at the intersection of art, commerce, and history. We support artistic contributions that explore and reinterpret objects, materials, and represented histories in museum collections. We invite artists to engage critically, playfully, and speculatively to create new points of connection between museums and their audiences.

For the festival, museums make their knowledge and collections available to participating artists and give them the space to present new artworks or projects. A series of events, talks and workshops will accompany the works and invite visitors to participate.

The selected artworks create a reflection on the relevance of museum objects and local collections, and allow the festival to create a unique link between artistic practice, cultural heritage and the self-image of the region.