The exhibition is about Luxembourg's architectural heritage, how the country handles it, and the risks it faces once it is no longer needed.
Usually, architectural heritage only comes to the forefront when a building is threatened by demolition. However, it would be wrong to assume that no one ever takes an interest: Three students from Lycée Ermesinde in Mersch are currently exhibiting their works on this subject in the Luxembourg City Grund tunnel. Their names are Morris Kemp, Toma Loreti and Luca Santostasi.
Symmetrical, cold, abstract, metallic, deserted: Those are the words that immediately come to mind when you take the lift from Grund to the Plateau St. Esprit. Even though the tunnel's true nature is usually hidden under a layer of dirt, it is a piece of Luxembourgish architectural heritage, just as much as the pictures that are currently on display there.
The three students from Lycée Mersch who came up with the idea for the exhibition, are all avid photographers. While their work is not supposed to be a political statement, they would like to see other people share their passion for protecting heritage.
Their photographic subject for the photo series was the roof of the Luxembourg City cathedral. The wooden roof of the cathedral partially burnt down in 1985 and has had to be supported with steel beams ever since. The young photographers enjoyed the contrast between old and new, natural and industrial.
While the exhibition at the Grund tunnel will go on until the end of January 2019, part of the artists' work will also be on display at the "Kulturhaus" in Mersch from 13 December to 13 March 2019.
For more info on these young, talented photographers, take a look at their website www.flare.pics.
