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The Magic Mountain
L'Heure Bleue
The Big Nowhere
Days of the eclipse
Landscape and affect
The Purple Cloud
Audition song

The title of the exhibition is from Thomas Mann's 1924 novel Der Zauberberg which takes place a
century ago at Waldsanatorium in Davos, Switzerland. Jager’s point of departure is the Barlow
Respiratory Hospital, one of the oldest sanatorium in the United States built in 1902 in Elysian Park,
Los Angeles.

The exhibition consists of a series of architectural blueprints, paintings, sculptural elements, and a
slide show documenting the long decay of the original buildings at the Barlow sanatorium.

Focusing on the architecture and landscape of the institution, Jager’s work examines the notions of interludes and interruptions in time and space, as well as the early concepts of modern architecture.
The weathered works, exposed to the sun, rain and air, reflect this period where indoor and outdoor spaces were inverted, the private looked institutional and vice versa.

The Magic Mountain - Press Release - April 2011