Stadtlounge – Roter Platz, Pipilotti Rist (artist) and Carlos Martinez (architect). Photo: Johannes Mar In the heart of the Bleicheli-Quartier of St. Gallen lies the striking and unconventional public art project known as the Stadtlounge, or Red Square. Conceived by the multimedia and video artist Pipilotti Rist together with architect Carlos Martinez, the work was commissioned by Raiffeisen Schweiz as part of the final development stage of the Bleicheli quarter and was compl

Binary Clock (Patterns) by Norbert Möslang. Photo: Johannes Mar In 2018, St. Gallen’s Hauptbahnhof unveiled a striking public artwork on its south-facing glass cubus: a binary clock designed by Swiss media artist Norbert Möslang. Created as part of a “Kunst-am-Bau” competition for the station renovation, Möslang’s design was selected from eight submissions and implemented with a budget of approximately CHF 324,000 (I know, it’s unusual to see such exact figures in open source