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BLOCH Recap 3/3:
Since the end of December 2025, Bloch
@bloch.global has been back on Swiss soil. It is blocked at the container terminal in Basel until the cost allocation with the transport company is clarified. Their transport invoice is disproportionate: more than eight times the usual transport costs. We now offset this with the damages we incurred. Over one year of delay = the loss of the entire India tour. Very high legal and administrative costs and immaterial and material damages that will only become apparent once we have been able to examine Bloch.
Until a solution is found, Bloch is stuck once again. This time only two hours away from its home. First reports have circulated since last week (SRF, TVO, Appenzeller Zeitung, St. Galler Tagblatt).
Whether the far travelled Bloch will make it to the next Bloch Monday on 16 February in Urnäsch is unlikely. We would have loved to let the two Blochs meet and sniff each other out. Bloch will return at some point. The story of Bloch is not finished yet.
- Long live Bloch 🪵🌲
More information www.bloch.art
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Images:
1: Appenzeller Zeitung + St.Galler Tagblatt, 15.1.26
2: Bloch in Urnäsch, 2011 - Auktion
3: Bloch in St.Gallen, 2012 - Kunstgiesserei
4: Bloch in Bern / Berlin, 2012 – Progr, Denkerei
5: Bloch in Shanghai, 2013 – Shanghai Biennale
6: Bloch in North Dakota, 2014 – Spirit Lake / Linton
7: Bloch in New York, 2015 – Times Square / Knockdown Centre
8: Bloch in Südafrika, 2017 – Klein Karoo / De Aar
9: Bloch in Chile, 2019 – Saco Biennale
10: Bloch Tour, 2011 - 2026
11: Com&Com, 2011 / 2019
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