Swiss artist Luca Süss takes us on a tour of their favourite Zurich hangouts.

Luca is a 24-year old trans non-binary artist who did an apprenticeship in sign-making before studying art at Zurich University of the Arts. Moving here from Winterthur via Thurgau, Zurich is the place they love to be as although it’s a small city, there’s lots to do.
Luca’s sculptures address the phenomenon of armour as a protection and defence of queer people in a heteronormative binary society as well as the cultural anthropological question of the influence of toys on the formation of children‘s gender identities and the theories encompassing a queer ecology.
As Luca says, “These sculptures are indeed defenders, they are armour. But of course not in a
literal sense. They won‘t protect anyone from being harmed physically or psychologically, but the fact that these sculptures take objects up into themselves and turn them into something queer and comforting gives the viewer a new perspective on these objects, and through that some sort of protection from a patriarchal binary and heteronormative world.
“They are seemingly held together by longing, and the disparate nature of their surfaces is about enduring, embracing and highlighting many tensions. This surface, which is mostly made of found materials, carries histories of different times and places as contemporary pop culture. By incorporating the objects into new relationships without giving up their former voice, illustrates temporary partial connections and creates a seemingly living queer organism.”

Instagram @luca.suss