Yan Hirschbühl
Print run: 25,000
Token ID: 9
Symbol: Acceptance of change
Climate change is causing the temperature of water to rise. Will Switzerland’s lakes and waters be filled with jellyfish in the future?
For the Crypto Stamp 2.0 project carried out in collaboration between Swiss Post and the Locarno Film Festival, the director Yan Hirschbühl created the NFT accompanying the stamp that bears his name. His video clip represents his interpretation of a symbol of modern Switzerland.
The film shows a jellyfish swimming in a reservoir, at the bottom of a dam. Jellyfish are a rare and strange sight in Switzerland.
The “Yan Hirschbühl” crypto stamp symbolizes its author’s hopes for the future of Switzerland: adaptation. If jellyfish become a natural presence in our country, will we celebrate them on a postage stamp in the same way as indigenous species, such as the squirrel, lynx, owl or fox? Yan believes this would be an excellent way to approach the future.
This theme is reflected in the physical stamp designed by illustrator Corina Vögele.