I’m fascinated by ideas stemming from „multi-species-thinking“ and cross-knowledge interplays. Such crossovers are the starting points for my artistic practice. Approaching these themes through their social and political entanglements, I try to address and formulate experimental connections between various disciplines of study and areas of knowledge. Instead of being contained to theoretical knowledge or representations of pure data, the questions and issues spanning my work manifest as corporeal experiences, which are comprised of sensory treatments and emotive awarenesses for the viewer or listener. I believe that by presenting my work in a way that is physically tangible, the expression of abstract information or abstract knowledge expands into a space of interpretative openness, where philosophy meets science while capitalist critiques are concurrent with science fiction. I like to describe my installations as “thinking laboratories” in which language and social systems, as well as the underlying mechanisms that shape them, are examined. These entanglements presented are poetically and critically navigated in my practice. Inspired by writings from feminist science fiction, I‘d like to understand my work as a kind of container for future thoughts and stories. Video as a visual medium or the story-telling capacities in sound coupled with the cogitative mechanisms of language, text, and objects grant me continual opportunities to devise my ongoing multi-media and immersive installations.
1983*
in Lucerne, Switzerland. Lives and works in Basel
solo shows
2023
We Can’t Be Anything but Edible – Aterraterra LAB, Palermo, Italy
2022
Moving Knots Across Strings – MASI Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
2017
Holobiont Society – CAN, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2016
Maybe We Should Rejuvenate the Words rather than the Bodies – Rinomina, Paris, France
2015
Beyond Chattering and Noise – Centre culturel Suisse, Paris, France
2014
Jetzt wird es wieder Zeit uns mit den Emotionen zu befassen – Galerie Jochen Hempel, Berlin, Germany
2011
Re-Collecting – Project Space at Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, Germany
group shows
2024
Underworld ecologies – Atrium Gallery LSE Arts London, England
Visual Vertigo – Scenarios of Rapide Changes – MAST Bologna, Italy
2023
Sound Biennial – La Centrale de Chandoline, Sion, Switzerland
‘Wait a sec …’ – Additional Space Basel, Switzerland
À bruit secret. Hearing in Art – Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland
My Body, a Coral Reef? – Rudolf-Scharpf-Galerie, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2022
Science Friction – Azkuna Zentroa Bilbao, Spain
Entangled Life: The Forest as Neural Network – Radius Delft, Netherlands
Reading worlds – CIMA NORMA, Torre/Blenio, Switzerland
Weltmaschine – Schlossmuseum Linz, Austria
Film Program. Tschüüss Festival – Centre Culturel Suisse Paris, France
2021
Swiss Art Awards 2021 – Basel, Switzerland
Science Friction – CCCB Barcelona, Spain
2020
Hypertopia – STATE Studio Berlin, Germany
CONTAMINATION/RESILIENCE – Shedhalle Zürich, Switzerland
WE HYBRIDS! – Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Italy
2019
Apposite Sustainability II – LE CAP Centre d’Art Saint-Fons, France
Lagos Biennial II, Nigeria
Mycelium as Lingua Franca – A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Apposite Sustainability I – Espace d’art contemporain du Théâtre de Privas, France
Trees of Life – Erzählungen für einen beschädigten Planeten – Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
Alongside our Material World – Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Wien, Austria
An Eye Unruled – Swissnex San Francisco, USA
Futures Incertains – Musée d’Art de Pully, Switzerland
Ré–flexions. Autour des nouvelles acquisitions – FRAC Alsace, France
2018
Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt 2018. Le vent nous portera… – Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
1 iJ – Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Estonia
Operaismo Naturale: Ecology of the Event – SKLAD, the Ancient Bath – Center of Contemporary Art – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Smart Nature – Hase29, Osnabrück, Germany
Swiss Art Awards 2018 – Messehalle 3, Basel, Switzerland
Angekauft! – Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
Prix Mobilière 2018 – Art Genève, Genf, Switzerland
2017
Extended Cahiers – GROUND Art Center, Moskau, Russia
Ex Situ. Samples of Lifeforms – Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark
Performing Knowledge – Dienstgebäude Zürich, Switzerland
Liste 2017, invited by Whiteframe, Basel, Switzerland
Bieler Fototage – Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland
Biotopia – Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany
2016
Strange Attractor – The Agency Gallery, London, England
Oh, wie schön ist Panama. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Mola und Moral – Völkerkundemuseum Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards – Messehalle 4, Basel, Switzerland
Observations sonores – CAIRN Centre d’art, Digne-les-Bains, France
2015
Über Sprache(n). Vier Abende zu Kunst und Sprache – Station21, Zürich, Switzerland
Jahresausstellung Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt – Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
Nietzsche, Cyclists and Mushrooms. Language in contemporary art after the iconic turn – Kunst Raum Riehen, Switzerland
How to Play. Curated by Gioia Dal Molin – Galerie Annex14, Zürich, Siwtzerland
2014
Narrativ / Performativ – Kunst Raum Riehen, Switzerland
Correction Lines – Curated by Secondary Narratives – L102, Berlin, Germany
Swiss Art Awards 2014 – Messehalle 4, Basel, Switzerland
Surfaces. Neue Fotografie aus der Schweiz – Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2013
Pretty Vacant. Curated by: Sophie Lapalu & Ann Stouvenel. HEAR – La Chaufferie, Strasbourg, France / Villa Renata, Basel, Switzerland / Mains d’Oeuvres, Paris, France
If Anyone Answers No: Scream – Oslo10, Münchenstein, Switzerland
Collection Cahiers d’Artistes – Messehalle 4, Basel, Switzerland & Lecture Performance, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
Babel – Kunstmuseum Olten, Switzerland
Laute Häuser und Äpfel, die fallen. Bisher unbekannte Mythen für Luzern – Sic Raum für Kunst, Luzern, Switzerland
2012
Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt – Depot Basel, Switzerland
Unter 30 VIII – Junge schweizer Kunst – Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards 2012 – Messehalle 4, Basel, Switzerland
PLAT(T)FORM 2012. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2011
6 Künstler aus Basel × 2 – Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
Method. Photography. Transfer – Port Gallery T, Osaka, Japan
Swiss Art Awards 2011 – Messehalle 3², Basel, Switzerland
2010
Swiss Art Awards 2010 – Messehalle 3², Basel, Switzerland
RAUM No. 1: Central Anywhere – Galerie Margit Haldemann. Curated by: Ba Berger & Andreas Wagner, Bern, Switzerland
2009
People in the City. Contemporary Photography – Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal bei Basel, Switzerland
2008
Regionale 9 – CAC la Fonderie, Mulhouse, France
Randbelichtung – Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt, Germany
Three Hours Between Planes – Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA
Three Hours Between Planes – Werkschauhalle der Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Zweidimensionale 2008 – Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig, Germany
2006
Regionale 7 – Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Regionale 7 – M54, Basel, Switzerland
ft 2004 – Halle 14, Altes Messegelände, Leipzig, Germany
Show Room 1, Installationen – Bollag Atelierhaus, Basel, Switzerland
residencies
2024
Connect Chile residency, together with Chilean artist Marcela Moraga, at ESO-ALMA Atacama Desert Chile and CERN Geneva Switzerland
2022
La Becque Main Residency Program, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland / together with Tobias Koch
2011
Atelier Mondial Reidency at Cité Internationale des Art Paris, France
events, talks and screenings
2023
Screening at Eresie Pellegrine Lecce, Italy
Becoming Common – Ecological Resistance, Refusal, Reparation. Screening and roundtable at Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Italy
Screening at Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Latvia
2022
Screening at Hybrid Biennale festival HELLERAU, Dresden, Germany
Screening at ProtoClub 3. Pre-Serving –Shedhalle Zürich, Switzerland
Screening at Fuori Campo – Metaforte Venezia, Italy
Screening at la maison forte, France
2021
Screening at whiteframe, Basel, Switzerland
Screening at Unifix Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
Screening and Q&A. Contribution within the framework of Maps in Theory and Practice, Seminary – édhéa Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
2020
Screening and Q&A at Forum Expanded – FHNW Institut Kunst, Basel, Switzerland
2019
Screening at Biennale Némo / Carte blanche à la HEK – Centre culturel suisse Paris, France
2017
Lecture at ART TALKS – Institut Kunst HGK FHNW, Basel, Switzerland
2016
Screening and Q&A at TEOK XXVIII – RESISTANCE – Food Culture Lab, Basel, Switzerland
2015
Listening session. Sviluppo Parallelo – Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
2012
Listening session. Everything and his Contrary – A Word for a Play. Organized by Franziska Glozer & Sarah Bernauer – Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland
Conversation piece. Romy Rüegger & Dominique. Kontext. Fall 2012. – radioarthur.ch
collections
Collection of Fotomuseums Winterthur, Switzerland
Collection dotMOV.bl, Sammlung Neue Medien Baselland, Switzerland
Collection of FRAC Alsace (Fond Regional d’Art Contemporain Alsace), France
Collection of FRAC Champagne-Ardenne (Fond Regional d’Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne), France
Collection of Contemporary Art Museum Tallinn, EKKM, Estonia
Collection of MASI Lugano, Switzerland
Private collections
grants/awards
2022
Bally Artist of the Year Award 2022
Nomination Research Grant Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco
Nomination Pax Art Award
2021
Work Grant Pro Helvetia
Production Grant, Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia, BS/BL
Nomination Basler Medienkunstpreis (for Sowing the Seeds for the Future)
Nomination Swiss Art Award
Work Grant Landis&Gyr Foundation
2019
Production Grant Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia, BS/BL
Work Grant Pro Helvetia
Nomination Pax Art Award
2018
Research Contribution Pro Helvetia
Nomination Prix Mobilière 2018
2017
Work Grant Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt
Production Grant Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia, BS/BL
Work Grant Pro Helvetia
2016
Basler Medienkunstpreis (Winner project Perpetual Operator)
Swiss Art Award 2016
Production Grant Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia, BS/BL
2015
Production Grant Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia, BS/BL
2014
Work Grant Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt
Work Grant UBS Foundation
2012
Cahier d’Artiste. Pro Helvetia
Work Grant Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt
Kiefer-Hablitzel Foundation Art Award
2010
Kiefer-Hablitzel Foundation Art Award
press and publications
2022
KUNSTFORUM International N° 281 – [sýn] Zusammen [bíos] Leben
Maschinenbuch. Eine Sammlung zur Kultur- und Kunstgeschichte der Apparate. Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess.
2021
Science Friction. Life Among Companion Species – Exhibition catalogue. Publisher: CCCB Barcelona
HYPERTOPIA Magazine – Publisher: STATE Studio Berlin
2020
Perception is Reality – Der Frankfurter Kunstverein 2015 bis 2020 Publisher: Franziska Nori / Frankfurter Kunstverein
2016
Poetry of the Real, Aufzeichnungen der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst FHNW. Publisher: Christoph Merian Verlag
Swiss Art Awards 2016, Kunstbulletin, Dezember 2016. Publisher: Bundesamt für Kultur
2015
Nietzsche, Cyclists and Mushrooms. Language in Contemporary Art. Exhibition catalogue. Publisher: Heidi Brunnschweiler
2013
If anyone answers yes: Scream. If anyone answes no: Scream ko. If anyone answers o: Scream yo! Exhibition catalogue. Publisher: Oslo10
Collection Cahier d’Artiste. Publisher: Stiftung Pro Helvetia / Edizioni Periferia, Luzern 2012 / 2013.
2012
Unter 30 VIII. Editors: Kiefer-Hablitzel Stiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung. Publisher: Verlag für moderne Kunst, Nürnberg
Swiss Art Awards 2012, Kunstbulletin, Dezember 2012. Publisher: Bundesamt für Kultur
2008
Randbelichtung. Exhibition catalogue. Editors: Palais für aktuelle Kunst. Kunstverein Glückstadt, Publisher: Textem Verlag, Hamburg
Three Hours Between Planes, exhibition catalogue. Publisher: Kunstverein Leipzig
workshops / teaching
2023
Jury member MAPS 1 – Master of Arts in Public Spheres, édhéa Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
2022
Workshop BA Fine Arts, édhéa Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
2022
Jury member BA Fine Arts, Institute Art Gender Nature (IAGN), Basel, Switzerland
2017
Video workshop at Collège Pierre de Nolhac, Versailles, France. Upon invitation by La Maréchalerie, contemporary art centre of École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles