Art Stories: Studios in the Limmattal, Vol. II

Opening: March 8, 6:00 p.m.

Duration: March 8–30, 2025, Galerie Stephan Witschi, Zwinglistrasse 12 (backyard), 8004 Zurich

Welcome speach: André Odermatt, City Councilor of Zurich / Vice President of the ART FLOW Association

Introduction: Petra Winiger-Østrup, Head of Education, ART FLOW

The Limmattal is home to many artists who make a vital contribution to the valley's cultural vitality. The working realities of these artists are the focus of the exhibition "Art Stories: Studios in the Limmattal, Vol. II," initiated by the ART FLOW Association and realized for the second time in collaboration with the F+F School of Art and Design.

Eight students from the F+F School's photography class visited art workplaces and created portraits that explore the reality of art production.The results of this photographic research are now being presented at Galerie Stephan Witschi in Zurich.

Photographers: Johann Bigler, Catrin Isabell Bautista,Oonagh Erfmann, Saskia Helg, Miwa Kawasaki, Sinia Mader, Mascha Negri, Noel Neuhaus

Artists: Nathalie Diserens, Fawzy El Emrany, Roman Gysin, Rita Maya Kaufmann, Chingsum Jessye Luk, Mara Mars, Milena Seiler, Hanga Séra

Art Stories: Studios in the Limmattal, Vol. II

Opening: March 8, 6:00 p.m.

Duration: March 8–30, 2025, Galerie Stephan Witschi, Zwinglistrasse 12 (backyard), 8004 Zurich

Welcome speach: André Odermatt, City Councilor of Zurich / Vice President of the ART FLOW Association

Introduction: Petra Winiger-Østrup, Head of Education, ART FLOW

The Limmattal is home to many artists who make a vital contribution to the valley's cultural vitality. The working realities of these artists are the focus of the exhibition "Art Stories: Studios in the Limmattal, Vol. II," initiated by the ART FLOW Association and realized for the second time in collaboration with the F+F School of Art and Design.

Eight students from the F+F School's photography class visited art workplaces and created portraits that explore the reality of art production.The results of this photographic research are now being presented at Galerie Stephan Witschi in Zurich.

Photographers: Johann Bigler, Catrin Isabell Bautista,Oonagh Erfmann, Saskia Helg, Miwa Kawasaki, Sinia Mader, Mascha Negri, Noel Neuhaus

Artists: Nathalie Diserens, Fawzy El Emrany, Roman Gysin, Rita Maya Kaufmann, Chingsum Jessye Luk, Mara Mars, Milena Seiler, Hanga Séra

Panel Discussion: "Where Art Is Created. Zurich and the Limmattal as a Location for Art Production"

For the panel discussion on the occasion of the F+F photo exhibition "Art Stories: Studios in the Limmattal" at Galerie Stephan Witschi, artists from the Limmattal and representatives of art and cultural institutions will explore Zurich as a location for art production. How are artists and institutions connected? What opportunities or challenges does gentrification present for Zurich's art and cultural scene? The promotion and training of artists will also be discussed.

Participants:

Regine Helbling, Visarte Switzerland

Barbara Basting, Head of the Fine Arts Department at the Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Zurich

Hanga Séra, portrayed artist

Roman Gysin, portrayed artist

Moderation: Petra Winiger Østrup

Part of my work "3400km diary" can be seen at the group show "Why do I keep thinking?" Beletageartspace, Utoquai 41 8008 Zurich.

opening 31st May 2024 6-8 p.m.

closing event 16th August 2024 6-8 p.m.

It´s still a heartwarming & painful at the same time, to think about the process, which led to creating "3400km diary". I was chosen by @expotranskultur to be one of the artists of the project "Found in translation" 2022. The aim was translating migratory experiences into art. I met amazing Syrian writer Lucian S., whose story became the basis of my work.

The whole artwork had been shown Helmhaus Zürich 2022.

With Kirill Agafonov, Alexandra Carambellas, Murnau Den Linden, Isabelle Krieg, Hanga Séra, Felix Stöckle

10. July 2024 

Central Park, New York

"We are capitalism"

performance

Photography: Anais Vouillamoz

Being in New York is being at the very heart of capitalism.

I‘ve spent days with walking and seeing and being amazed by the energy of this city.

At the same time, I saw the contradictions: the homeless people in the streets, the various realities of the different districts, the power of money.

I‘ve visited exhibitions of my most cherished artists, saw the artworks, which are breathing magic in and out.

And I understood that capitalism is not a principle, but a form of living organization, which we humans are forming. If we want to change, to do better, nobody else will do it for us.

We are capitalism.

29 - 30. June 2024 

Küblis, Graubünden

Participatory planting project, based on Peter Trachsel's beautiful sentence "Ich probe das Scheitern / I try to fail".

I´ve sent the seeds of the marigold & camomille to 50 participants all over Switzerland, so we had been growing the plants in their homes for months.

We gathered at the end of June for 2 days to plant the seedlings.

on 29th June at 7 p.m.: reading of Birgit Kempker "Peter Trachsel - He supports himself and others through art", followed by a discussion about failure with cultural anthropologist and art researcher Michael Hiltbrunner, Birgit Kempker and Hanga Séra.

7. March 2024 18:00

opening of my solo show “NO”

at Material - Raum für Buchkultur,

Klingestrasse 23 8005 Zürich

opening speech of  Antonella Barone / baronebreu.

I`m looking forward showing my last wall-based works. 

Opening hours:

8 - 10. und 12 - 13. März 14:00-18:00

"Conversations with a Landscape" is the photo series of my landscape performances in Prättigau in autumn 2022.

The photographer Anaïs Vouillamoz captured all of these dialogues in her beautiful compositions.

We are happy to show the works in Zurich and thank Kunsthaus Kloster for their very kind support.

You can watch the fotos on Vimeo here

Opening hours: 10-12. November 2022 2-7 p.m.  

Kabinett Visarte Zurich

Schoffelgasse 10. 8001 Zurich