Marcel Hörler

Vita

Marcel Hörler is a curator and cultural mediator based in Zurich. He was raised in a small working-class family in a provincial setting, as the white son of a housewife-florist and a truck driver. After completing vocational training, he pursued studies in Social Work with a focus on Socio-Culture at the Universities for Applied Sciences in Lucerne and The Hague, and worked for several years in various social fields. He later earned a Master of Arts in Art Education, Curatorial Studies from the Zurich University of the Arts. Since 2015, he has been realizing art and cultural projects.

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Statement

"My curatorial and cultural mediation practice is an interstitial, social practice. This means that I seek out the often invisible qualities within the in-between spaces and moments of exchange. These search processes run through my work as consistent elements, which I drive forward through a conceptual framework. Process- and dialogue-oriented spaces, experiments, contact zones and self-organized working methods are essential for the development of my approaches, questions and concrete actions. In this context, both vulnerabilities and moments of failure should be acknowledged and given space to exist. The recurring questions about site – understood as a physical, spatial, discursive and lived component – often create interesting tensions, leading me to subtle as well as parasitic interventions. Through these, I aim to question dominant mechanisms and structures as part of existing systems. Last but not least, I see the development of resistant and sustainable structures, in which critical thinking is encouraged and awareness of marginalized experiences is sharpened, as a vital aspect of my practice."

Work

Frida

How did time feel back then? Did a second last longer in the past than it does today? Who do we listen to in order to understand what happened? And how can we put ourselves in a time when the witnesses have already fallen silent? Frida Edelmann-Knöpfel, who lived in Lichtensteig from 1864-1921, was a curious and attentive observer of her time. Counteracting the escape of time, Frida wrote down her everyday experiences in dialect, thus giving posterity the opportunity to penetrate her world of thoughts. She wrote about her mother's hardships, her relationship with her husband, her children, and life in the small town, and was thus one of the few women of her time whose writings have been handed down. As a tribute to Frida, the artists Karin Karinna Bühler, Martina Morger, Reto Müller, Lika Nüssli and Thomas Stüssi have created new works inspired by Frida's memories. The exhibition opened on 7 July 2023. The works will be displayed in the "public space" of the municipality of Lichtensteig for up to five years. Frida was curated by Marcel Hörler with the support of Maura Kressig and Jost Kirchgraber.

Martina Morger, Bella Bells, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Lika Nüssli, Frida, kleine Rebellin, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Thomas Stüssi, Kurze Hosen aber grosses Herz, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Rundgang mit Austausch. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Karin Karinna Bühler, Nicht um mein flüchtig Gut der Zeit, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Lika Nüssli, Frida, kleine Rebellin, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Reto Müller (Text: Vincent Hofmann), Tafel-Moränensteine-Säule für Lichtensteig, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Reto Müller, Tafel-Moränensteine-Säule für Lichtensteig, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Reto Müller, Tafel-Moränensteine-Säule für Lichtensteig, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Lika Nüssli, Frida, kleine Rebellin, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Martina Morger, Bella Bells, 2023. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

I'm the boss of my business, I should invoice

"I'm the boss of my business, I should invoice" is an excerpt from the lyrics of Ashnikko's song Working Bitch. In it, she discusses her sexual and financial independence. The exhibition title refers both to the precarious working conditions and to the urge for fame and success as a driving factor for independence within the art world. These two interlocking spheres stick to the floors of the exhibition spaces like chewing gum. Questions such as what can artists achieve? Is artistic work still a pleasurable activity or already a painful endurance? Or how can artistic independence still be maintained in the context of economic interests? are rarely answered in detail, and so in the end the payment slip usually remains as the last certainty of survival. For this little summer exhibition, Marcel Hörler, Mindaugas Matulis, Inés Maestre and STEVIL invited the artists Marco Siciliano, Mia Thermopolis, Steen Sperling, Aksel Bruk, Irem Güngez and Julia to show their work at Baby Angel in Zurich from 23 June to 2 July 2023.

Marco Siciliano, 338 chewing gum • welcome, 2023. Photo: Marcel Hörler

Mindaugas Matulis, Inés Maestre, STEVIL, Marco Siciliano, Mia Thermopolis, Steen Sperling, Aksel Bruk, Irem Güngez, Julia Nusser, 2023. Photo: Mindaugas Matulis

Irem Güngez, jail, 2023. Photo: Mindaugas Matulis

Steen Sperling, rough teachings, 2022. Photo: Mindaugas Matulis

Mindaugas Matulis, Greenest Grass & Business Horse, 2023. Photo: Mindaugas Matulis

I'm the boss of my business I should invoice, Inés Maestre & Aksel Bruk, Photo: Mindaugas Matulis

I'm the boss of my business, Inés Maestre & Steen Sperling. Photo: Mindaugas Matulis

Powerplay, Pleasure and Gain

How can we materialize joy? To what extent can we recognize and vocalize our desires and needs within power structures? How can we cultivate a practice of care while society suffers from hetero-patriarchal mechanisms? The exhibition Powerplay, Pleasure and Gain presented a mix of contributions by Giulia Essyad, Inés Maestre, Lucio Davoli, Marisabel Arias, Metehan Törer, Robin Mettler, Sarah Burger and Sicc Puppy. The exhibition took the 10th anniversary of Porny Days as an occasion to think about the potential of collectivity that lies in our bodies. Beside the exhibited works, the audience was invited to become part of the exhibition during the performative opening. Powerplay, Pleasure and Gain took place from 25th to 27th of November 2022 at Südbühne, Gessnerallee in Zürich and was curated by Marcel Hörler with the support of Lena Aurea Schneider.

Metehan Törer, pee fountain, 2022. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Metehan Törer, spank toys, 2022. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Inés Maestre, Vanilla Tango (Untitled V), 2022. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Metehan Törer, i lock my pet in the toilet, 2022. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Sarah Burger, Neural Fantasies, 2022. Photo: Lena Aurea Schneider

Metehan Törer, siamese twin mask, 2022. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Inés Maestre, Vanilla Tango (Untitled III), 2020. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Giulia Essyad, Self Portraits, 2021. Photo: Lena Aurea Schneider

Robin Mettler, Endless Ornament, 2022. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Metehan Törer, Lucio Davoli, Sicc Puppy, Public Toilet, 2022. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Metehan Törer, Lucio Davoli, Sicc Puppy, Public Toilet, 2022. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Metehan Törer, Lucio Davoli, Sicc Puppy, Public Toilet, 2022. Photo: Michel Gilgen

Ufficio della Notte

Pleasure – the sharing of joy – affects and connects people. Although certain practices, especially those that conform to non-normative, queer, non-monogamous and non-binary lives, have always been marginalised, criminalised or at least ignored by the institutions of power. Nevertheless the figures of the night have broken the limits of society’s decency. What still remains are questions: Where and how do we talk about pleasure? Which spaces are claimed and by whom? Are safe(r) spaces only dreams of a hidden utopia? To which extent do institutions determine what is sexually allowed/not allowed? And what does all this have to do with care work? In search of answers, Ufficio della Notte presented works by Berlin Strippers Collective, Gilles Smrkovsky, Philipp Gufler, Benjamin Egger, Oz Oderbolz, Latefa Wiersch, Florian Hetz, Dario Callerame, Jeanne Jacob, Alina Kopytsa, SLOCH, Göksu Kunak and DIVAS that were shown in six different art spaces and clubs as well as in public spaces (Last Tango, Parat, Limmatplatz, Unterführung Langstrasse, Die Diele, Baby Angel, BosqueRreal, Rote Fabrik). The exhibition, curated by neo seefried and Marcel Hörler, took place from 23rd September to 15th of October 2022 in Zurich and was combined with walks, a pleasure positive party and a panel on the topic of Sexwork.

Göksu Kunak, Niche I: Landscape, 2022. Photo: Sabina Bösch

DIVAS, TOUCHING (IS ELECTRIC), 2019/2022. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Berlin Strippers Collective (Ivy & Maxine), Red light to daylight, 2022. Photo: Johanna Hullár

Oz Oderbolz, untitled or I stole my father's belt, 2022. Photo: Oz Oderbolz

Latefa Wiersch, Unterführung/Subway, 2022. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Gilles Smrkovsky, Collective Desire, 2020. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Benjamin Egger, And Then We Touch, 2021/2022. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Benjamin Egger, And Then We Touch, 2021/2022. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Philipp Gufler, Lana Kaiser, 2020. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Philipp Gufler, Quilt #36 (Der Kreis), 2020. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Dario Callerame, Growing Witness II, 2021. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Jeanne Jacob, Falling in Love, 2022. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Jeanne Jacob, Les Adelphes, 2022. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Florian Hetz, SPECIES, 2022. Photo: Livio Baumgartner

Alina Kopytsa, From Zurich with love, 2021. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Sexwork is Work! Photo: Johanna Hullár

Exhibition Walks mit neo seefried. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Performing Soil

We can never know what we will find – when we dig a hole... Earth is a filter, an archive, provides livelihoods, and is an arena for interspecies exchange. Interdependencies, or mutual dependencies, are intrinsic to the earth. Thus Performing Soil is dedicated to those moments of tension in this terrain that arise apart from conventional scientific methods. They assume that projects can be scaled, i.e. that they can function on a small scale as well as on a large one, but they disregard the fact that the actors can change through encounters. The idea to Performing Soil comes from the artists Silke kleine Kalvelage, Jan Georg Glöckner and the curator/cultural mediator Marcel Hörler. Over a period of three months, surrounded by a nature preserve, they collaborated with dancers, artists, craftspeople, and scientists Lisa Lee Benjamin, Marisa Mayer, Xaver Ammann, Kay Zhang, Brigham Baker, New Kyd, Reut Nahum, and Rosa Violetta Zettl to shape a massive globe. The globe was - in the context of the first exhibition at Kunstraum parat - auctioned off and together with three radio shows, the photo documentation and other small-format soil exhibits presented between 9th to 18th of December 2021 to the public.

Lisa Lee Benjamin, Marisa Mayer, Xaver Ammann, Kay Zhang, Brigham Baker, Titilayo Adebayo, Reut Nahum, Rosa Violetta Zettl, Silke kleine Kalvelage, Jan Georg Glöckner, Marcel Hörler, Performing Soil, 2021. Photo: Silke kleine Kalvelage

Performing Soil, Session 1. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Lisa Lee Benjamin, Marisa Mayer, Xaver Ammann, Kay Zhang, Brigham Baker, Titilayo Adebayo, Reut Nahum, Rosa Violetta Zettl, Silke kleine Kalvelage, Jan Georg Glöckner, Marcel Hörler, Performing Soil. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Performing Soil, Session 2. Photo: Silke kleine Kalvelage

Lisa Lee Benjamin, Marisa Mayer, Xaver Ammann, Kay Zhang, Brigham Baker, Titilayo Adebayo, Reut Nahum, Rosa Violetta Zettl, Silke kleine Kalvelage, Jan Georg Glöckner, Marcel Hörler. Photo: Silke kleine Kalvelage

Lisa Lee Benjamin, Marisa Mayer, Xaver Ammann, Kay Zhang, Brigham Baker, Titilayo Adebayo, Reut Nahum, Rosa Violetta Zettl, Silke kleine Kalvelage, Jan Georg Glöckner, Marcel Hörler, Performing Soil. Photo: Silke kleine Kalvelage

Lisa Lee Benjamin, Marisa Mayer, Xaver Ammann, Kay Zhang, Brigham Baker, Titilayo Adebayo, Reut Nahum, Rosa Violetta Zettl, Silke kleine Kalvelage, Jan Georg Glöckner, Marcel Hörler, Performing Soil, 2021. Photo: Silke kleine Kalvelage

Passagen

The exhibition Passagen was dedicated to transitions as constant companions of people. It took place from September 10 to October 2, 2021 in the church St. Jakob in Zurich. The exhibition focused on the question of how transitions can be coped, working with photography, storytelling and arrangements of personal things. The sacral building functioned as an exhibition and reflection space, as a sound body and as a place of critical questioning. The basis for Passagen was formed by several meetings of the eight protagonists Beat Schwab, Chaowei Arakawa, Emanuel Hohl, Edwin Arsenio Ramirez Garcia, Heidi Stamm, Maria Hardt, Noah Di Bettschen and Yeter Tayet, as well as individual sound recordings, which came together in an expansive audio installation. The idea and concept were developed by Marcel Hörler and Sabina Bösch, following an invitation from About Us! and the Reformed Church of Zurich. In addition, the following people were involved in the project: Julian Zehnder (audio), Maria Muster (textile), Maria Peskina (graphic design), neo seefried (text), Gilles Smrkovsky (editing). Part of the program was also an audience discussion, a sound performance between Kay Zhang, Nuriia Khasenova, Léo Collin (KIT) and Sacha Rüegg and a performance by Elischa Heller.

Passagen Vernissage. Photo: Lea Huser

Passagen Vernissage. Photo: Lea Huser

Performance Kay Zhang, Léo Collin, Nuriia Khasenova (KIT) & Sacha Rüegg. Photo: Lea Huser

Protagonistin Chaowei Arakawa. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Performance Kay Zhang, Léo Collin, Nuriia Khasenova (KIT) & Sacha Rüegg. Photo: Lea Huser

Protagonist Noah Di Bettschen. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Performance Elischa Heller. Photo: Mischa Schlegel

Objekt Emanuel Hohl. Photo: Sabina Bösch

Performance Elischa Heller. Photo: Mischa Schlegel

Seemingly Unfinished

Seemingly Unfinished shed light on the beauty of the thin line that lies between the unfinished and the finished. The Roman author Pliny the Elder had already started reflecting on the concept of the unfinishedness, in his Natural History Book 35, by pointing out that unfinished works were highly appreciated because they offered more explicit information on the artists’ creative process and techniques. The exhibition presented seven works from paintings, sculptures, installations to embroidery by Fabio Guida, Laetitia Pascalin, Patrick Ostrowsky, Pascal Sidler, Sara Lavelle, Mickry 3 and Andrea Vera Wenger and allowed to investigate the artists’ intentions and their receptions on the audience as well as discuss social, psychological and philosophical aspects with the realm of contemporary art. The exhibition was divided in three successive groups (On Transparency, Under Construction and The Absence of Painting), that allowed to focus on different ways of questioning its topic. All combined granted the audience tools to decipher the complexity of an unfinished aesthetic in completed artworks. Seemingly Unfinished took place from 12th March to 2nd April 2021 at Kulturfolger in Zürich and was curated by Marcel Hörler and Michael Almeida.

Mickry 3, Do Not Enter, 2021. Photo: Andrea Vera Wenger

Sara Lavelle, Self-Portrait Minnesota Fall, 2016. Photo: Andrea Vera Wenger

Andrea Vera Wenger, Sibling, 2021

Pascal Sidler, Spiegelbild, 2019. Photo: Andrea Vera Wenger

Fabio Guida, Untitled, 2019. Photo: Andrea Vera Wenger

Patrick Ostrowsky, it makes me feel giddy, 2020. Photo: Andrea Vera Wenger

Laetitia Pascalin, Untitled, 2020. Photo: Andrea Vera Wenger

Vee

Transformations have always been part of cultural practices that fascinate and disturb at the same time. A living being that suddenly stops, apparently destroys itself and rises again as a completely new creature. From the privileged deities of the pre-Christian polytheistic religions to fantastic hybrid beings - half human, half animal - from legends, fairy tales and fantasy to complex metamorphosis images and stories in literature, the relationship between humans and animals is a frequently treated topic. In the wake of recent technological and medical advances, which make it possible to change bodies and exchange organs between humans and animals, or to breed human cells in animals, questions about a common future of humans and animals a new urgency. For the exhibition VEE (May 23rd to October 3rd, 2020) Badel/Sarbach, Benjamin Egger, Ernestyna Orlowska, Fridolin Schoch, Ina Weise and Patrick Ostrowsky made installative, sculptural and performative interventions on the agricultural farm Hof Blum in Samstagern. Performances, screenings and shows by Daniela Ehrsam, Ivy Monteiro, Maya Rochat and Soya The Cow accompanied the opening and the closing. Community, Body and Transformation were among the thematic focuses of the exhibition. Furthermore the exhibition was extended by farm talks with guests Antoine F. Goetschel, Viviane Ehrensberger, Jacques Fuchs and Hans Preisig and mimicry workshops, designed by Julia Wäckerlin and Pia Schwarz. VEE was created in collaboration with Jakob Lienhard, Valérie Hug and Martin Blum.

Vernissage. Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Patrick Ostrowsky, FIRE SIGHT, 2020. Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Daniela Ehrsam, Aerial Hoop Show. Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Soya The Cow, My joy, my choice, my juices, 2020. Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Benjamin Egger, my body is because of dogs, 2020. Photo: Benjamin Egger

Badel/Sarbach, Hotties in the Neighborhood, 2020. Photo: Mischa Schlegel

Ernestyna Orlowska, I’ve Been Feeling It Too (Chicken Farm Version), 2020. Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Ernestyna Orlowska, Nursing Tops & Mum Utility Pants, 2020. Photo: Mischa Schlegel
Fridolin Schoch, Knot Gathering, 2020. Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Ina Weise, 0,000005483149859%, 2020. Photo: Mischa Schlegel

Ivy Monteiro, Tituba.2Point.OH!, 2020. Photo: Mischa Schlegel

Plateaux Festival

Sustainability is no longer just a question of ecological circumstances such as climate change, geographical particularities or agricultural technologies but a question of production and consumption. Between April 20th and September 7th, 2019, the Plateaux Festival invited artists to discuss sustainability issues and solutions within the framework of the ecological farm Froh Ussicht in Samstagern, in the periphery of Zurich. In addition, guests were invited to take up the theme of the festival with a Carte Blanche, in order tackle curated performances, film evenings, installations and actions with unexpected ideas. The festival was designed by Marcel Hörler and Mateo Chacon-Pino. Design and code: Lydia Perrot and Lisa Li. Following an invitation by Martin Blum. The art mediation program was designed by Seline Fülscher. With artistic contributions by Artist Organizations International, Aurélie Strumans, Carina Erdmann & Anna Kindermann, Johanna Bruckner, Johanna Kotlaris, Martina Mächler, Matthew C. Wilson, Nino Baumgartner, San Keller, Simon Würsten Marin, Thomas Geiger and Yael Wicki. Guests included Bergkrautsyndikat, Kunsthaus Aussersihl, Kunst Du, Wagner & Friends with Carlos Fernández and Violeta Burckhard Razeto.

Johanna Kotlaris, Economies, 2019. Photo: Samirah Hohl

Song Book, San Keller, 2019. Photo: Alicia Olmos Ochoa

Aurélie Strumans, Green verticality to a red fiction, 2019. Photo: Alicia Olmos Ochoa

Nino Baumgartner, Shortcut, 2019. Photo: Alicia Olmos Ochoa

Carlos Fernández, Do Some Agrofit, 2019. Photo: Juliette Chretien

Thomas Geiger, I Want To Become a Millionaire Talks, 2019. Photo: Sandino Scheidegger

Kunsthaus Aussersihl, Aktion 016: im Gjätt, 2019. Photo: Marcel Hörler

Johanna Bruckner, Körper ohne Währung, 2019. Photo: Samirah Hohl

Simon Würsten Marín, Wenn Kunst Landschaft gestaltet, 2019. Photo: Samirah Hohl

Juicy, Texture excellent

“The new man will finger instead of handling – or acting – and seek only play and enjoyment” is how the philosopher Byung-Chul Han succinctly describes an everyday phenomenon in the digitally networked society in his essay In the Swarm: Digital Prospects. Everything seems within reach, at the click of a finger. Digital collections should also be more acessible. The work JUICY, TEXTURE EXCELLENT applies this phenomenon to the curatorial practice. The curator's finger selects and creates a direct connection to the work by moving over the surface of work. This violates the rules of the museum and is a dilemma for the curator, as he wants nothing more than to have contact with the work. The fruit art videos by Stephanie Sarley were crucial for the idea. In her short videos on Instagram she fingers juicy fruits. Because of this, her Instagram account has been blocked by Facebook several times. JUICY, TEXTURE EXCELLENT was created in collaboration with Lydia Perrot as part of the Combining Collections module. A virtual collection exhibition led by Bruno Bruno Heller, in the Master Art Education Curatorial Studies at ZHdK.

juicy, texture excellent. Marcel Hörler & Lydia Perrot

Weiter

While the tourist takes the gondola lift to the summit and a refugee leaves his home, the digital nomad works somewhere on his boat. Never before has mobility manifested itself in so many ways as it does today. Spatial, social and virtual mobility has become the basic principle of a global and networked world. Anyone who is mobile is receptive - open to something new, perhaps better. Mobility also demands mental and physical mobility from people. On the one hand, it breaks down social structures and, on the other, reinforces the perception of existing, unequal preconditions. The broad concept of mobility was the focus of Weiter. As part of Weiter, Christian Eberhard, Collectif Chuglu, Damiano Curschellas, Gisa Frank, Lino Bally, Flurina Brügger, Iris Brodbeck, Marc Jenny, Matthias Rüegg and Robin Michel developed works en route. From September 9th to 23rd, 2017 they presented their works at three different traffic junctions in the lower, middle and upper Toggenburg. The exhibition was a co-production between Kunsthalle[n] Toggenburg and Arthur Junior.

Gisa Frank, Iifahre – Usfahre, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Robin Michel, Ferrari, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Flurina Brügger, Iris Brodbeck, Gesprächsteppich, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Collectif Chuglu, Immense comme un detail, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Matthias Rüegg, Please Wait Over There, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Water Walling, Collectif Chuglu, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Marc Jenny. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Gisa Frank, Iifahre – Usfahre, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger
Matthias Rüegg, Ignore, 2017. Photo: Matthias Rüegg
Matthias Rüegg, You're Completely Wrong, 2017. Photo: Matthias Rüegg
Christian Eberhard, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Imagine Rhythm

Imagine Rhythm used the expressiveness of dancing and filmmaking to overcome cultural and linguistic obstacles. A group of deaf and hearing dancers from Armenia, Switzerland and Germany created a dance performance during ten days together with the choreographers Melanie Alexander and Hayk Hobosyan and showed it in public space in the city of Zurich in August 2017. Through a self-empowering approach, the dancers could create their own body movements, make use of their skills and transform it into a contemporary dance performance. The whole activity was filmed on site by a group of filmmakers in collaboration with documentary filmmaker, producer Seg Kirakossian in order to document the learning process. The project was designed also for engaging the participants in social life and giving them knowledge on how they can implement social initiatives in the future. Besides the dance workshop, a group discussion was held, with a focus on the problems and needs of people with hearing problems to promote awareness about the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The project was designed by Marcel Hörler and Seg Kirakossian in collaboration between Subkult and Doctor Cinema NGO.

Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Photo: Seg Kirakossian

Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Performance. Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Photo: Stefan Tschumi

Shopping

Catherine Xu, Samuel Koch, Nina Emge, Lucie Biloshytskyy, James Stephen Wright, Domingo Chaves, Edmée Laurin, Fridolin Schoch and Martina Mächler received six orange envelopes on 9 July 2016. Six thousand Swiss francs in thousand notes - the most valuable banknote in the world. The artists had the task of spending all the money on Obere Bahnhofstrasse, the shopping street of Wil. The works that were presented to the public from July 30th to August 13th, 2016 and were created from the purchased goods. Shopping dealt with a theme that has always moved society and the art world. We want it, we love it and we do it. From young to old. Whether conscious, ecological or wasteful. We shop, we choose and shopping should be fun, or not?! That's why the cross-media art project treated consumption as a act of life and asked questions. Questions about the commodity art, artistic work and investment in general. The artistic processes were documented and part of the exhibition, which was initiated by Arthur Junior and the City of Wil in collaboration with the graphic design studio Badesaison.

Fridolin Schoch, Edmée Laurin, Fridolin Schoch, Limited Time Offer, 2016. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Graphic Design, Badesaison, 2019. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Lucie Biloshitskyy, papier. wert. papier, 2017. Photo: Lea Huser

James Stephen Wright, Argent, 2017. Photo: Lea Huser

Limited Time Offer, Domingo Chaves, Edmée Laurin, Fridolin Schoch, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Catherine Xu, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Martina Mächler, 100%@work / do what you love, 2016. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Domingo Chaves, Edmée Laurin, Fridolin Schoch, Limited Time Offer, 2017. Photo: Hanes Sturzenegger

Media

Zehn Kunstschaffende loten Körpergrenzen aus, arttv.ch, 18.11.2024

Dogo zum letzten Mal in der Turnhalle, Saiten, 08.11.2024

Werkbeiträge und Artist-in-Residence-Stipendium verliehen: Bekommt Ausserrhoden nun den ersten queeren Porno?, Appenzeller Zeitung, 07.12.2023

Am Morgen aufstehen und krampfen für die Kunst, WOZ, 30.11.2023

Kollektives Kunstschaffen, Saiten, 16.11.2023

Es ist dringend, Genderfragen sichtbar zu machen, Herisauer Nachrichten, 18.10.2023

Mit Sexpositivität gesellschaftliche Ketten sprengen, SRF, 22.12.2022

19 Kunstschaffende zeigen, wie man den Begriff «Home» neu denken kann oder muss, arttv.ch, 18.11.2022

Die Sexindustrie ist nicht feministisch, weil unsere Gesellschaft es nicht ist, Tsüri, 29.09.2022

Dogo, Generazione Critica – Teorie pratiche nell'arte del Duemila, 23.06.2022

Die Dogos trotzen der Pandemie, Saiten Ostschweizer Kulturmagazin, 12.03.2021

«zur Wand» Basel: Im Gespräch mit Valérie Hug, Marcel Hörler und Jakob Lienhard vom Magazin «HOX», Wie wär's mal mit

Die Kunst der Verwandlung, Das Lamm, 09.09.2020

Reading Rämistrasse #11: Gianna Rovere zu VEE bei Froh Ussicht, Kunsthalle Zürich Blog, 20.08.2020

Kunst trifft auf Landwirtschaft, Zürichsee-Zeitung, 30.06.2020


Die Kunst hockt zwischen Hühnern, kulturtipp 15/2020

Alle Kunstwerke auf einen Schlag: Nun zeigen sich die wichtigsten Resultate des Kulturvereins Dogo in Lichtensteig, Tagblatt, 13.11.2019

Druckfrische Wassermelonen, Tagesanzeiger, 29.05.2019

Schwimmende Würste sind Kunst, Tagblatt, 01.05.2019

Am Plateaux Festival werden Werte geschaffen, SRF Regionaljournal, 18.04.2019

Ein Zuhause für junge Kunstschaffende, Zett, 05.03.2019

Orangenjus von der Regionalbuspresse, Saiten Ostschweizer Kulturmagazin, 19.09.2017

Kunst mit Kommerz oder gegen ihn, Saiten Ostschweizer Kulturmagazin, 04.02.2017

Von der Baracke zum Kunstmuseum, Zentralplus, 04.03.2016

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