Aki Müller * 1979

—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—

What are your origins?
1/2 Swiss 1/2 Japanese

Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
I am a citizen of both countries but born and live in Switzerland

Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Just Tokyo and Zürich

Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich, Switzerland

Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
Might be the final, but hopefully not the only destination till then

Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. More people….different ones
b. Less borders
c. Good chinese food

If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a.
b.
c.

What is your favourite recipe?
•ORECCHIETTE pasta with cima di rapa and sardelle
•CEVICHE (South American dish)…in lemon marinated fish with fresh coriander and onions
•Fermented soyabeans (Nato) with grated yamroots, sliced ladyfingers on top of either cold SOBA or UDON noodles. (most slimy dish)
•KANINCHENRAGOUT mit Stangensellerie, Karotten und Pfefferkörner
•CHICKENNECKSOUP with Ginger
•KIMPIRA Schwarzwurzel und Karotten an Sesam, Sake, Soyasauce und Sud

Johannes Gees *1960

—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—

What are your origins?
My origins are purely Swiss; however, the grandmother of my grandmother is supposed to be immigrated from northern Italy

Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland

Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Though I did a lot of travelling, I never settled lived in another country

Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich

Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
Heaven, probably. Maybe hell, but I don’t really think so. Being Swiss, you know

Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. Send a Roma violin player to the next European Song Contest
b. Let the Swiss soccer team win. For a change
c. Turn Toni Brunner and that slut from the St. Galler Rheintal into gay-lesbian equal rights activists

If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a.
b.
c.

What is your favourite recipe?
Spaghetti with meatballs made of fennel sausages from the Macelleria Fulvi at Schöntalstsrasse in Zurich

www.johannesgees.com

San Keller *1971

—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—

What are your origins?
Swiss

Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland

Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Berne, Zürich, New York, Rome

Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich

Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
I don’t know! My wife and my son decide

Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. Less of anything
b.
c.

If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a.
b.
c.

What is your favourite recipe?
Meals made with old bread

www.museumsankeller.ch