“The Reception of the Reclining Monks by the Ambassador” 2008
Mixed media installation: Haken, Bild beschriftungen, Roter Filter, Ton 3min, Stimme Dr Christoph Becker/hooks, captions, red filter, sound 3min, voice of Dr. Christoph Becker
courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Kaufmann Zürich
Audio installation courtesy Bleuel Electronic AG, Sennheiser Schweiz
“The landscape is changing” 2003
DVD mit Ton/DVD with sound, 22min
courtesy the artist and Yvon Lambert, Paris & New York
“Milchstrasse” 2005
Polyurethan, weich Schaum, Silikon, verschiedene Masse / Polyurethan foam, Silicon, Dimensions variable
courtesy the artist
Karin Hueber 1979*
Isabelle Krieg 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?
Marly, on the road with Circus Pipistrello, Luzern, Berlin, Rome, Zürich
Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination?
No
If not, then where else?
Germany or another country where destiny leads me to
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland?
a. More wideness and more wildness (in the minds)
b. More laziness (starting with me)
c. More courage and curiosity
What is your favourite recipe?
Tuna fish with rice and ginger ( I do not eat it often anymore because of the tunas dying out)
Donatella Bernardi 1976* (Performance)
Performance date: Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 18.30h
Location: Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
Half Swiss, half Italian
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland & Italy
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Geneva, Hamburg, Roma, Maastricht
Where do you live and work right now?
Roma, Maastricht
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination?
No
If not, then where else?
No idea
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. More women at the Government, in Universities, in the artistical & intellectual fields
b. More smiles
c. More social care for old people
If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a. Stronger critical opinion for Italy
b.
c.
What is your favourite recipe?
Lasagna
Dr. phil. Christine Abbt 1974* (Lecture, collaboration with Marc Bauer)
Lecture date: Wednesday, 26. March 2008, 18.30h
Topic: Verkörperungen des Grauens/Embodiments of the Horror
Location: Kabinett, Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1
The lecture will be in German, the discussion with Marc Bauer will be in English.
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
Little French, some German, most Swiss
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Switzerland, Germany, Italy
Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination?
Maybe
If not, then where else?
Somewhere in Europe (or in Melbourne, Montreal or New York)
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland?
a. With increasing wealth comes a sense for generosity and responsibility towards the others
b. Minds become open and wide and see things in a bigger frame
c. Difference is felt as a condition for the quality of a community
What is your favourite recipe?
Pasta in any variation and of course, my mum’s rhubarb cake
Alexandra Bachzetsis 1974* (Performance)
Performance date: Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 18.30h
performance with Yan Duyvendak
Location: Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
Half Greek, half Swiss
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland, and Greece
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Zürich
Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich, Gent
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination?
No
If not, then where else?
The cities: Paris,Brussels, New York, Buenos Aires and some places at the sea in Greece
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. It is located at the sea
b. My friends from Amsterdam, Antwerp and Brussels live here
c. Taking pubilc transport is for free
What is your favourite recipe?
Nüsslisalat with egg and spätzli with fried onions…with out pepper!!!
Nevin Aladag 1972*
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
I´m a very mixed origin
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Germany
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Stuttgart, Munich, New York, Van, Copenhagen, Berlin
Where do you live and work right now?
Berlin
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
Time will show, hope to travel much more
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. Less fear
b. Even more languages to be spoken
c. Bigger exchange energy
If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now
a. Less fear
b. A bigger multiplicity in the society
c. More openness
What is your favourite recipe?
Any kind of stew
Mircea Cantor *1977
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
In France they say I’m from Europe de l’Est, in Ameria they say I’m from Russia,
in Romania they say I’m from Ardeal, in Hungary they say I’m from Erdely
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
No man’s land
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Between one smell to next sound
Where do you live and work right now?
Where neccesity is needed
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
No
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. I don’t know enough about the region to wish changes
b.
c.
If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a. Give more, take less.
b. IDEM
c. IDEM
What is your favourite recipe?
The one which is made with love
Alain Rappaport *1964 (Exhibition architecture of Marc Bauer and Christine Abbt’s Kabinett show)
—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—
What are your origins?
A quarter French, a quarter Ukrainian, half Swiss
Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland
Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Zürich, Schiers, New York, Nanjing
Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich, Vienna
Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
I do not know
Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland?
(please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. More rabbits
b. More deers
c. More foxes
What is your favourite recipe?
White rice with butter
