Swiss Summer 2008: A Panorama of Contemporary Photography Exhibitions and Festivals
During the summer of 2008, Switzerland was a hub for various photography festivals and exhibitions. Kunsthaus Zurich presented 'Shifting Identities,' featuring over sixty artists, including Jules Spinatsch and Gianni Motti's work, 'Pre-Emptive Act.' At Fotomuseum Winterthur, visitors could explore Hans van der Meer's 'European Fields,' a retrospective of Sergey Bratkov, and the Jedermann Collection. Musée de l'Elysée's 'Teen City,' curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer, showcased nineteen photographers but did not include Larry Clark. In Geneva, Mamco displayed Christian Marclay's 'Honk if You Love Silence' alongside Philippe Ramette's retrospective. The Alt.+1 000 festival in Rossinière highlighted eight photographers, while the Journées photographiques de Bienne, co-directed by Hélène Joye-Cagnard and Catherine Kohler, featured eighteen exhibitions. Geert Goiris received the Images'08 Grand Prix for 'Whiteout.'
Key facts
- Kunsthaus Zurich's 'Shifting Identities' included over sixty international artists.
- Gianni Motti's performance 'Pre-Emptive Act' featured a security guard meditating at the vernissage.
- Fotomuseum Winterthur showed Hans van der Meer's 'European Fields' on lower league football.
- Sergey Bratkov's retrospective at Fotomuseum Winterthur included series 'Glue Sniffers' (2000) and 'Italian School' (2001).
- Musée de l'Elysée's 'Teen City' featured nineteen photographers, excluding Larry Clark, Rineke Dijkstra, and Sarah Jones.
- Christian Marclay's 'Honk if You Love Silence' at Mamco included photograms and cyanotypes from broken vinyl and cassettes.
- Philippe Ramette's retrospective 'Gardons nos illusions, 1987-2008' at Mamco included sculptures, drawings, and photographs.
- Alt.+1 000 festival in Rossinière featured eight Swiss and French photographers curated by Marco Costantini.
- 12th Journées photographiques de Bienne titled 'Make Believe' co-directed by Hélène Joye-Cagnard and Catherine Kohler.
- Geert Goiris won the 6th Grand Prix international de photographie de Vevey for 'Whiteout' documenting a zero-emission station in Antarctica.
- Ambroise Tézenas exhibited 'Pékin, théâtre du peuple' at Musée suisse de l'appareil photographique for Sinar's 60th anniversary.
- Balthasar Burkhard retrospective at Musée Jenisch.
Entities
Artists
- Jules Spinatsch
- Gianni Motti
- Hans van der Meer
- Sergey Bratkov
- Thomas Seelig
- Nathalie Herschdorfer
- Raimond Wouda
- Nicolas Savary
- Julia Fullerton-Batten
- Hanne van der Woude
- Dana Popa
- Christian Marclay
- Philippe Ramette
- Marco Costantini
- Thomas Flechtner
- Tonatiuh Ambrosetti
- Raphael Hefti
- Benoît Vollmer
- Vanessa Püntener
- Camille Scherrer
- Eva Lauterlein
- Anne-Sophie Küch
- Hélène Joye-Cagnard
- Catherine Kohler
- Chantal Michel
- Catherine Gfeller
- Istvan Balogh
- Geert Goiris
- Ambroise Tézenas
- Balthasar Burkhard
- Larry Clark
- Rineke Dijkstra
- Sarah Jones
Institutions
- Kunsthaus Zurich
- Fotomuseum Winterthur
- Musée de l'Elysée
- Mamco
- Alt.+1 000
- Journées photographiques de Bienne
- Images'08
- Musée suisse de l'appareil photographique
- Musée Jenisch
- École supérieure d'arts appliqués
Locations
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Winterthur
- Lausanne
- Geneva
- Rossinière
- Bienne
- Vevey
- Antarctica
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Moldova
- Romania
- France
- China
- Peking
Sources
- artpress —