Special VIDEO WINDOW @ Videoex, Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich, 26th Edition 2024
Dias & Riedweg, The Reverse of Heaven, 2023 (international premiere)
Friday, 24 May 2024, 19:30, incl. Q & A in the presence of the artists
Sunday, 02 June 2024, 17:45
VIDEO WINDOW is pleased to present the new video work The Reverse of Heaven (Port.: O Avesso do Céu, 2023) by the well-known Brazilian-Swiss artist duo Dias & Riedweg as an international premiere in Zurich at the Videoex Festival 2024 after presentations in Brazil.
The essay-like work tells of the neo-colonial exploitation in the Amazon region with political impetus and skilfully interweaves three spheres into a dense and powerful composition: the endangered indigenous culture, the illegal wood industry and the penetrating evangelical missionary work.
The film is preceded by two older videos by the duo: Funk Staden (2007) and The Mirror and the Dusk (2011), which show locations in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, address difficult living environments and clichés.
The Reverse of Heaven, 2023
Video 4K, colour, sound, P/E/e, 38:00 min.
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Screening programme (duration: 60:20 min.)
Funk Staden, 2007
Video HD, colour, sound, P, 13:38 min.
The Mirror and the Dusk, 2011
Video HD, colour, sound, 8:42 min.
The Reverse of Heaven, 2023
Video 4K, colour, sound, P/E/e, 38:00 min.
15 February until 8 March 2024. Galeria da Kulungwana, Maputo (Mozambique): «RICARDO RANGEL: ENTREGUE ÀS PAIXÕES». The exhibition and homage to Ricardo Rangel includes the presentation of the documentary «NO FLASH. Homage to Ricardo Rangel» by Bruno Z'Graggen and Angelo Sansone (2012)
Ricardo Rangel (15.02.1924–11.06.2009)
Ricardo Rangel was one of the most important photographers in sub-Saharan Africa at the time. The exhibition «Ricardo Rangel: Surrendered to passions» at the gallery of Kulungwana curated by Jorge Dias (Dir. of the Centro Cultural Brasil-Moçambique / Instituto Guimarães Rosa, Maputo) pays tribute to the centenary of the birth of Ricardo Rangel (1924–2009). It provides a unique opportunity to reflect on Rangel's significant contribution to photography and photojournalism in Mozambique. Each image in the exhibition bears witness to the many passions that drove Ricardo Rangel: his passion for freedom, justice, love and humanity.
Bruno Z'Graggen curated in cooperation with the photographer Grant Lee Neuenburg (Maputo) the exhibition «Iluminando Vidas. Fotografia Moçambicana 1950–2001. Ricardo Rangel & the Next Generation»(incl. catalogue),which was shown 2002 at Photoforum PasquArt in Bienne (Switzerland) followed by a presentation 2003 in Maputo at the Galeria de Associação Moçambicana de Fotografia (AMF), both in presence of Ricardo Rangel, and many other venues in Europe and Africa.
The curator Bruno Z'Graggen realized together with the film-maker and producer Angelo Sansone (Zurich) a documentary and homage on Ricardo Rangel entitled «NO FLASH. Homage to Ricardo Rangel». The film had its world premiere on 22 March 2012 in Maputo at the Centro Cultural Franco-Mozambicano (CCFM). «NO FLASH» is shown during the exhibition at Galeria of Kulungwana. Screening venues, 2012–2014
VIDEO WINDOW as a guest in Lucerne, Zurich and Basel
Kunsthalle Luzern & stattkino Luzern: Sat 28 Oct, 4 Nov and 11 Nov 2023
Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich: Sat 18 Nov 2023
Stadtkino Basel: Fri 24 Nov 2023
Thrill Me. The Power & Magic of Music in Video Art
International screening programme with three parts
(Image: Una Szeemann, Thrill Me, 2004; Design: Iza Hren)
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The video art platform VIDEO WINDOW will be staying as a guest in Lucerne, Zurich and Basel in October and November 2023. In cooperation with Kunsthalle Luzern, stattkino Luzern, Kunstraum Walcheturm and Stadtkino Basel, it presents Thrill Me. The Power & Magic of Music in Video Art, an international screening programme with three parts and one video each by 23 well-known positions, twelve from Switzerland and eleven from abroad. The fascinating multifaceted programme sheds light on the fundamental importance of music in video art and shows an exciting arc with works from the 1990s to the present. The screenings take place in the presence of some of the artists, in Lucerne followed by artists' talks.
Kunsthalle Luzern, LuzernPlus Kulturförderung, Stadt Zürich Kultur, Kanton Basel-Stadt Kultur, Stadt Thun, Swisslos Kultur Kanton Bern, Jacqueline Spengler Stiftung, Stiftung Temperatio, Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung, Markant Stiftung, Gottfried und Ursula Schäppi-Jecklin Stiftung, Dr. Georg und Josi Guggenheim Stiftung, Stiftung Erna und Curt Burgauer, Casimir Eigensatz Stiftung
VIDEO WINDOW as guest at Zimmermannhaus Brugg – Documentary Film Days of Brugg, 14–17 September 2023
CHRISTOPH OERTLI, SUPERPOSITION, 2022
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Christoph Oertli, Superposition, 2022
Video HD, single-channel, colour, sound, without dialogue, 22 min., loop, 16:9
VIDEO WINDOW as a guest at Zimmermannhaus Brugg presents Superposition, the new work by the prominent Swiss video artist Christoph Oertli (Basel), as a contribution to the Brugg Documentary Film Festival 2023. Following its première at the Videoex Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich 2022, this is the first opportunity to see the work exhibited in a contemporary artistic context.
The artist is present at the opening: Thu 14 September 2023, 6–8pm
Opening hours: Fri 15.09. 2:30–8pm, Sat 16.09. 11am–8pm, Sun 17.09. 11am–6pm
Free admission
Special VIDEO WINDOW as a guest @ Videoex, Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich, 25th Edition 2023
Friday, 26 May 2023, 19:30, Festival Cinema Z3
DORIS SCHMID
Followed by Q & A
In 2023, VIDEO WINDOW shows six works of Swiss artist Doris Schmid. They comprise films from the beginnings of her engagement with video until today, among it one of her main works: Es gibt kein Geheimnis (There is no Secret, 2014). Her works are characterized by a spatial-installative setting, a proximity to experimental film as well as collaborations with musicians and actresses.
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Doris Schmid, Es gibt kein Geheimnis (There is no Secret), 2014
Doris Schmid, It's all a Dream, 2021
VIDEO WINDOW as guest at CAFÉ DES ARTS, Kunsthalle Winterthur
Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 19:30
Muda Mathis / Sus Zwick and Christoph Oertli
Video art: Media developments and artistic interests
Screening of excerpts and talk
(Design e-flyer: Iza Hren)
The curator Bruno Z’Graggen joins the artist duo Muda Mathis / Sus Zwick and the video artist Christoph Oertli from Basel to discuss subjects ranging from technological advances in the medium of video to artistic interests and strategies. The event will seek to reflect, clearly and vividly, upon the characteristics of video art while also offering insights into the artistic processes of the guests, whose pioneering influence upon artistic production in Switzerland stretches back over more than 30 years.
Screening of excerpts and talk
Bruno Z'Graggen in conversation with Muda Mathis, Sus Zwick and Christoph Oertli
Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 19:30
Duration: 90 minutes, followed by bar and food
