Concept & History

VIDEO WINDOW does exist since 2012 and is a nomadic platform for the presentation of contemporary video art that has been curated by Bruno Z’Graggen. Its objective is to share the diversity of and the fascination for video art with a wider audience in a way that offers lively talks and debates. It focusses upon the work of video artists from Switzerland and abroad. The original presentation format consists of the screening and discussion of videos in the presence of the artists. Taking single works as its starting point, it seeks to present and compare the artistic interests, content and formal characteristics of individual positions. VIDEO WINDOW also realises formats such as series of events, thematic screening programmes, exhibitions and workshops.

The events organised by VIDEO WINDOW are held in cooperation with off-spaces, galleries, art institutions, cinemas, festivals, universities and art schools in national and international contexts. Requests for cooperation are welcome, especially from those beyond the immediate art world.

The activities of VIDEO WINDOW began in 2012 in the off-space OG9 in Zurich (2012–2014). A three-part series of events took place in cooperation with Zurich galleries between 2015 and 2018, with VIDEO WINDOW appearing as a guest in the galleries Bob Gysin (2015/2016), Lullin + Ferrari (2016/2017) and Mark Müller (2018). This was followed by projects with partners in other countries, such as the Festival KugomaGaleria Kulungwana and Escola Nacional de Artes Visuais (ENAV) in Maputo (Mozambique), Videobrasil in São Paulo, Keio University in Tokyo and the Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM) do Rio de Janeiro, as well as with numerous partners in Switzerland, including the Haus für Kunst Uri, the University of Lucerne, the Kunstraum Walcheturm and Videoex Experimental Film & Video Festival in Zurich, the Kunsthaus Grenchen, the Eck - Space for Art in Aarau, the Kunsthalle and stattkino in Lucerne and the Stadtkino Basel.

More information referring to the activities: Please follow the navigation at the left.
Review: Impressions of all events

History of Activities

  • 24 November 2023
    Thrill Me. The Power & Magic of Music in Video Art
    Stadtkino Basel

  • 18 November 2023
    Thrill Me. The Power & Magic of Music in Video Art
    Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich

  • 28 October, 4 and 11 November 2023
    Thrill Me. The Power & Magic of Music in Video Art
    Kunsthalle Luzern / stattkino Luzern

  • 14–17 September 2023
    Christoph Oertli, Superposition, 2022
    Zimmermannhaus Brugg – Documentary Film Days of Brugg

  • 26 May 2023
    Special VIDEO WINDOW: Doris Schmid, Six video works from 2002–2021
    Videoex, Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich, 25th Edition, 2023

  • 18 January 2023
    Muda Mathis / Sus Zwick and Christoph Oertli
    Video art: Media developments and artistic interests. Screening of excerpts and talk
    VIDEO WINDOW as guest at CAFÉ DES ARTS, Kunsthalle Winterthur

  • 19–21 July 2022
    HISTÓRIAS URBANAS, FOCUS
    Individual Screenings and Artists' Talks with: Veronika Spierenburg (CH), Marcos Chaves (BR) and Dias & Riedweg (BR/CH)
    Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro

  • 16 July 2022
    HISTÓRIAS URBANAS, PANORAMA, Screening Part 1 + 2
    Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro

  • 26 May 2022
    Special VIDEO WINDOW with Christoph Oertli, Superposition (2022) and Dias & Riedweg, Casulo and Palco (2019)
    Videoex, Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich, 24th Edition, 2022

  • 14 / 18 May 2022
    Dias & Riedweg, Casulo and Palco, premieres
    VIDEO WINDOW as a guest at the stattkino and at the Kunsthalle Lucerne

  • 13 May 2022
    Dias & Riedweg: Video Art and Favelas in Rio de Janeiro
    VIDEO WINDOW as a guest at the University of Lucerne. Interdisciplinary Conference: Inclusion – Exclusion
    Science and Visual Art in Dialogue

  • 13 – 24 November 2021
    Susanne Hofer, And Also The Trees, 2021 (site-specific video installation)
    VIDEO WINDOW as a guest im at ECK – DER RAUM FÜR KUNST IM SPECK, Aarau
  • 7 October 2021
    Special VIDEO WINDOW with Maria Iorio & Raphaël Cuomo, Chronicles of that Time, 2021
    Videoex, Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich, 23nd edition, 2021
  • 4 June 2021
    All We Need Is Love. Contemporary Video Art to Theme of Love
    Finale screening of all videos on site byEmmanuelle Antille, Saskia Edens, Brigitte Fässler & William Bejedi, Julia Geröcs & Gabriel Studerus, Muda Mathis, Sus Zwick & Fränzi Madörin, Kika Nicolela (BR), Elodie Pong, Pipilotti Rist and Bertold Stallmach
    VIDEO WINDOW as a guest at Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
  • 19 May 2021
    Screening & Talk: Monica Ursina Jäger, Forest Tales and Emerald Fictions, 2019
    In the exhibition In the Forest, 2021
    Kunsthaus Grenchen
  • 15/16 May 2021
    Quynh Dong, Karaoke Night, 2009
    Exhibition contribution, The International Museum Day, 2021
    Kunsthaus Aussersihl, Branch Flüelastrasse, Zurich
  • 8 and 12 May 2021
    Insight Into Urban Asia
    Screening programme and artist talk. Video art by Catherine Gfeller, Monica Ursina Jäger and Christoph Oertli
    stattkino, Lucerne
  • 23 January bis 4 June 2021
    All We Need Is Love. Contemporary Video Art to Theme of Love by: Emmanuelle Antille, Saskia Edens, Brigitte Fässler & William Bejedi, Julia Geröcs & Gabriel Studerus, Muda Mathis, Sus Zwick & Fränzi Madörin, Kika Nicolela (BR), Elodie Pong, Pipilotti Rist and Bertold Stallmach
    VIDEO WINDOW as a guest at Galerie & Edition Stephan Witschi, at Kupper Modern and at Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
  • 14 September 2020
    Special VIDEO WINDOW with Monica Ursina Jäger, Forest Tales and Emerald Fictions, 2019 and Christoph Oertli, Sensing Bodies, 2020
    Videoex, Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich, 22nd edition, 2020
  • 7 March 2020
    Urban Stories. The City as Inspiration, Motif and Imagination
    Screening programme with videos by 21 artists from Switzerland and four artists from Brazil
    B74 Raum für Kunst, Lucerne
  • 4 March 2020
    Urban Stories. The City as Inspiration, Motif and Imagination
    Screening programme with videos by 21 artists from Switzerland and four artists from Brazil
    Kino Rex, Lucerne School of Art and Design, Lucerne-Emmenbrücke
  • 6/7 February 2020
    Urban Stories. The City as Inspiration, Motif and Imagination
    Screening programme with videos by 21 artists from Switzerland and four artists from Brazil
    Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
  • 15 September until 24 November 2019
    Nature – Between Desire and Reality. From Amazonia to the Alps
    International group exhibition, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf
  • 4 November and 18 November 2019
    VIDEO WINDOW as a guest at the University of Lucerne
    SeminarNature and Perception, Prof. Dr. Boris Previšić
    Exhibition tour and artist talk with Ursula Palla, Zurich, Altdorf and Lucerne
  • 30 September until 2 October 2019
    VIDEO WINDOW as a guest at the University of Lucerne and at the Haus für Kunst Uri
    Internationale Conference Nature, Culture and Perception. From the Amazon to the Alps. Visual Arts and Science in Dialogue
    Screening programme with videos by Ursula Biemann, Rodrigo Braga (BR), Laurence Favre, Cao Guimarães (BR), Melanie Smith (UK), stattkino Luzern; one conference day each at the KKL Luzern and the Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf
  • 4 February until 5 May 2019
    Accompanying exhibition
    VIDEO WINDOW as a guest with works by Quynh Dong at the Johann Jacobs Museum, Zurich 
  • 26 November 2018
    «Between Reality and Illusion»
    Screening Night, KUNST: SZENE ZÜRICH 2018 with visarte ZürichAmboss Rampe
  • 22 Juni until 19 July 2018
    Research residency, coiki, Tokyo
  • 11 July 2018
    «Between Reality and Illusion»
    Screening, Keio University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology, Tokyo
  • 16 January 2018 until 15 May 2018
    After Tomorrow
    Imagining the Future – Between Fear and Hope. Video in Contemporary Art

    Five-part series, Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich
  • May 2017 until October 2017
    Research residency, Videobrasil, São Paulo
  • 5 Juli 2017 until 30 September 2017
    Relações transatlânticas. Momentos públicos da pesquisa do curador Bruno Z'Graggen no Acervo Videobrasil
    Five-part series, Videobrasil, São Paulo
  • 25 Oktober 2016 until 7 March 2017
    «Do you remember?» Memory of Time, Space and People. Video in Contemporary Art
    Six-part series, Galerie Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich
  • 28 January 2017, 17–21h
    Winter Video Night. «Between Reality and Illusion»
    Screening Night, Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne
  • 5 until 9 September 2016
    VIDEO WINDOW @ KUGOMA 2016, Maputo (Moçambique)
    - 9 September 2016: Noite de Vídeo Arte, Galeria Kulungwana
    - 5 – 9 September 2016: Workshop, Escola Nacional de Artes Visuais (ENAV)
  • 6 October 2015 until 22 March 2016
    «Bon Voyage». Travelling through Time and Space. Video in der zeitgenössischen Kunst
    Six-part series, Galerie Bob Gysin, Zurich
  • 5 November until 21 December 2014
    RoundAbout – Video Art in Talk 
    Eight-part series and Exhibition, Kunstplattform akku, Emmenbrücke
  • September 2012 until January 2014
    Imagination & Urban SpaceVideo in Contemporary Art
    20-part series, OG9, Interim use by Kunsthaus Aussersihl on Europaallee, Zurich