Shortlist - Credit Suisse Förderpreis Videokunst

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CREDIT SUISSE FÖRDERPREIS VIDEOKUNST 2015 – Shortlist
Presented at the Museum Night on March 20, 2015, in the Credit Suisse
branch at Bundesplatz 2, Bern
Eliane Bertschi (born 1990) / Elias Gamma (born 1989)
Biography of Eliane Bertschi
Lives and works in Zurich.
2006-2010
Apprenticeship as interior decorator
2011-2014 Student of video for a Bachelor of Arts degree at Lucerne School of Art and
Design
Biography of Elias Gamma
Elias Gamma was born in Stans, Nidwalden and grew up in Muhen, Aargau. He completed
the preparatory course in design in Aarau and then began studying film at Lucerne School
of Art and Design (2011-2014). He lives and works in Lucerne.
Video Work
OPAK, 2014
8'00"
HD video
Statement by the Artists
Keep going – no matter what comes. Stop – no matter what comes.
It – the city. Close looks, tar, stone. A silent body strides through thought processes.
Throwing oneself into the world and being assailed. What is left is a language that
maintains a stubborn silence.
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Eliane Bertschi / Elias Gamma
OPAK, 2014
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Eliane Bertschi / Elias Gamma
OPAK, 2014
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CREDIT SUISSE FÖRDERPREIS VIDEOKUNST 2015 – Shortlist
Presented at the Museum Night on March 20, 2015, in the Credit Suisse
branch at Bundesplatz 2, Bern
Sandra Bühler (born 1986)
Biography
2006-2011
2011-2012
(Calarts)
2013-2015
Double major in Visual Communication and Art and Media, Berlin University of
the Arts (UdK) and MAU Tokyo
Master's degree in Film/Video/Media Art at the California Institute of the Arts
Master's degree in Fine Arts at Zurich University of the Arts
Video Work
Mitch and Alfred, 2014
20'00''
HD video
Statement by the Artist
His identity isn't fully known to anyone, and it gradually slips away in the labyrinth of the
"Mansions:" Young Mitch reports from no man’s land, the Chungking Mansions in Hong
Kong. In this ghetto at the heart of the world, both places and characters remain
temporary, spaces become possible territories, dream and reality are renegotiated again
and again. Mitch fights his way on the playing-field between the interests of the west and
Asia.
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Sandra Bühler
Mitch and Alfred, 2014
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Sandra Bühler
Mitch and Alfred, 2014
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Presented at the Museum Night on March 20, 2015, in the Credit Suisse
branch at Bundesplatz 2, Bern
Flavio Alberto Cury (born 1973)
Biography
Born in Brazil. Lives and works in Europe.
Flavio Cury is a Brazilian artist based in Europe. He develops works in different media. After
graduating in Fine Arts in Brazil, the artist was in the residency Le Fresnoy Studio National,
and later Université Paris VIII, both in France. His works were shown in several institutions
around the world. From 2014 on, he is part of the Master in Fine arts at Zürcher Hochschule
der Künste (ZHdK) in Zürich. He currently lives between Zürich and Munich.
Video Work
The man with no face, 2014
6'40''
HD video
Statement by the Artist
Based upon the novel “The Land at the End of the world” (“Os Cús de Judas”) written by the
Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes, the video juxtaposes two narratives. On the one
hand we hear in voice-over the traumatic war recollections of a young man, whereas on the
other hand we see a male body trying to wash itself clean of a ubiquitous black substance.
The tension between these two narratives symbolically evokes the man´s attempt to wash
himself clean of his troublesome memories and to forget them.
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Flavio Alberto Cury
The man with no face, 2014
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Flavio Alberto Cury
The man with no face, 2014
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CREDIT SUISSE FÖRDERPREIS VIDEOKUNST 2015 – Shortlist
Presented at the Museum Night on March 20, 2015, in the Credit Suisse
branch at Bundesplatz 2, Bern
Noah van Dok (born 1994)
Biography
2010-2014
High school in Hofwil
2010-2014
Preparatory course at Bern University of the Arts
2014 to present Bachelor's degree in film at Zurich University of the Arts
Video Work
Stägeli uf, Stägeli ab, 2014
3'19"
HD video
Statement by the Artist
Take the simplest way up into the hierarchy. No matter how ambitious you are, you
will find that you are always on the same level as your counterpart.
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Noah van Dok
Stägeli uf, Stägeli ab, 2014
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Noah van Dok
Stägeli uf, Stägeli ab, 2014
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CREDIT SUISSE FÖRDERPREIS VIDEOKUNST 2015 – Shortlist
Presented at the Museum Night on March 20, 2015, in the Credit Suisse
branch at Bundesplatz 2, Bern
Aurèle Ferrier (born 1975)
Biography
Aurèle Ferrier was born in St.Gallen in 1975; he lives in Zurich and has a Master's degree in
Fine Arts (Zurich University of the Arts). His video works, actions, and interventions explore
the margins and interfaces between nature and civilization. His films are characterized by their
great calm and visual precision. Various works have been shown internationally.
Video Work
Infrastructures, 2014
23'00"
HD video, 5.1 Dolby surround
Statement by the Artist
The film "Infrastructures" is a passage through the landscape of infrastructures, through
which many people pass daily and where they spend some time. But there is no human
presence in the images. In their place, the forms, arrangements, objects, and structures
take center stage and become the main players in a world that is often only granted
fleeting consideration. "Infrastructures" consists of seven tracking shots and is designed
for projection onto a large wall or in a cinema with three-dimensional Dolby surround
sound.
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Aurèle Ferrier
Infrastructures, 2014
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Sandra Bühler
Mitch and Alfred, 2014
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Presented at the Museum Night on March 20, 2015, in the Credit Suisse
branch at Bundesplatz 2, Bern
Thabea Furrer (born 1989)
Biography
2011/12
2012-2016
Preparatory course at the École cantonale des Arts de Lausanne
Studying film at Lucerne School of Art and Design
Video Work
Aussichten, 2014
5'15"
HD video
Statement by the Artist
I stand there, inconsolable. Surrounded by feelings of fear and self-doubt. My weariness
and listlessness are inescapable. Formless and unyielding, they dominate me. Hours pass,
days fade away. I am ashamed. A docu-fictional approach to a state of fear of failure.
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Thabea Furrer
Aussichten, 2014
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Thabea Furrer
Aussichten, 2014
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CREDIT SUISSE FÖRDERPREIS VIDEOKUNST 2015 – Shortlist
Presented at the Museum Night on March 20, 2015, in the Credit Suisse
branch at Bundesplatz 2, Bern
Irene Muñoz Martin (born 1991)
Biography
Vit et travaille à Genève
2014 – 2016
Master HEAD, Genève, Suisse
2013 – 2014
Bachelor HEAD, Genève, Suisse
2009-2013
Bachelor Beaux-Arts, Madrid, Espagne
Video Work
La Vague, 2014
12'00"
HD video
Statement by the Artist
Madrid, le 20 novembre 1975. Pour la première fois, l’Espagne assiste durant quatre jours
au Septième Championnat du Monde de gymnastique rythmique. Durant ces quatre jours,
le dictateur espagnol Francisco Franco décède. À partir d’images d’archives de gymnastes,
accompagné d’une voix off, je raconte l’histoire fictive de ma mère et de son expérience
lors du championnat. Ma mère incarne cette génération du passé, celle de l’époque de
Franco. Elle pose des questions sur l’écriture de l’histoire et sur la mémoire de l’Espagne.
C’est une réflexion qui part du regard de la nouvelle génération espagnole qui, durant la
crise économique, se questionne sur sa situation actuelle.
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Irene Muñoz Martin
La Vague, 2014
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Irene Muñoz Martin
La Vague, 2014