Swiss Video

SWISS VIDEO
London Tate Modern
1-3 December 2006

For the past decade video has played a prominent role in Switzerland’s vibrant contemporary art scene. These three screenings survey highlights in the history of Swiss moving image practice, including pioneering works by Roman Signer, Dieter Roth, John Armleder and Pipilotti Rist, as well as recent work by Vidya Gastaldon, Christoph Draeger and Olaf Breuning.

Curated by Michel Ritter and Nicolas Trembley.

Actions (Roman Signer, 1998)

Friday 1 December 2006, at 7pm
SWISS VIDEO: PROGRAMME 1

This survey includes work by Swiss artists who began experimenting in film and video field early on, the men and women who took up films and video when it was a new practice for artists.

René Bauermeister, Point Zéro, 1971, 4 min
Jean Otth, Perturbation II: Strip Tease TV, 1972, 14.18 min
John Armleder, Performance piece, 1970, 6 min
Urs Lüthi, Morir d’Amor, 1974, 7 min
Dieter Roth. DOTS, 1956/1962, 3 min
Dieter Meier, Bostich, 1984, 3.40 min
Walter Pfeiffer, The Plaza, 1989 / 2001, 5 min
Roman Signer. Actions, 1998, 3 min

Saturday 2 December 2006, at 3pm
SWISS VIDEO: PROGRAMME 2

This programme covers work by artists of a generation that not only made videos but promoted, packaged and distributed them as well. Addressing a new social and political environment generated by globalisation, these pieces critically re-evaluate concepts such as feminism, gender, consumerism and political engagement.

Pipilotti Rist, I’m not the Girl who Misses Much, 1986, 5 min
Sylvie Fleury, Beauty Case, 1995, 4.30 min
Ugo Rondinone, Cigarettesandwich (extrait), 2001, 4 min
Christian Marclay. Telephones, 1997, 7 min
Thomas Hirschhorn, Les Monstres, 1993, 6.38 min
Gianni Motti, Police in concerto, 2004, 4 min
Christoph Draeger. If you lived here you would be dead now, 2003, 3 min
Daniel Pflumm. NYC Loops (extracts), 1997

Sunday 3 December 2006, at 3pm
SWISS VIDEO: PROGRAMME 3

The third and final screening of the Swiss video survey presents the work of young, emerging artists born in the 1960s and 1970s.

Alexia Walther, Totentanz, 2004, 5 min
Shahryar Nashat, Optimism, 2003, 10 min
Vidya Gastaldon, Bright Vador, 2004, 4 min
Pirmin Blum, Performing a state of liberty, 2001, 1 min
Emmanuelle Antille, Wouldn’t it be nice, 1999, 13 min
Olaf Breuning, First, 2003, 8 min
Vittorio Santoro, The Radio, 2004, 3 min
Marco Poloni, Mister Locke, 2002, 2 min
Jean-Damien Fleury, Task Force Training #7, 1999–2003

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