| My Name | ||
| Flavia Caviezel |
| Address | Born | |
| Ruetschistrasse 16 CH-8037 Zurich Switzerland |
1964 | |
| My Website / Links to Friends | ||
| flavia.caviezel@bluemail.ch |
http://www.likeyou.com/flaviacaviezel
http://www.ith-z.ch/forschung/check+it http://www.flaviacaviezel.graubuendenkultur.ch |
| Education | ||
| Studies of Ethnology (specialisation in Visual Anthropology), Film and Constitutional Law at the Universities Berne and Zurich (lic. phil. hist.). Video courses at the School of Art Berne. Since 1991: independent video work for festivals and exhibitions. Positions besides of video projects * Swiss Red Cross: information desk of the International Cooperation * Lecturer, researcher and project manager at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Zurich, and since 2007 at the Institute for Research in Art and Design/Academy of Art and Design/University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. |
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| Solo Exhibitions | ||
| 2008 | Check on Arrival - Grenzland Flughafen. In co-operation with Susanna Kumschick, Kunstraum Sandra Romer Chur. | |
| 2006 | Check on Arrival - Grenzland Flughafen. An interactive installation. In co-operation with Susanna Kumschick; project partners: Videocompany Zofingen, V2_Lab Rotterdam. Exhibition at the Swiss National Museum Zurich 2008: Filmfestival Solothurn, Intern. Filmfestival Goettingen, Kunstraum Sandra Romer Chur. 2009: Conference research@film, ZHdK Zurich. 2010: Conference Schweizerische Geschichtstage (Grenzen), Basel; Conference of the International Visual Sociology Association, Bologna. |
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| 2003 | so close so far away Videoinstallation, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra/AUS |
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| 1996 | s/top b/order Videoinstallations, Swiss Alpine Museum Berne |
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| Group Exhibitions | ||
| 2010 | extended mind. CLUB im erweiterten Denkraum, Les Routiers Zuerich |
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| 2009 | Langer Samstag Chur | |
| 2008 | Top of Experience oder die Kunst der Erlebniswelt, Kunsthalle Lucerne. | |
| Kult Zurich Ausser Sihl das andere Gesicht. Galerie Baviera Zurich. |
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| 2007 | VOYEUR International Video Collective shows at: 69 Smith Street Gallery, and ART Melbourne, AUS / PerformIT - experimental live festival in Tucson, USA / ARI in Fiskars, SF / in Amsterdam, NL. | |
| Year-end exhibition Kunstszene Zurich | ||
| mutamenti-archivi, Video Art, Castelgrande Bellinzona. | ||
| 2006 | balkanTV: Love & Peace. Binz 39, Kino Riff Raff, Kunstgriff, New Point, La Perla, sec 52 in Zurich. | |
| 2004 | "State Circle" group show, Woden Town Square & National Gallery of Australia, Canberra/AUS | |
| 2003 | firefighter [after work] Videoinstallation, group show "Zero Light", CSA Gallery Canberra/AUS |
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| Year-end exhibition Kunstszene Zurich | ||
| 2002 | Institut fuer digitale Kultur, Palais Besenval Solothurn | |
| 1998 | In C Videoinstallation. In co-laboration with Franco Mettler and 20 musicians. Live presentations/Exhibitions: Rathaushalle Chur, Year-end exhibition of the Museum of Art Chur, Langer Samstag Chur. |
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| Videos/DVD/E-Medias | ||
| 2007 | Mount of India DVD-R, 4:3, 31 min., production: ZHdK / K3000 Exhibitions: Kunsthalle Lucerne, Galerie/Museum Baviera Zurich, Les Routiers Zurich. |
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| Alicudi 38.5°N/14.3°E Mini DV, 5 min. Exhibitions: Year-end exhibition Kunstszene Zurich |
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| 2001 | sur cunfins. dunnas ad alp Beta SP, 24 min; produced for Swiss Television (Televisiun Rumantscha), in co-laboration with Videocompany Zofingen. Festivals/Museum/Cinema/TV (a.o.): Solothurner Filmtage, Bimovie Munich, Swiss Alpine Museum Berne, Kino in der Reitschule Berne, Cuntrasts / Filmszene Schweiz SF DRS. |
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| 1999 | liminality Beta SP, 14 min; production: The Videots Berne, Videocompany Zofingen. Festivals /Events/Cinema (a.o.): VideoArt Festival Locarno, Bimovie Munich, forum medial Kornhaus Berne, Werkstatt Chur, Cinématte Berne. |
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| 1998 | Sukkhapab - Gesundheit Beta SP, 26 min.; production: The Videots Berne / Artefakt Berne. Mandate and funding by the Swiss Red Cross. |
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| 1994 | Oben bleibt niemand Beta SP, 12 min.; production: University of Berne. Festivals/TV (a.o.): Solothurner Filmtage, Viper, experiMental Zurich, Festival intern. du Film Alpin Les Diablerets, DokumentART Neubrandenburg (D), Shortfilmfestival Munich, Filmszene Schweiz SF DRS. |
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| 1993 | Hier ist schön U-matic HB SP, 59 seconds; production: School of Art Berne, Video II. Festivals/TV (a.o.): Festival intern. du Film Alpin Les Diablerets, Semaine intern. de video Geneva, Shortfilmfestival Munich, Sternstunde Kunst SF DRS. |
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| La historia dil Segnes U-matic HB SP, 22 min.; production: School of Art Berne, Video II. Festivals: Semaine internationale de video Geneva, Bimovie Munich, off cinema Frauen-Werkschau Zofingen. |
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| 1991 | Bäcki bleibt! S-VHS, 57 min.; production: School of Art Berne, Video II and School of Art Zurich; co-production of "Verein der Freundinnen von Punst und Kolitik" (VFPuK). Festivals/Cinema: Viper, Solothurner Filmtage, Xenia, Kino am Fluss. |
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| Performance | ||
| 2004 | h(i)er oder. transformance in the physical space. Performance with videoprojections; co-production with K.Ä.laboration (Angelika Ächter, Nathalia Knuchel). Cabaret Voltaire Zurich. |
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| Residencies | ||
| 2006 | Artist in Residence and lecturer at Illinois State University/USA, College of Fine Arts/School of Art | |
| 2002/2003 | Artist in Residence at the Australian National University, Canberra School of Art | |
| Grants & Prizes | ||
| 1995 | Film-Directing, grant of the Canton of Berne, committee “Film and Video”, for the production of the video "liminality". | |
| 1993 | Grain d'or (price for innovation in alpine films) for video „Hier ist schön“, Festival international du Film Alpin Les Diablerets | |
| Books & publications | ||
| 2009 | Alphaville revisited. Audiovisuelle Szenarien und Oeffentlichkeit. In: Martin Wiedmer/Flavia Caviezel (eds.). Design Fiction. Perspektiven fuer Forschung in Kunst und Design. Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 37-45. | |
| 2008 | The relativity of boundaries: art, technology and visual culture. About Pat Badani's work "Where are you from_ Stories". ART PAPERS, Atlanta/USA, www.artpapers.org (March/April 2008), AFTERIMAGE, Rochester NY./USA (April 2008). | |
| Gepflegt:Krass. BrandBody&Soul. Edited by Richard Feurer, Joerg Huber & Matthias Michel in collaboration with Flavia Caviezel, Renate Menzi & Christian Ritter. Berlin: Gestalten Verlag. | ||
| 2005 | Matthias Vogel/Ulrich Binder/Flavia Caviezel. Das Menschenbild im Bildarchiv. Zur Funktion und Qualität von Schweizer Fotoarchiven. Zurich: Limmat Verlag. | |
| Flavia Caviezel/Susanna Kumschick. Jenseits des Sagbaren - Grenzgänge im Flughafen Zürich. In: 31. Das Magazin des Instituts fuer Theorie der Gestaltung und Kunst. ith: Zurich, No. 6/7, p. 59-67. | ||
| 2004 | Mehr als tausend Worte? Über den Einsatz audio-visueller Medien in der Forschung. Accompanied by videostills #1-21. In: 31. Das Magazin des Instituts fuer Theorie der Gestaltung und Kunst. ith: Zurich, No. 5, p. 73-80. | |
| 1999 | Die Fallen der Interautorschaft. In: DU. Die Zeitschrift der Kultur. No. 700, p. XIV-XVI. | |
| Bibliography | ||
| 2007 | Dumont, Hervé/Tortajada, Maria. Histoire du cinéma suisse 1966-2000. Lausanne/Hauterive: Cinémathèque suisse/Editions Gilles Attinger. | |
| 2003 | Frischknecht, Jürg/Kramer, Thomas/Schweizer, Werner Swiss. Filmlandschaft. Engadin, Bergell, Puschlav, Münstertal. Chur: Verlag Bündner Monatsblatt. | |
| 1995 | Blöchlinger, Brigitte/Schneider, Alexandra et al. (Hgs.). Cut: Film- und Videomacherinnen Schweiz von den Anfängen bis 1994. Eine Bestandesaufnahme. Basel: Stroemfeld/Nexus. | |
| Other Activities | ||
| 1999 | Videoinstallation "In C" acquired by the Museum of Art Chur | |
| News | ||
| blackbox on inspiration and processes of production in art and design. interdisciplinary series by flavia caviezel and sabine hagmann from 15th september on every two weeks at 19:00 corner college (perla mode), langstrasse 84, 8004 zurich 15.9.2010: painting: reto boller, klodin erb, christian vetter 29.9.10: architecture: alain roserens/lorenz baumann, jens studer, nadja witt etc.etc. |
| Choice of Work | Title of Work | |
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Mount of India, 2007. The "Photostudio" at the top of Mount Titlis is a place where imaginations of rural alpine life are set up by employees and tourists in an artificial setting. |
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Alicudi 38.5°N/14.3°E, 2007. The first part (south) of a planned series on different border areas. |
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Check on Arrival-Grenzland Flughafen, 2006, with Susanna Kumschick. The exhibition shows how people, baggage and goods are checked at Zurich Airport, with special emphasis on the logic of the procedure and the role of visualisation technology. |
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h(i)er oder, 2004. Transformance in the physical space. Performance with videoprojections. Co-production with K.Ä.laboration. |
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firefighter [after work], 2003. The traces of the fight against blazing flames are washed away by the shower. That purifying ritual is accompanied by a collage of radio samples reporting Canberras‘ bushfires in summer 2003. |
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so close so far away, 2003. The video creates an atmosphere of uncertainty by juxtaposing lush organic imagery with fleeting shadows of distant planes, accompanied by a disturbing soundtrack. |
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sur cunfins - dunnas ad alp, 2001. With TvR / Videocompany Zofingen. Shepherdess Silvia Schlegel and cheesemaker Christina Kurth talk about their motives to spend the summer in the alps, and the alternating between city and mountain lives. |
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liminality, 1999. Memories, daydreams and happenings of a young woman – accompanied by a citronperch in a translucent suitcase – during a trip by train from the Swiss Eastern to the Western border. |
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In C, 1998. Co-lab with F. Mettler and 20 musicians. The C-Octave in Terry Rileys In C defines the rythm and the structure, ants represent the pieces’ character. Meditativ pictures of waterplants and fishes change to an overwater world of busy city life. |
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s/top, 1996.The topic „alps and danger” is inspired by a sled-accident. The crutch as a prerequisite for reconvalescence is used as an installation object. A monitor into the handle projects x-rays. |
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b/order, 1996. In the installation b/order subjects of s/top are developped further to more general questions about borders: On personal, geografical, linguistical borders and their crossing, dissolution and limitation. |
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Oben bleibt niemand, 1994. Science, literature and politics mould our conception of mountains and of the people living there. Myths and idealizations in pictures and texts are presented next to, above, below and against each other. |
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La historia dil Segnes, 1993. My grandmother Maria Casutt-Cabrin tells about a mountain accident that happened to her relativs in 1840 during a pilgrimage in summertime. The video points on oral history and questions of representation. |
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Hier ist schön, 1993. "Hier ist schön" attempts to deconstruct cliché-images of mountains with short cuts and a staccato-like soundtrack containing noises from the industrialized environment of a ski resort. |
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Bäcki bleibt! 1991, Co-production of VFPuK. Documentation on serious housing shortage and the resistance against real estate speculation showed with the example of the squats Bäckerstrasse 51 and 55 in Zurich. |
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