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ZHdK Zurich University of the Arts, Toni-Areal
December 13 – December 13, 2025
Fri, November 11, 03:07 – 03:07
Sat, November 12, 03:07 – 03:07
Sun, November 13, 03:07 – 03:07
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Zurich University of the Arts
Toni Campus
Pfingstweidstrasse 96
8005 Zurich
Toni Campus
Pfingstweidstrasse 96
8005 Zurich
Events
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The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Friday are led by Stefan Kreysler, who is responsible for large-scale events at the Zurich University of the Arts.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Friday are led by Stefan Kreysler, who is responsible for large-scale events at the Zurich University of the Arts.
Fri, November 11, 17:00 – 17:45 | EN/DE
Register for free via the link.
The ceremony will take place at the Kino Toni (ZHdK, Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8005 Zürich)
18:00 Welcome by Elisabeth Grossmann, Member of the Board Shizuko Yoshikawa and Josef Müller Brockmann Foundation, and Swetlana Heger-Davis, Director Dept. Fine Arts ZHdK
18:15 Laudation by Melanie Ohnemus (Director Kunsthaus Glarus)
18:30 Presentation of “Award” to MFA alumna Jiajia Zhang
18:30 Screening of works by Jiajia Zhang (Award winner and artist)
19:00 Drink Reception at NEST (NORDRAUM, 3.T06, entrance hall)
Zurich-based artist Jiajia Zhang has been awarded the Shizuko Yoshikawa Förderpreis 2022, endowed with CHF 25,000, in recognition of her work "exploring the media image worlds and distribution channels of our time", which she presents in spatial installations using the media of video and photography.
Zhang, who studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and graduated with a master's degree in Fine Arts, often explores the differences and transitions between lived space, dwelling and real estate in her works. In her combinations of self-produced and found imagery, social phenomena and mass-produced products meet incidentals such as private Youtube videos or Instagram posts. The Shizuko Yoshikawa Promotional Prize, which has been awarded every two years since 2018, is aimed at female graduates of a master's program in fine arts at a Swiss university of the arts.
The ceremony will take place at the Kino Toni (ZHdK, Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8005 Zürich)
18:00 Welcome by Elisabeth Grossmann, Member of the Board Shizuko Yoshikawa and Josef Müller Brockmann Foundation, and Swetlana Heger-Davis, Director Dept. Fine Arts ZHdK
18:15 Laudation by Melanie Ohnemus (Director Kunsthaus Glarus)
18:30 Presentation of “Award” to MFA alumna Jiajia Zhang
18:30 Screening of works by Jiajia Zhang (Award winner and artist)
19:00 Drink Reception at NEST (NORDRAUM, 3.T06, entrance hall)
Zurich-based artist Jiajia Zhang has been awarded the Shizuko Yoshikawa Förderpreis 2022, endowed with CHF 25,000, in recognition of her work "exploring the media image worlds and distribution channels of our time", which she presents in spatial installations using the media of video and photography.
Zhang, who studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and graduated with a master's degree in Fine Arts, often explores the differences and transitions between lived space, dwelling and real estate in her works. In her combinations of self-produced and found imagery, social phenomena and mass-produced products meet incidentals such as private Youtube videos or Instagram posts. The Shizuko Yoshikawa Promotional Prize, which has been awarded every two years since 2018, is aimed at female graduates of a master's program in fine arts at a Swiss university of the arts.
Fri, November 11, 18:00 – 20:00 | DE
Register for free via the link.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Friday are led by Stefan Kreysler, who is responsible for large-scale events at the Zurich University of the Arts.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Friday are led by Stefan Kreysler, who is responsible for large-scale events at the Zurich University of the Arts.
Fri, November 11, 18:15 – 19:00 | EN/DE
NEST, the exhibition space run by the Bachelor Fine Arts ZHdK, will welcome the public for a drink reception and a special viewing of the exhibition “Sonia Gomes, Anna Maria Maiolino, Solange Pessoa”, curated by students BFA, led by Laura Bechter & Dr. Gabrielle Schaad, in cooperation with the Ursula Hauser Collection.
Fri, November 11, 19:00 – 20:30 | EN
Register for free via the link.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Saturday are led by Nico Sebastian Meyer, artist and teaching assistant.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Saturday are led by Nico Sebastian Meyer, artist and teaching assistant.
Sat, November 12, 12:00 – 12:45 | EN/DE
Register for free via the link.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Saturday are led by Nico Sebastian Meyer, artist and teaching assistant.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Saturday are led by Nico Sebastian Meyer, artist and teaching assistant.
Sat, November 12, 13:00 – 13:45 | EN/DE
The students of the Master Fine Arts program will open the studios for guests of the Zurich Art Weekend. There will be the opportunity to get in touch with the artists, discuss current works and discover the studio space.
Sat, November 12, 13:00 – 16:00 | EN/DE
Register for free via the link.
The history and practices of “immersion” in the arts has long focused on the senses being transformed through new technologies. From the experiments of DADA and the Bauhaus in Europe in the early part of the 20th century to the creation of wrap around projected images and new audio-visual environments in the 1960s till today, we increasingly encounter artistic works that serve as what musician Brian Eno called “triggers for experience”.
This talk will give a broad and accessible overview of this phenomenon that we call immersion. It will highlight historical and contemporary artistic and design works that address critical questions: What happens to our sense of self and our body in new immersive technological environments? Do new kinds of “senses” emerge and what are they? What is immersion for and how could it help us address the burning issues of our present and future? The talk will also discuss the ongoing work of the Immersive Arts Space at the ZHdK – an innovative university-wide art/tech lab that serves as a research, teaching and production platform.
As part of Zurich Art Nov! and in continuation of the talk, the Immersive Arts Space at the ZHdK will be running a large-scale audio-visual installation entitled "...just voices..." that explores how surveillance changes the watcher/ listener.
Prof. Dr. Christopher Salter (USA/CH) is an artist, Professor of Immersive Arts and Director of the Immersive Arts Space, ZHdK. He is also Professor Emeritus, Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal and from 2014-2022, was Co-Director of the Hexagram network for Research-Creation in Media Arts and Technology, also in Montreal. His artistic work has been seen at exhibitions and festivals internationally such as the Venice Biennale, the Barbican Centre, the Berliner Festspiele/Martin Gropius Bau, Vitra Design Museum, ZKM, the National Art Museum of China, and the Musée d’art Contemporain Montreal, among many others. He is the author of the books Entangled (2010), Alien Agency (2015) and Sensing Machines (2022), all published by the MIT Press.
The history and practices of “immersion” in the arts has long focused on the senses being transformed through new technologies. From the experiments of DADA and the Bauhaus in Europe in the early part of the 20th century to the creation of wrap around projected images and new audio-visual environments in the 1960s till today, we increasingly encounter artistic works that serve as what musician Brian Eno called “triggers for experience”.
This talk will give a broad and accessible overview of this phenomenon that we call immersion. It will highlight historical and contemporary artistic and design works that address critical questions: What happens to our sense of self and our body in new immersive technological environments? Do new kinds of “senses” emerge and what are they? What is immersion for and how could it help us address the burning issues of our present and future? The talk will also discuss the ongoing work of the Immersive Arts Space at the ZHdK – an innovative university-wide art/tech lab that serves as a research, teaching and production platform.
As part of Zurich Art Nov! and in continuation of the talk, the Immersive Arts Space at the ZHdK will be running a large-scale audio-visual installation entitled "...just voices..." that explores how surveillance changes the watcher/ listener.
Prof. Dr. Christopher Salter (USA/CH) is an artist, Professor of Immersive Arts and Director of the Immersive Arts Space, ZHdK. He is also Professor Emeritus, Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal and from 2014-2022, was Co-Director of the Hexagram network for Research-Creation in Media Arts and Technology, also in Montreal. His artistic work has been seen at exhibitions and festivals internationally such as the Venice Biennale, the Barbican Centre, the Berliner Festspiele/Martin Gropius Bau, Vitra Design Museum, ZKM, the National Art Museum of China, and the Musée d’art Contemporain Montreal, among many others. He is the author of the books Entangled (2010), Alien Agency (2015) and Sensing Machines (2022), all published by the MIT Press.
Sat, November 12, 14:00 – 15:30 | EN
Register for free via the link.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Saturday are led by Nico Sebastian Meyer, artist and teaching assistant.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Saturday are led by Nico Sebastian Meyer, artist and teaching assistant.
Sat, November 12, 14:00 – 14:45 | EN/DE
The Immersive Arts Space at the ZHdK will be showing a large-scale audio-visual installation "...just voices..." that explores how surveillance changes the watcher/ listener. While we are increasingly aware of being observed by cameras and microphones, we are less conscious of how these technologies subtly affect our human experience of watching and listening to others. Using a combination of sophisticated audio-visual projection and tracking systems, "...just voices..." exposes the increasing paranoia of a society in which observing, and listening is being radically transformed by technology.
Sat, November 12, 15:00 – 18:00 | EN
Register for free via the link.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Saturday are led by Nico Sebastian Meyer, artist and teaching assistant.
The tour will give visitors a glimpse into the diverse world of the Toni-Areal – from the various infrastructures of the individual departments such as concert halls and dance studios to the fully equipped immersive labs and workshops. The tour allows access to spaces that are otherwise closed to the general public. The tours on Saturday are led by Nico Sebastian Meyer, artist and teaching assistant.
Sat, November 12, 15:00 – 15:45 | EN/DE