Events

Zurich Art Walk 'By the way. Exhibitions in the former industrial area of Zurich' with Janus Boege.

MEETING POINT: Häusler Contemporary, Stampfenbachstrasse 59, 8006 Zurich
ROUTE: Häusler Contemporary → OnCurating Project Space → Galerie Mark Mueller → Migros Museum → VOLUMES

The four very different spaces Häusler Contemporary, OnCurating Project Space, Galerie Mark Mueller and Migros Museum at Löwenbräukunst, as well as Mini- VOLUMES Fair are located near the Limmat River and Sihl River. Their geographical proximity is a result of the adjacent districts of Kreis 5 and Kreis 6. But what kind of neighbourhoods are Unterstrass, the university district, and the Industriequartier? What takes place here before and after the Art Weekend and, above all, what is the historical context of these neighbourhoods? What kind of people live, work, and shape their city here? What are and were the political connections, and where does the daily struggle for interpretative power manifest?

Janus establishes content connections between (urban) history and exhibitions at the Zurich Art Weekend, and with the participants of his Art Walks, he develops a context for the historically charged Industriequartier district you will primarily be exploring. In doing so, the participants will depart from the direct paths between the four venues to gain a better understanding of the area.

Janus Boege is a cultural mediator and curator with background in fine arts. He lives and works in Singen, Germany and Zurich. In addition to conducting creative workshops and guided tours, he works as a chef in Zurich. In his role as a mediator and curator, the examination of structural exclusion and exploitation mechanisms forms the basis of his work.

Zurich Art Walk 'Mind Map' with Valerie Keusch.

MEETING POINT: In front of the left entrance to Löwenbräukunst, Limmatstrasse, Zürich, Switzerland
ROUTE: Löwenbräukunst / Annex 14 → Last Tango → Escherwyss-Platz → Galerie Peter Kilchmann (Zahnradstrasse)


Individual access to works of art, to architecture, begins in the first seconds of our perception. We automatically link what we see, smell, sense, hear, and taste with memories and experiences from our previous lives. Thus, in an extremely short time, a process of meaningful interpretation begins. During the Art Walk Valerie wants to make and give participants content and personal associations between the buildings, the history and the exhibitions that the group visits. The visitors are also invited to bring in their own associations during the Art Walk and to participate actively.

The Art Walk starts at the Löwenbräu area. The history of the area - former beer brewery - creates a connection to the exhibited works of Struan Teague in the gallery Annex 14, which the group will visit afterwards.

With the simple language of form, the simple materials of Struan Teague‘s art in mind, we continue to the Zurich off-space Last Tango - passing a former tobacco factory, where Gil Pellaton, similar to Struan Teague, uses simple and often organic materials (association Löwenbräu, tobacco factory) in his objects and installations. Their effect unfolds not only visually, but also through specific smells and their haptics.

After that, the group continues via Escherwyssplatz to the gallery of Peter Kilchmann. At Escherwyssplatz Valerie briefly focuses on the project “Nagelhaus” and the work of art “Tower” of Los Carpinteros, which stands in place of the Nagelhaus now at the Escherwyssplatz and takes up the history of the Quratier ”former industrial quarter”.
The Art Walk concludes in the Gallery Peter Kilchmann, where the participants explore the exhibition of Paul Mpagi Sepuya and João Modé.

Valerie Keusch is a scenographer, interior designer, culture and art mediator.
“Art is attitude” - this statement has accompanied her since her first steps as a scenographer. As she says: “So much is influenced by the things we see and experience every day. I think it‘s important to have your own opinion and to communicate to people the values you believe in”. She is currently working as an interior designer/scenographer in an architecture studio in Aarau and as an art and culture mediator in the Strohmuseum in Wohlen and Kunsthaus Zofingen. Valerie is also doing a Master in Curatorial Studies (curation, art and culture mediation) at the Zurich University of the Arts.

Zurich Art Walk 'Roots of the Subconscious' with Miroslava Tyrina.

MEETING POINT: Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 5 (in fromt of the entrance to the new building), Zürich, Switzerland
ROUTE: Kunsthaus Zurich → Cabaret Voltaire → Galerie Gmurzynska → Livie Gallery → Museum Haus Konstruktiv

1920-1930th became an explosion of new directions in western history of arts — dadaism, abstractionism, constructivism, expressionism, cubism, surrealism and other isms. It was a backlash between two world wars, realm of the subconscious and dream space of a beautiful future that might never come. In this walk we will visit the exhibitions dedicated to topics of dreams and surreal spaces and will look at them as a reflection of the social, political and cultural reality of 1920-1930th in Europe.

Miroslava Tyrina is a curator, musician and cultural journalist. She works with topics as interdisciplinarity in art, ethical attitude in the artistic community, data collection and work with the historical context, political repressions in totalitarian systems.

Zurich Art Walk 'Mind Map' with Valerie Keusch.

MEETING POINT: In front of the left entrance to Löwenbräukunst, Limmatstrasse, Zürich, Switzerland
ROUTE: Löwenbräukunst / Annex 14 → Last Tango → Escherwyss-Platz → Galerie Peter Kilchmann (Zahnradstrasse)

Individual access to works of art, to architecture, begins in the first seconds of our perception. We automatically link what we see, smell, sense, hear, and taste with memories and experiences from our previous lives. Thus, in an extremely short time, a process of meaningful interpretation begins. During the Art Walk Valerie wants to make and give participants content and personal associations between the buildings, the history and the exhibitions that the group visits. The visitors are also invited to bring in their own associations during the Art Walk and to participate actively.

The Art Walk starts at the Löwenbräu area. The history of the area - former beer brewery - creates a connection to the exhibited works of Struan Teague in the gallery Annex 14, which the group will visit afterwards.

With the simple language of form, the simple materials of Struan Teague‘s art in mind, we continue to the Zurich off-space Last Tango - passing a former tobacco factory, where Gil Pellaton, similar to Struan Teague, uses simple and often organic materials (association Löwenbräu, tobacco factory) in his objects and installations. Their effect unfolds not only visually, but also through specific smells and their haptics.

After that, the group continues via Escherwyssplatz to the gallery of Peter Kilchmann. At Escherwyssplatz Valerie briefly focuses on the project “Nagelhaus” and the work of art “Tower” of Los Carpinteros, which stands in place of the Nagelhaus now at the Escherwyssplatz and takes up the history of the Quratier ”former industrial quarter”.
The Art Walk concludes in the Gallery Peter Kilchmann, where the participants explore the exhibition of Paul Mpagi Sepuya and João Modé.

Valerie Keusch is a scenographer, interior designer, culture and art mediator.
“Art is attitude” - this statement has accompanied her since her first steps as a scenographer. As she says: “So much is influenced by the things we see and experience every day. I think it‘s important to have your own opinion and to communicate to people the values you believe in”. She is currently working as an interior designer/scenographer in an architecture studio in Aarau and as an art and culture mediator in the Strohmuseum in Wohlen and Kunsthaus Zofingen. Valerie is also doing a Master in Curatorial Studies (curation, art and culture mediation) at the Zurich University of the Arts.