Hannes Schüpbach
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2012
Hannes Schüpbach is a Swiss filmmaker and visual artist. His silent films interweave light, colour, and gesture, which include details of everyday spaces to create lyrical imagery. His academic history includes studying visual art at Zurich University of the Arts, ZHdK and Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, in Basel from 1988 to 1991 and at New York University in 1992.
Hannes’ works have been presented at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge; Tate Modern, London; Kunstmuseum, Bern; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthalle Vienna; LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images, London; Arsenal, Berlin; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Toronto International Film Festival, Canada; Whitechapel Gallery, London; International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Switzerland
The Landis & Gyr foundation awards studio scholarships to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in London, Budapest, Sofia and Zug. Its London-based residency partnership with Acme was established in 1987, and provides six month long work/live opportunities for ten Swiss artists per year. Artists are selected for the programme directly by Landis & Gyr Stiftung and must demonstrate a track record of achievement in their field. Over two hundred visual artists, curators, writers, musicians and composers have benefitted from the programme. Residencies are based in Stepney, E1 and are available to Swiss residents only
For more information visit lg-stiftung.ch.
