Marianne Halter & Mario Marchisella

Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency

2026

Since the beginning of their collaboration, the artists have been engaged with performance (for the camera) and are interested in the development of urban and rural space, which manifests itself in various ways in their work. Using everyday situations, they reflect on different concepts and ideas of city and country as social spaces. Such situations usually form the starting points for their work. Tempo and rhythm, rituals, sound, choreography and the organisation of space, architecture, (foreign) language and signs are themes they have explored in recent years.

Halter & Marchisella work with various media and techniques: video and sound installations, video sculpture, objects as well as photography, printing techniques and drawing.

Marianne Halter, artist, studied at the School of Design, Film and Art in Lucerne / HSLU. Mario Marchisella, artist, musician and composer, studied music at the Zurich Conservatory / ZHdK.

Exhibitions include Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf / Kunstmuseum Luzern / Aargauer Kunsthaus / Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich / Kunstmuseum Olten / Teatro dell'architettura, Mendrisio / Serendipity Arts Festival, Panjim / Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg/ Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town / blankprojects, Cape Town /Caroll &Fletcher projectspace, London / Westbund Art Fair, Shanghai

Joint residencies: Johannesburg (SA), Pro Helvetia / MacDowell Colony (USA)/ Shanghai (CN), Pro Helvetia and London (GB), Landis & Gyr.

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.