Piet Baumgartner
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2024
Piet Baumgartner is an experienced visual artist and director with a transdisciplinary approach to film, theater and fine arts. He is interested in people, machines and emotions. His production EWS about the biggest political scandal in the Swiss parliament was named best play of the year. Piet's documentary The Driven Ones about the business elite of tomorrow was invited to compete at the world's most important documentary film festival IDFA and was nominated for the Swiss Film Award. His latest work Bagger Drama has just earned him the New Directors Award at the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival.
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.
