Dossier Sarina Scheidegger, 2019

ON COLLABORATING

The different forms of working and thinking together and to develop projects in collaborations have been a major subject in my artistic practice for the last couple of years. I worked in various constallations and collaborations - in the field of performance based on textual concepts together with Ariane Koch and with Stingray Editions in the context of writing, editing and printed matters. With the Argentinian artist Jimena Croceri I recently realized a new series of performances connected to the issue of water(politics), hydrofeminsim and fluidity. The project «Hidden Poems» where artists from Argentina and Switzerland worked with the library of Victoria Ocampo in Buenos Aires was presented with Isabel Peña and Kambiz Shafei.

Being inspired and shaped from the thoughts of Céline Condorellis rich philosphical discours on friendship and support structures, one could say that friendship is about allegiance and shifting. You choose who you want to be with and by doing so you choose them and their ideas, works and projects, it does mean that you are making a decision, which is inherently of a political nature. In friendship is an element of taking sides, of making common cause, a sense of solidarity, or being loyal and not just to the people, but to the cause they embrace. I see friendship as a support, as an essential potential for a political, feminist and collaborative form of work and as something that tries to form solidarity apart from patriarchic structures. I am interested in the artwork as a situation and if it’s historically represented by a memory or a relic. Mostly my projects are documented with posters, books, concepts, publications, conversations or the performed text itself.

At the moment I am exploring different and new angles to continue working in collaborations but also following my own projects and interests. Through my residences in Buenos Aires and Bogota my thinking and therefore also my artistis practice has been influenced by these places and the people I have met there. I am currently investigating the water issues and water politics mainly in Chile and Switzerland to continue my research with fluid conditions, feminist approaches in connection with water themes and also the influences of water in our ways of acting and thinking.

RECENT WORKS

1 ROSA & LOUISE - A Feminist Manifesto, Performance & Posteredition, (since 2013) 2 13, Performance & Posteredition, (2017) 3 NOSOTRXS, CUERPOS DE AGUA, Performance, (2018/2019) 4 OPPRESSED BY PRIVILEGE / PRIVILEGED BY OPPRESSION, Performance & Vinyl, (2017/2018) 5 STINGRAY EDITIONS, (since 2015)

ROSA & LOUISE - A Feminist Manifest in Dialogueswith Ariane KochPerformance & Posteredition, since 2013Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Espace Niki de Saint Phalle (Fribourg), Kocherpark (Bern), Well Well Well (Wien), Haus für elektronische Künste (Basel), Plattform 16 (Zürich), Luzerner Theater (Luzern), Kunsthaus Langenthal (Langenthal), Kunstmuseum Solothurn (Solothurn), Kunstraum Niederösterreich (Wien), Pavillion Pro Helvetia Kaserne (Basel), Theater Is A Must (Alexandria), Kaserne Basel (Basel)

The examination with the structures of the feminist discourse constitutes the foundation of the manifest which is continuously rewritten by Ariane Koch and Sarina Scheidegger. The version I-X of the dialogic piece were shown in different stages and contexts as a performance — spoken by two performers — and as poster edition — exposed in the public space as well as in the exhibition space. In 2018 the work was modified with two artists from Egypt as well as one performer from Switzerland and shown in the theater context, this collaboration and exchange with different views let to a presentation at Kaserne Basel in 2018.

Performers: Sophie Brunner, Ana Castaño Almendral, Anna Christen, Judith Cuénod, Sima Djabar Zadegan, Moïra Gilliéron, Sherin Hegazy, Lilli Lorenz, Susan Reznik, Salma Said

Poster design: Kambiz ShafeiSilkscreen: Silas Heizmann, Collectiv Rat Trap

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13with Ariane KochPerformance & PublicationKunsthalle Basel, 2017

The performance «13» united thirteen monologues written by the artists and performed by thirteen performers during the time of thirteen days at Kunsthalle Basel. Each day one performer and one monologue was added. Beside the performance there was a poster edition consisting of thirteen posters which were shown in a daily change outside of the Kunsthalle, announcing the next character to be joined the performance. The edition was sold in the bookshop at Kunsthalle Basel. The text were later on published in the publication «13» with a text by Alice Wilke.

Performers: Ana Castaño Almendral, Esther Becker, Meret Bodamer, Anna Christen, Danny Exnar, Lucien Haug, Khadija Merzougue, Jürg Mumenthaler, Marcus Rehberger, Venus Electra Ryter, Julius Schröder, Denis Wagner, David Werner

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NOSOTRXS, CUERPOS DE AGUAwith Jimena CroceriPerformance 2018/2019Crispr Bogota, 2018, FLORA, Bogota, Open Studios, ARTBO, 2018, Material Zürich, 2019, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich, 2019, Raven Row Gallery, London, 2019

For the performance «NOSOTRXS, CUERPOS DE AGUA» Jimena Croceri and Sarina Scheidegger have been developing a variety of sounds and noises coming from different sources like objects, recordings, live voices and texts. All of them connect in their own way to fluid conditions which are among others inherent in our bodies, the sea, (sound) waves or coconuts. Not only are these fluids inherent in our bodies but moreover share parts of each other between them. Being inspired by the text «Bodies of water» by Astrida Neimanis - where she describes the pathway of a glass of water and how this glass of water we drink makes its way to the filtration plant towards hydroelectric power to an aquifer until it ends in a bottle of water from which we may drink again – the artists have tied their elements of the performance to this fluidity and the movement of liquids.

Poster design: Kambiz Shafei

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OPPRESSED BY PRIVILEGED / PRIVILEGED BY OPPRESSIONPerformance & VinyleditionAusstellungsraum Klingental & Kunsthalle Basel, 2017/2018

OPPRESSED BY PRIVILEGE and PRIVILEGED BY OPPRESSION were the names of two bands performing their inaugural concert at Ausstellungsraum Klingental in June 2017 – simultaneously. Previous to any rehearsals and in accordance with democratic principles, the public was invited by an open call to submit texts in response to the respective band names. The two bands used the submissions as the raw material to adapt and interpret musically and later present it on stage. All original texts are compiled within a publication. In 2017 each band recorded three songs and they were released in vinyl with the label «A Tree in a Field Records» at Kunsthalle Basel in 2018.

Project by Daniela Brugger & Vera BruggmannSound & Costumes by Franziska Baumgartner, Daniela Brugger, Vera Bruggmann, Daniela Caderas, Laura Endtner, Lysann König, Nora Locher, Marlon McNeill, Julia Minnig, Lea Rüegg, Arlène Sagada, Sarina Scheidegger, Alena Stählin, Sara & Natascha

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STINGRAY EDITIONS with Kambiz Shafeisince 2015

Stingray Editions was founded 2015 in Basel by Sarina Scheideggerand Kambiz Shafei as a platform for varying editions with an emphasis on collaborations with artists, writers, musicians and scientists. Stingray Editions develops several projects in a multitude of shapes, dimensions and contexts. At the heart of these collective collaborations, lies a dialogue which defines the format of each edition individually. The divergent forms of these editions reflect the nature and character of the stingray itself – a creature which can alter and adapt without losing its existence.

We realized several projects in the last three years working and collaborationg among others with:Nino Baumgartner, Eduardo Navarro, Judith Kakon, Sophie Jung, Louise Guerra, Delphine Chapuis Schmitz, Anahita Razmi, Ariane Koch, Nicolas Raufaste, Raphaela Grolimund, Nele Stecher, Martin Chramosta, Pedro Wirz, Silas Heizmann, Clare Kenny, Hannah Weinberger, Jimena Croceri, Rodrigo Toro Madrid, Vanessà Heer, Caroline Ann Baur, Johannes Gerome Gadient, Romy Rüegger and many more.

Here documented is the poster serie «Stingray Encounters», 2017, and the exhibition project «Within Others‘ Sounds», 2019.

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Sarina Scheidegger (*1985 in Bern/CH) is based in Basel working as an artist, writer and editor in different collaborations. After she finished her master degree in 2015 at the University of Arts Bern (Master of Contemporary Art Practice) and worked as a research assistant at the University of Art and Design Basel for four years, she spent 2016 seven months in Buenos Aires, Argentina with the «Atelier Mondial / SKK scholarship» and in 2018 she was awarded the residency «FLORA» in Bogota (COL) with the program Coincidencia by Pro Helvetia. Together with Ariane Koch she received the work grant from the city Basel 2015/2016 for their collaborative performance projects. In 2012, she received the «Swiss Performance Award» with the work «To Forget Is To Remember» and in 2011, she was with the «iaab Atelierstipendium» for a residency in Leipzig (DE). In collaboration with Chantal Küng and Nora Locher she organizes the series «Rooftop Readings» on various rooftops in Basel. In 2016 she founded «Stingray Editions» together with Kambiz Shafei to publish different formats and editions by various artists.

Her work was shown, among others at Raven Raw Gallery, (London), Crisper (Bogota), Cabaret Voltaire (Zürich), Swiss Art Awards (Basel), Kunsthalle Basel (Basel), Aargauer Kunsthaus (Aarau), Kaserne Basel (Basel), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Ausstellungsraum Klingental (Basel), IPA Performancefestival (Istanbul).

SARINA SCHEIDEGGER born 1985 in Berne, lives and works in Basel

EDUCATION/COMISSIONS

since 2018 Jury member for Kunstkredit Basel-Stadtsince 2012 Bord member at Ausstellungsraum Klingental Basel2015 Master of Contemporary Art Practice HKB, Bern2014 / 2015 Erasmus semester at University of Applied Arts, Vienna2011-2015 Research assistant at FHNW HGK, Institut Kunst2010 Internship Gallery Peter Kilchmann, Zürich2006 – 2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts, FHNW HGK Basel

RESIDENCIES/PRICES/NOMINATIONS

2019 Travel Grant City of Bern, Atacama Desert, Chile (CL)2019 Residency Andreas Züst Bibliothek, St. Anton, Appenzell (CH)2018 Nomination Swiss Art Award 20182018 Nomination Manor Preis Basel2018 Residency FLORA ars + natura, Bogota (COL), Pro Helvetia2017 Working grant, Pro Helvetia 2016 Research grant, Pro Helvetia2016 Atelier Mondial/SKK, Artist in Residency, Buenos Aires2016 Plattform 16/Nomination Helvetia Kunstpreis 20162015 Working grant, Basel-Stadt, Werkbeitrag2013 Project grant, Basel-Stadt, Freies Kunstprojekt2012 Performance Preis Schweiz2012 iaab, Artist in Residency, Leipzig

EXHIBITIONS/PERFOMANCES (SELECTION) 2019 (upcoming)SUMME, cur. Alice Wilke, Stefanie Bringezu (deuxpiece), BaselFlat1, Alice Wilke, Stefanie Bringezu (deuxpiece), Vienna (A)Revenir et Dire Ça, cur. Gilles Furtwängler, *DUUU - Unités Radiophoniques Mobiles, Paris (F)Le Foyer in Process, Conversation, Ausstellungsraum Klingental/RANK, Basel 2019Wearable - Unwearable Art, cur. Claire Hoffmann, Centre culturel suisse, Paris (F)The Words We Live In, cur. Gioia dal Molin, ZürichLe Foyer In Process, Conversation Alpenhof, St. AntonNosotrxs, Cuerpos De Agua, Raven Row Gallery, London (UK)Nosotrxs, Cuerpos de Agua, Cabaret Voltaire, ZürichNosotrxs, Cuerpos de Agua, Material, Zürich 2018Open Studios FLORA, BogotaLa Casita, cur. David Ayala Alfonso & Camilo Chico, BogotaRosa & Louise, Kaserne Global, cur. Sandro Lunin & Hannah Pfurtscheller, Kaserne BaselSwiss Art Award 2018, BaselOn the Road - Caravan Jubiläum, cur. Yasmin Afschar & Katrin Weilenmann, Aargauer Kunsthaus, AarauTheater Is A Must, cur. Adel Abdel Wahab, Alexandria (EGY)Magic Circle, cur. Katharina Brandl & Daniela Brugger, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna (A)New Swiss Performance Now, cur. Elena Filipovic, Kunsthalle Basel 2017Dartboard, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London (GB)

Rosa & Louise, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna (A)Performancefestival Giswil, cur. Andrea Saemann, GiswilWhat Are We If Not Pigeons Part II, Lokal. Int, cur. Nicolas Raufaste, BielFast&Furious Art, Urgent Paradise, LausanneKulturnacht Solothurn, cur. Anna Bürkli & Patricia Bider, Solothurn 2016Cantonale, cur. Claire Hoffmann & Raffael Dörig, Kunsthaus Langenthal.perf – Associaion What About Performances Art, cur. Madeleine Amsler & Marie-Eve Knoerle, GenevaOn Our Way To, cur. deuxpiece, Carrosserie BaselJahresausstellung des Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Kunsthalle, BaselManifesta Zürich – What People Do For Money, hNc agency, cur. Agustina Struengmann, ZürichPlattform 2016, cur. Kunstwollen (u.a. Jessica Bourgoz, Charlotte Matter), Walchenturm, ZürichEpicycle Episodes 1-6, Kooperation mit Sinfonietta Basel, cur. von Clara Becker, Basel 2015 Sunday Cinema, cur. Tenzing Bashee, well well well, Vienna (A)The Worlds They Wanted, Regionale 2015, cur. Alexandra Adler, Haus für elektronische Künste, BaselIn*Justice – Jubiläumsfeier, FRI – Schweizerisches Institut für Rechtswissenschaft und Gender Law, FribourgBosom Friends, VBKÖ – Vereinigung Bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs, Wien (Ö)Die Sprache möchte sprechen, Performance Lectures, Institut für Ästhetische Praxis und Theorie, HGK, BaselIt‘s The Real Thing – Basler Dokumentartage, cur. Boris Nikitin, Kaserne Basel, BaselTeilchenparadies, Kunstraum Riehen, cur. Nicolas Kerksieck, Basel 2014 Looking for Fritz, 1.–4. performativer Spaziergang, Stadtraum BaselVanishing Point – Special Event, cur.Agnieszka Sosnowska, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel IPA Istanbul 2014, cur. Burçak Konukman, Plattform for Performance Artists, Istanbul (TR)Gender und Diplomatie, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, cur. Kristina Semenova, Berlin (D)Here and Now. Und die Ferne wird zur Nähe, Perla-Mode und Winterhalder-Areal, cur. Friction, Zürich 2013 Revisiting the SPACE, Part 2, MitOst Festival, cur.Kristina Semenova, Leipzig (D) Revisiting the SPACE, Part 1, Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, cur. Kristina Semenova, Voronezh (RUS)Now This Over Over – eine performative Ausstellung, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS/MAGAZINES 2019LACK Magazine, cur. Laura Breitschmied & Eva Maria Knüsel, Helmhaus Zürich 2017Hidden Poems, Stingray Editions, Basel13, Stingray Editions, Basel 2016Exhibition catalogue, Plattform 2016, with Anouk Schumacher, Zürich 2015 In Company, «Neue», Centre Pasque’Art, Stingray Editions, BaselLack, Performancepreis Schweiz 2015, Interview, Hrsg. sic! Raum für Kunst, Nadine Wietlisbach, Laura Breitschmid, Eva-Maria KnüselMousse Magazine, Special Edition ART Basel, Cooperation with deuxpiece Baselall-over Nr.8 – Magazin für Kunst und Ästhetik, Basel/Wien (Ö)Bosom Friends, exhibition catalogue, Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Wien, Hrsg. Doris Löffler, Kristina Pia Hofer, Vienna (Ö) 2014 Return To Sender, exhibition catalogue, Kristina Semenova, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (D)Hidden Poems, Rooftop Reading, 175 Jahre Kunstverein Basel, Kunsthalle BaselHere ans Now. Und die Ferne wird zur Nähe, exhibition catalogue, Interview with Julia Jost, Hrsg. Natalie Keppler, Camille Jamet, Robert Steinberger, Zürich 2013Now This Over Over, exhibition catalogue «Now This Over Over», Ausstellungsraum Klingental Basel