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Revolving Histories (#bangbang-0435)

kunstwette.ch
(2010)

https://www.marinabelobrovaja.ch
Belobrovaja, Marina Divo, Mark (Performer)
Monnier, Ruth (Performer)
Gojevic, Marica (Performer)
Haemmerli, Thomas (Performer)
de Rahm, Patrick (Performer)
Gartentor, Heinrich (Performer)
Fetzer, Fanni (Performer)
Riklin, Adrian (Performer)
Thal, Andrea (Performer)
Frautschi, Chri (Performer)
Carmine, Giovanni (Performer)
Keller, San (Performer)
Kurjaković, Daniel (Performer)
Huber, Patrick (Performer)
Eppstein, Esther (Performer)
Nilsson, Emma (Performer)
und weitere (Performer)
Nilsson, Emma (Camera)
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Action Politics Artivism Risky Working Exhibition object Participation Audience Exhibition space

The KUNSTWETTE.CH project took the Federal Art Competition - Swiss Art Awards as an opportunity to reflect on the mechanisms of Swiss art promotion. After the annual submission deadline for this most coveted of all art competitions in Switzerland, discussions among us, artists, always revolved around the predictions for the outcome of the competition, the advantages and disadvantages of individual competition participants and the supposed preferences of the jury. Rumors spread about suspected cliques. Every year, the entire Swiss art scene was thrown into a state of emotional turmoil. The project was implemented - like a horse race - in the form of a mobile betting office that visited several Swiss art institutions for three months and was also available on a project website. Here, art gamblers had the opportunity to purchase betting slips and place money on their favorites among the participants of the Swiss Art Awards 2010. The website KUNSTWETTE.CH informed interested parties about the route of the mobile betting office. In addition to a comprehensive database with portraits and short biographies of participating artists, videos with betting tips and predictions from well-known personalities from the Swiss art scene were also available here. Players could also find out about the constantly changing rankings of individual artists. After the Federal Commission had announced its decision, the winnings were paid out to those players who had bet on the right artists.
Additional
Während der Durchführung des Projektes wurde gegen kunstwette.ch aufgrund des „Verstosses gegen das Schweizerische Lotteriegesetz“ ein Prozess eröffnet, der nach 3 Jahren in dritter Instanz unter Verteidigung des Zürcher Medienanwalts Herbert Pfortmüller gewonnen wurde. Sämtliche Materialien zum Prozess sind verfügbar. Im Zuge des Projekts und des anschliessenden Gerichtsprozesses gab es viele Artikel, die ebenfalls archiviert sind.

place: lokal.Int, Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst, Message Salon / Perla Mode, Hochschule der Künste Bern, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Les Urbaines Lausanne, agent double Genève, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Schiff "MS Stadt Bern" in Thun / VISARTE-Versammlung, Basel Messehalle 3 Swiss Art Awards
Dokumentationstyp: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action

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Die Webseite des Projekts ist weiterhin online (kunstwette.ch) auch der Blog, auf dem der Gerichtsprozess, der gegen das Projekt eröffnet wurde, dokumentiert ist (https://kunstwetteprojekt.wordpress.com/). Es gibt auch eine Mehrzahl an Videoaufnahmen (Interviews mit Teilnehmer*innen: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0435DCA794E5B9AB) und Expert*innen: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL41533C1089F09BB0), die Teil des Projekts sind.
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Fotos / Photos
Dauer: mehrere Monate