Christian Waldvogel
Christian Waldvogel (born June 16, 1971 in Austin , Texas ) is a Swiss artist and architect .
Life
Christian Waldvogel grew up near Zurich and attended high school in Bülach . Then studied it architecture at the ETH Zurich and at the Rhode Iceland School of Design and completed this study in 1999 with the diploma as an architect. Since then he has worked as an artist , programmer and architect and now lives in Zurich.
Christian Waldvogel works in the field of concept , net and process art . He deals with the earth as a planet in the universe, with fictional worlds and the relation of humans to these topics.
Artistic ideas
His most important project to date, Globus Cassus , is a utopian (and impossible) proposal for the transformation of the earth into a huge hollow body on the inside of which people would live. Globus Cassus was presented to the international public for the first time at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2004 and is still the subject of intense discourse today.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2003 - Ursula Wiedenkeller Gallery, Zurich
- 2004 - Architecture Biennale , Venice , Swiss Pavilion
- 2006 - Kunstmuseum Bern
- 2010 - IG Halle in the art (stuff) house Rapperswil
- 2012 - Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zurich
- 2013 - Fondazione Morra Greco , Naples
- 2013 - FRAC Lorraine , Metz
- 2014 - Helmhaus Zurich
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2001 - Swiss National Library
- 2003 - Museum for Design Zurich
- 2003 - Kunsthalle Bern
- 2004 - Istituto Svizzero di Roma
- 2006 - Fotomuseum Winterthur
- 2006 - FRAC Lorraine, Metz
- 2006 - Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
- 2006 - Architecture Biennale, London
- 2006 - Helmhaus Zurich
- 2006 - Kunsthalle Winterthur
- 2007 - Museum for Design Zurich
- 2009 - Musée d'art Moderne , Saint-Étienne
- 2011 - Kunsthalle Wien
Awards (selection)
- 2002 - Federal Prize for Art Swiss Art Award
- 2003 - Federal Prize for Art Swiss Art Award
- 2004 - Award for Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2004
- 2005 - Gold medal Most beautiful books from all over the world
- 2011 - Award for Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2010
- 2011 - Bronze medal Most beautiful books from all over the world
- 2011 - Federal Prize for Art Swiss Art Award
Publications
- Globus Cassus (with contributions by Boris Groys , Claude Lichtenstein and Michael Stauffer ). Lars Müller, Baden 2004, ISBN 3-03778-045-2
- Earth Extremes (edited by Jacqueline Burckhardt , Christian Waldvogel and Jonas Voegeli , with a contribution by Jörg Heiser ). Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-85881-305-3
Source texts (selection)
- 2001 - A piece of earth moved to heaven , together with smarch (Bern), building in libraries , Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, ISBN 3-7643-6429-7
- 2003 - Living rooms - living dreams , catalog for the exhibition, Edition Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, ISBN 978-3-907065-98-3
- 2005 - First Panorama of Titan , published in various media in the international daily and specialist press
- 2006 - Real Fantasies. Young Swiss Photography , Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel, ISBN 978-3-85616-274-0
- 2006 - Uchronies et autres Fictions , Editions FRAC Lorraine, Metz ISBN 2-911271-09-2
- 2006 - 1001 Nights - Paths to Paradise , Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, ISBN 978-3-8053-3700-7
- 2007 - Nature Design , Lars Müller Publishers, Baden, ISBN 978-3-03778-100-5
Web links
- Christian Waldvogel's website
- Regioartline article about Christian Waldvogel's Titan Panorama
- Waldvogel, Christian. In: Sikart
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=926 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waldvogel, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss artist and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Austin , Texas |