Johannes Gees

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Johannes Gees (born February 17, 1960 in Romanshorn , Bodensee ) is a Swiss installation and performance artist as well as media producer .

biography

Johannes Gees was born in Romanshorn on Lake Constance (Switzerland) as the oldest of three brothers. He went to school there and then studied ethnology and history at the University of Zurich from 1980 to 1985 . At the same time he began a career as a rock musician and founded several bands, including "Sarah Röben" and the "Scuba Divers", gave over a hundred concerts and recorded several records and CDs. In addition, he began to be interested in photography and graphic design and worked for various media companies as an editor, picture editor, graphic designer and art director . From the mid-1990s he worked as a website developer and discovered the Internet as a means of artistic expression.

He came to art via detours and has made an international name for himself since 1999. His most famous works include communimage , (1999), hellomrpresident (2001) and helloworldproject (2003). His work includes interactive and collaborative laser projections , photographic work, video installations and interactive LED installations. Johannes Gee's interactive works, in which media and communication technology (Internet, SMS, webcams) and landscapes combine to create fascinating collaborative happenings , have already taken place in Davos, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai (Bombay) and Geneva. For the Swiss national exhibition "Expo.02", Gees developed the website from 1998–2000. 2001–2002 he was jointly responsible for the "Arteplage mobile du Jura" project. From 2004–2008 he was responsible for the editing and operation of the short film platform www.agent-provocateur.ch. In 2012 Johannes Gees founded the first Swiss crowdfunding platform Wemakeit together with the artist and designer Jürg Lehni and the cultural producer Rea Eggli .

See also: art in public space

Exhibitions

  • 2005: communimage , San Francisco , Southern Exposure Gallery
  • 2006: "Interfacing Landscapes", Kreuzlingen, Kunstraum Kreuzlingen
  • 2006: "The Christchurch Menetekel", Scape 2006 Biennial for Art in Public Space, Christchurch NZ
  • 2006: "My god Is A Good God", Art '06 Zurich, Zurich
  • 2007: "Eyewitnesses: Images of War, Globality & Blogs." Pfäffikon (SZ), Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, 2007. With Jules Spinatsch, Uwe Wittwer.
  • 2007: "Procession Flottante", in: Emotional Landscapes, Friborg, Fri-Art Center d'art contemporain
  • 2007: work and studio grants from the city of Zurich; Helmhaus, Zurich
  • 2008: "Stille Einkehr", in "Fuga Saeculi", Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich.
  • 2008: "My God Is God Himself", Cinq Salons, Haus zum Garten, Zurich
  • 2008: "Salat", Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zürich
  • 2008: "The reinvention of the Alps; Pfäffikon (SZ), Seedamm Kulturzentrum.
  • 2008: Moral Fantasies, Art Museum Thurgau, Frauenfeld
  • 2008: "Salat", Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition, OK Center, Linz
  • 2009: "Salat", Shifting Identities, CAC Vilnius
  • 2009: "Communimage", The Art Of Participation, 1950 to now; San Francisco, SFMOMA.
  • 2009: "War Fashion", Schmuck Inc Gallery, Zurich
  • 2009: "Le jardin des mots perdus", EVENTO, Biennale de Bordeaux, France
  • 2009: "Final Fantasy"; Zurich, Bern, Locarno, Basel, Glarus, Frauenfeld
  • 2009: "My God Is God Himself", Tina_b Festival, Prague
  • 2010: "Schisma", Winterthurer Lichttage, Winterthur
  • 2010: "In the beginning was the word", Theatinerkirche, Munich
  • 2012: "Schisma", Olten Art Museum.

Work

IMAGINE. Laser projection / photography from: Helloworld Project, UNO main building, New York 2003
  • 1983: Foundation of the band "Sarah Röben", various concerts and records. Disbanded in 1986.
  • 1987: Founding of "Scuba Divers"; R&B band, various CD releases and concerts, until 1992
  • 1997: Film music “About Boxing”; Short film by Men Lareida, SGKZ Zurich
  • 1999: communimage , art project for Expo.02
  • 2001: hellomrpresident interactive SMS internet laser installation during the World Economic Forum.
  • 2003: The Helloworld Project Medienkunstprojekt, Geneva (as part of the UN World Summit on the Information Society, December 9-12 )
  • 2005: PingPong , interactive LED installation
  • 2006: Interfacing Landscapes , performances and projections in Zurich, Albigna, Oberwangen, Kreuzlingen, Romanshorn, Davos
  • 2006: Interfacing Landscapes
  • 2006: The Christchurch Menetekel Participation in the Biennial for art in public space, Christchurch, NZ
  • 2006: Migration Manifesto , installation, Como - Chiasso (border crossing)
  • 2007: Salat , Aktion, Zurich
  • 2007: Words # 2 , installation, Alte Papierfabrik, Horgen
  • 2010: I Want You , laser projections with music by Filewile , Museum Night, Westside, Bern
  • 2010: "Schisma", light object, Lichttage Winterthur
  • 2012: "Schisma", light object, Olten Art Museum

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://wemakeit.com
personal data
SURNAME Gees, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss installation and performance artist and media producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Romanshorn , Lake Constance