Peter Schweri

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Peter Schweri at the entrance to his apartment in Villa Egli, Zurich / 2014

Peter Schweri (born June 20, 1939 in Dietikon ; † November 25, 2016 in Zurich ) was a Swiss painter, draftsman, object artist, photographer and, from 2008, a musical composer. He is a representative of Zurich constructivism .

life and work

After an apprenticeship as a structural draftsman from 1956 to 1959 at the Gewerbeschule Zürich, Schweri studied from 1959 to 1960 at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich with Hansjörg Mattmüller and from 1960 to 1961 for a few months in the graphics class with Josef Müller-Brockmann . His drawing and artistic talent led Paul Gredinger , advertising agent at the GGK agency (Gerstner and Kutter) to hire him in 1962 to produce works of art to cultivate the agency's artistic image. In the 1960s he dealt intensively with photography and film art. Films were made for various clients in studios in Milan, Zurich and Paris. During this time he also worked as an interior designer. In 1967 he produced the first art film (video clip forerunner) for a discotheque in Milan and created a light show with film material and slide shows, which was shown synchronously on three screens in the Black Out nightclub in Zurich-Kloten. From 1968 to 1976 Peter Schweri lived repeatedly in the Ticino village of Carona in the artist community around Meret Oppenheim , David Weiss ; Markus Raetz , Urs Lüthi , Christoph Wenger, Anton Bruhin u. a. and devoted himself intensively to the study of drawing. Countless drawings in a wide variety of techniques date from this time and are in his estate. From 1974 to 1976 he also managed the first specialty shop for macrobiotic and biodynamic nutrition in Switzerland: Mr Natural. The business was known far beyond the country's borders and was a forerunner of today's organic shops.

From 1975 he traveled to Greece, Egypt and the Sudan and made extensive trips to Greece, France and Egypt from 1977 to 1983. In Greece he devoted himself to windsurfing for a year on a board he made himself. From 1984 to 1989 he traveled extensively in his van (Mercedes D190), which he removed by hand so that he could sleep and live in it. Schweri was a thinker and researcher. His knowledge of the existence of the "Universal Skeleton of Art" led him to invent the "ArtCode86" in 1986. Creating picture compositions with conditions: that was what interested and captivated Schweri. The head of the graphic collection at ETH Zurich, Paul Tanner, organized the group exhibition “Kicking boxes billiard” at ETH Zurich in the summer of 1994 and introduced Schweri to the computer scientist Jürg Gutknecht in the run-up to the exhibition . So it happened that from 1994 to 2001 he had a job in the computer center of the ETH Zurich. Together with Jürg Gutknecht, he developed the “Sakkara” system for the purpose of writing scores of typical constructive Peter Schweri image compositions for display on the computer and on the Internet. The creation of the first dynamic, constructive works of art was now possible, and Schweri coined the new, very own art term "Dynamic Art", the creation of the interactive totem. After 3 years of intensive study of how the Internet works, he became a recognized Internet expert in 1997 at the Institute for Computer Systems at the ETH in Zurich. In the same year he worked out his first own Internet site and put it on the net. By 2001 he continued to develop his “Dynamic Art” on the Internet, the shape of which can change fundamentally every second and whose expiry time, depending on the constellation of the totem, can range from a few seconds to many billions of years. Due to a Caldwell-Luc operation , which he underwent in childhood without anesthesia, his eyesight steadily deteriorated. In 1999 his eyesight was still 5%. Nonetheless, he continued to work on all his art systems without outside help and in 2001 created a new, refined “Dynamic Art” Internet site. Schweri went completely blind in 2002 at the age of 63; he died on November 25, 2016 in Zurich; the artist Stella Diess manages his estate.

Project we are art

WirsindKunst: Peter Schweri · Stella Diess 2006

In summer 2005 Schweri met Stella Diess (birth name: Esther Bettina Diess) daughter of actress Miriam Spoerri and actor Karl Walter Diess , as well as niece of Daniel Spoerri / Theophil Spoerri . A close artistic collaboration arose until Schweri's death in 2016. Schweri · Diess worked together under the label «Wirsindkunst» from 2005, creating their joint website of the same name, on which they show their work in virtual space. As a blind man, it was Schweri's wish to transfer his concept «Images with conditions» (ArtCode86) to the tonal level and to work out «musical compositions with conditions» . In 2008, Schweri · Diess began to set up a private music studio in Schweri's apartment, in which they created their music under the label “Wirsindmusik” and presented it on the website of the same name. As a blind man, Schweri first had to learn the Yamaha Motif XS8 MusicWorkstation and Stella had to familiarize herself with post-production on the computer. A first CD with 6 compositions was created in 2009 as well as the CD "Motion - Peter Plays For Stella" (75'05, played live). In 2012 the CD "Metronmotion" was created with 8 compositions. Peter Schweri played the piano, researched and fine-tuned tone combinations, as he used to do as a painter with his pictures.

“As a visual artist, I developed my own visual language in the awareness of the 'universal skeleton of art'. In 1986 I invented ArtCode86, a self-contained group of 1296 images based on the figure of the double square. I painted some of them on canvas. At that time I didn't think that I would ever be able to visualize the full ArtCode86. "

- Peter Schweri

Exhibitions

  • 1963 Exhibition at the Zurich School of Applied Arts .
  • 1964 Exhibition with Hansjörg Mattmüller in the Brönnimann gallery in Bern.
  • 1966 exhibitions at the Actuel gallery in Bern and Geneva.
  • 1983 Opening exhibition of the Brigitta Rosenberg gallery in Zurich.
  • 1983 Participation in the «Zurich art scene»
  • 1986 Magic group exhibition with Anton Bruhin , Heinrich Louis Ney and René Wohlgemuth in the Ursula Wiedenkeller Gallery in Zurich.
  • 1986 Participation in the «Zurich art scene».
  • 1986, 1987 and 1988 exhibition at the Silvio R. Baviera gallery in Zurich.
  • 1987, 1988 Permanent exhibitions in his own Rotpunkt gallery on Seilergraben in Zurich.
  • 1989 private exhibition for his 50th birthday in Zurich, sponsored by Marcel and Marcel.
  • 1990, 1991 exhibitions at the Brigitte Weiss gallery in Zurich.
  • 1991 Group exhibition with Bino Bühler and Heinz Keller at the Wengihof in Zurich.
  • 1991 Group exhibition in the Helmhaus Zurich.
  • 1992, 1993 group exhibition at the Kunsthaus Oerlikon in Zurich.
  • 1994 Group exhibition with Reiner Ruthenbeck , Imi Knoebel , Blinky Palermo , Peter Schweri, Helmut Federle , John Armleder , Jean-Luc Manz, Peter Fischli / David Weiss , Günther Förg , Gerwald Rockenschaub , Heimo Zobernig "Kicking boxes billiard" in the graphic collection of ETH Zurich.
  • 1994 Exhibition “Zurich artists, oh what” at the Baviera Museum, Zurich.
  • 1995 Group exhibition "10 Years of Art Magazin" in Zurich.
  • 1996 Solo exhibition "Roll Over Malewich - The Flying Double Square" in the pillared hall of the ETH in Zurich. Lectures with large digital projection in the Auditorium Maximum of the ETH in Zurich on the subject of "Writing pictures".
  • 1999 Group exhibition "Hansjörg Mattmüller - a false symmetry" (with former students of Hansjörg Mattmüller , including Simon Beer , Anton Bruhin , H. R. Giger , Urs Lüthi , Muda Mathis , Walter Pfeiffer , Christian Rothacher , Klaudia Schifferle , Peter Schweri, Costa Vece , David Weiss ) in the museum / gallery Silvio R. Baviera.
  • 1999 Group exhibition PAGE, Zurich, "Pixel Art 01" forum for original graphics in Zurich (with Cornelia Hesse-Honegger , Urs Lüthi , Vera Molnar , Yves Netzhammer , Martin Schwarz , Peter Schweri, Walter Pfeiffer )
  • 1999 Solo exhibition in the Showcase Gallery, Zurich.
  • 2005 Participation in the event 150 years of ETH.
  • 2007 ETH / Library special exhibition on the topic «Everything is game! Entertainment mathematics in a historical perspective »/ Participation with the ArtCode86.
  • 2013 Helmhaus Zürich, Serge Stauffer / Art as research - film material and drawings by Peter Schweri.
  • 2017 Helmhaus Zurich, “No Time - Art from Zurich” - original images, drawings, ArtCode86, 16mm film from 1969 by Peter Schweri in the “small Helmhaus”
  • 2018 Peter Schweri's “DYNAMIC ART” picture systems, as they ran on the Internet from 1994 to 2012, can be shown again in 2018 after being completely reprogrammed.
  • 2018 group exhibition at Galerie Weiss / Falk in Basel "CARONA" (with Anton Bruhin , Hermann Hesse , Matthyas Jenny , Urs Lüthi , Meret Oppenheim , Markus Raetz , Iwan Schumacher, Peter Schweri, David Weiss )

Awards

Paul Tanner, head of the graphic collection at ETH Zurich, and the artist David Weiss recommended Peter Schweri as a visual artist for the Zollikon 2003 Art Prize. On May 4, 2003, the CHF 10,000 art prize was awarded at a public ceremony in the community hall Zollikon 2003 the Dr. Hansjörg Mattmüller presented the K. and H. Hintermeister-Gyger-Stiftung with a laudation .

literature

  • Lexicon of Switzerland XX. Century. Publishing house Huber & Co. AG. Frauenfeld 1958–1967.
  • Silvio Riccardo Baviera: The tunnel through normality. Verlag Um die Ecke, Zurich 1996.
  • Andreas Züst: Well-known friends 2nd edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 1996.
  • Georg Radanowicz : room for room. Story about the first “Pop Art Happening” in Zurich, Zurich 2005.
  • Werner Kieser : The discovery of iron. Stations of my life. Econ Verlag Berlin / 2008
  • Aargauer Kunsthaus / Andreas Züst Collection : Memorizer. The collector Andreas Züst. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2009.
  • Silvio Riccardo Baviera: Cult Zurich Aussersihl. The other face. Verlag Um die Ecke, Zurich 2010.
  • Kunsthaus Chur: David Weiss. Exhibition in the Kunsthaus Chur. 2014. In the book accompanying the exhibition Photos of David Weiss and Peter Schweri's family in 1979.
  • Swiss Institute New York: David Weiss. Exhibition at the Swiss Institute New York. 2014. In the book accompanying the exhibition Photos of David Weiss and Peter Schweri's family in 1979.

Web links

  • Official website
  • Tagesschau / SRF from July 13, 1994, contribution to Peter Schweri's computer art
Commons : Peter Schweri  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SIKART Lexicon on Art in Switzerland Retrieved on July 9, 2017
  2. ↑ original material on 16mm film in the estate of peter schweri
  3. ↑ Various correspondence with Peter Schweri - in the estate of Peter Schweri evidence of his place of residence at the time
  4. ↑ Original lease from Howit Immobilien-Verwaltungs, 8001 Zurich dated March 25, 1974 for the continuation of the contract dated December 23, 1970 with Mr Natural Lebensmittel, Seilergraben 15, 8001 Zurich, signed by Peter Schweri - in the Peter Schweri estate
  5. ↑ Photo material from the travels in the Peter Schweri estate
  6. ^ László Böszörményi, Jürg Gutknecht , Gustav Pomberger: The School of Niklaus Wirth: The Art of Simplicity. Morgan Kaufmann 2000, ISBN 1-55860-723-4 , p. 111.
  7. ^ A b Paul Tanner / Graphic Collection ETH Zurich: "Kicking boxes billiard": Exhibition, Graphic Collection of the ETH Zurich, from June 15 to July 15, 1994: Catalog. In: Exhibition catalog. Graphic Collection of the ETH Zurich, 1994, 1994, accessed on July 11, 2017 .
  8. ↑ a b Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETH, Graphic Collection, CH: "Kicking boxes billiard" - European handling of geometric shapes after 1970 - Graphic Collection of the ETH Zurich (original text). In: Poster for the exhibition. Graphic Collection of the ETH Zurich, 1994, 1994, accessed on July 11, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Computer System Institute / ETH Center Zurich / Former Members. Retrieved July 11, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Imprint. Retrieved January 1, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Elias Canetti: Mass and Power .
  12. ↑ Peter Schweri · Stella Diess: WirsindKunst. In: Wirsindkunst. Peter Schweri · Stella Diess, accessed on July 11, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Peter Schweri · Stella Diess: wirsindmusik. In: diverse. Peter Schweri · Stella Diess, accessed on July 13, 2017 .
  14. ^ Peter Schweri: Peter plays for stella. In: Peter plays for Stella. Peter Schweri · Stella Diess, accessed on July 13, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Simon Maurer: Orders, Symmetries, Harmonies . Ed .: Tagesanzeiger. Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich 1991.
  16. ^ According to the rules of the game of art - An exhibition in the graphic collection of the ETH In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of June 18, 1994 page 54.
  17. ↑ Bulletin - Magazine of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - Number 254 June 1994 - Various images by Peter Schweris ArtCode86
  18. ↑ SRF / Tagesschau from July 13, 1994 / computer painting
  19. ↑ Computer aided… Peter Schweris Bildwelten in the ETH Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Monday, March 4, 1996 / No. 53
  20. ^ Martin Kraft: Newspaper article: Concrete computerized . Ed .: Tages-Anzeiger / Züritipp. No. 8/96 . Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich, February 16, 1996.
  21. ↑ Stefan Gribi: How Oberon became a tool for an artist - pictures by Peter Schweri . Ed .: Head of the ETH Zurich. 20,000 edition. No. 8/96 . ETH Intern, ETH Center, Zurich February 10, 1996.
  22. ↑ Victor Fingal: Toiles sur ordinateur - le peintre Peter Schweri a mis au point un program de création artistique . Ed .: Le Matin de Genève. Genève February 17, 1996.
  23. ↑ sfd / TSZ: Colored game with squares . Ed .: Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich. Zurich February 21, 1996.
  24. ↑ sfd: Computer Art . Ed .: Journal Der Bund. No. 38 . Der Bund, Bern February 15, 1996.
  25. ^ Invitation card for the exhibition from August 28, 1999 to September 18, 1999 in the Peter Schweri estate
  26. ^ "Serge Stauffer - Art as Research". arttv.ch - film about the exhibition, February 21, 2013, accessed on July 19, 2017 .
  27. ↑ HelveticArchives / Serge Stauffer archive. In: GS-STAUFFER-D-01-SCHWERI Peter Schweri ,. Retrieved July 19, 2017 (circa 1968).
  28. ^ "No Time - Art from Zurich" in the Helmhaus Zurich - City of Zurich. Retrieved November 17, 2017 .
  29. ↑ PETER SCHWERI DYNAMIC ART 2018 RELOADED. Retrieved January 1, 2018 .
  30. ↑ exhibition "CARONA" in the gallery White / Falk, Basel. Retrieved May 25, 2018 .
  31. ↑ Letter of recommendation from Paul Tanner, head of the graphic collection at ETH Zurich, February 2003 and from David Weiss, artist from November 2002 for Peter Schweri / Zollikon Art Prize 2003 in the Peter Schweri estate
  32. ^ Zollikon Art Prize and Sponsorship Prize
  33. ↑ zollikon.ch: Annual Report 2003, Section Culture. Page 10/52 PDF.
  34. ^ Eduard Plüss, Hans Christoph von Tavel: Artist Lexicon of Switzerland XX. Century . Ed .: Association for the publication of the Swiss artists' lexicon. Publishing house Huber & Co. AG, Frauenfeld.
  35. ↑ Imprint. Retrieved January 1, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Schweri, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter, draftsman, object artist, photographer
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dietikon
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 2016
Place of death Zurich