Peter Trachsel

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Peter Trachsel (born May 2, 1949 in Schaffhausen ; † August 26, 2013 in Vienna ) was a Swiss artist and art organizer. Through his socio-cultural projects, which he realized with the Hasena association in the Prättigau village of Küblis , he is considered a pioneer of rural participatory art.

life and work

After training as a decorator, Trachsel attended the F + F School for Experimental Design (today F + F School for Art and Design) in Zurich from 1972 to 1973 and held various teaching positions from 1973 to 1984, especially at F + F. Trachsel was one of the pioneers of performance art in Switzerland and received numerous awards, including the Federal Art Scholarship in 1977 and 1978 ; in particular from 1977 to 1993 he showed performances in Switzerland, France, Portugal and New York. Works from this period are documented in publications by F + F such as Genie There's (1981) and F + F Zurich. The open art course (1991).

In 1981 Trachsel founded his own publishing house and has since published the artist magazine Veleno . From 1981 he ran the Hasena Association - Institute for (the) flowing art traffic , which became the focus of his artistic activity, and began to initiate participatory projects. These were mostly created in collaboration with other cultural workers and often with the involvement of lay people. In the mid-1980s he moved with his family from Zurich to Dalvazza near Küblis in Prättigau ( GR ) and the rural environment became his field of activity.

The Passagenhaus cultural center with two outdoor stages was opened in Küblis in 2005 and the foundation for the flow of art was established as the sponsor of this cultural center. In 2006, Peter Trachsel set up an archive with documentation material on the association's projects and its artistic activities in an office container on the site, and set up a public library. From 2009 the Passagenhaus also included a shop, a kitchen and a work and bedroom for invited artists. An important part of Peter Trachsel's archive was transferred to the Graubünden State Archive in 2016 and thus made accessible to the public. The two websites managed by Peter Trachsel were added to the Swiss National Library 's web archive in 2017 and can also be accessed offline there.

Throughout his life, Peter Trachsel has always produced works of art in a more traditional sense in addition to these organizational and journalistic activities. This included drawings, sculptures, photographs and a considerable number of art-in-building projects (particularly in the canton of Graubünden).

Participation in exhibitions

  • Plastic Lindau, 1973
  • Art maker, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, 1973
  • Rath Museum in Geneva , 1975
  • Galeria Flaviana Locarno, 1980
  • Art maker, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, 1980
  • Biennale de Paris, 1980
  • Œuvres plastiques Lyon, 1981
  • Brochure for the Lucerne area, 1981
  • Scultura Gambarogno, 1982
  • Art sin tumas Domat / Ems, 1983
  • Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, 1984
  • Fri Art - Center d'art contemporain Friborg, 1985
  • The Kitchen New York, 1985
  • Scultura Svizzera Parco di Orselino, 1987
  • Swiss iron sculpture Dietikon, 1989
  • Helmhaus Zurich, 1989
  • Passagen sculpture Bad Ragatz, 1990
  • Sculpture Actions Tösstal, 1993
  • Thusis sculpture garden, 1995
  • Galerie Luciano Fasciati Chur, 1996
  • 1st Triennial of Sculpture Bad Ragatz, 2000
  • Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, 2002
  • 2nd Swiss Triennial of Sculpture Bad Ragaz and Vaduz, 2003
  • Gallery Luciano Fasciati Chur, 2003
  • Panzerhalle Berlin, 2003
  • 9th Triennale de sculpture contemporaine Bex, 2005
  • Galerie Repfergasse 26 Schaffhausen, 2006
  • Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, 2006
  • Galaria Fravi Domat / Ems, 2008
  • Tuchamid Gallery, 2008
  • Gallery Edition Z Chur, 2013
  • Helmhaus Zurich, 2013

Projects

  • Schaffhausen performance shop, 1977–78
  • Hasena Kunsthalle , 1981–83 (moving exhibition showcase in private apartments and institutions)
  • Hasena, interventions in the intimate sphere , 1983-86 (artistic interventions in private apartments)
  • 19 lectures for art , Shedhalle Zurich 1985 (artistic lecture series)
  • Hasena, Hausmusik , 1987 (appearances in private apartments in ten Swiss cities and record edition )
  • Zwischenlaute I / II , 1989–1990 (mobile high seats with listening stations in public places in Eastern Switzerland)
  • Art box I / II / III / IV , Küblis Dalvazza, 1995–2000 (art in flower boxes)
  • Tausenddinge , 1996 (participatory sculpture at several locations in Graubünden)
  • At the wrong time in the wrong place , Küblis Dalvazza, 1999 (series of events with performances, concerts and readings)
  • Art. The exhibition , Küblis Dalvazza, 2000/01 (exhibition with amateur art in the industrial hall)
  • il cubo chiaro , Küblis Dalvazza, 2001 (participative sculpture in public space)
  • Rumor , Sta. Maria (GR), 2002 (art in public space)
  • Rigid face - awake spirit , 2003, (residency for foreign artists on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Graubünden's membership in the Swiss Confederation)
  • Fleeting dwelling , Chur, 2004 (art project with tents in public space)
  • (Guest) trade , Prättigau, 2006 (participative art project with local traders)
  • 14 rooms for art , Prättigau, 2008–2011 (multi-part art project in seven municipalities, included in the Association of Museums in Switzerland )
  • (Guest) trade , Wolkersdorf near Vienna, 2011 (participative art project with local traders)
  • Chur rummaging through , Chur, 2013 (series of art actions with Theater Chur in public space).

Participation in Hasena (so-called «contributors»)

Kristina Ambrosch, Iris Andraschek-Holzer , Mathias Balzer, Alois Baumberger, Ruedi Bechtler , Hannes Binder , Elisabeth Blum, Urs Blum, Andres Bosshard , Peter Bosshard, Angelika Böck, Martin Breindl, Kornelia Bruggmann, Thomas G. Brunner, Sibilla Caflisch, Evelina Cajacob, Annatina Caprez, Liliane Csuka , Andy Czech, Rudolf de Crignis, Etienne Descloux, Jan Dudesek, Bogomir Ecker , Nold Egenter, Luciano Fasciati, Katrin Gantenbein, Karen Geyer, Charlotte Gohs, Micha Hächler, Ute Haferburg, Emanuel Halpern, Julie Harboe , Georg Friedrich Haas, Hans-Joachim Hespos , Joa Jselin, Bernhard Kathan , San Keller, Birgit Kempker , Peter Killer, Marietta Kobald, Tony Lauber, Valerian Maly, Muda Mathis , Hansjörg Mattmüller , Wolfgang Müller , Victorine Müller, Boris Nieslony , Hans Raimund , Christoph Rösch, Ursina Rösch, Eliane Rutishauser, Christoph Rütimann , Antje Schiffers, Klara Schilliger, Hanna Schimek , Urs Stahel, Doris Stauffer , Conrad Steiner, Rudolf Steiner, Beat Stutzer, Theophil Urech, Rolf Vieli, Valentina Vuksic, Katrin Wächter, Yost Wächter, Teres Wydler, Reto Zindel, Thomas Zindel , Michael Zinganel, Sus Zwick .

Publications

  • Peter Trachsel: [bowl]. [Text: Birgit Kempker]. [Chur]: [Edition Z], 2012 (art edition).
  • [Peter Trachsel]: (guest) trade. Artists accompany traders and vice versa: a Hasena project within the framework of strategies in rural area V, A-2120 Wolkersdorf . Dalvazza / Küblis: dieHasena, 2010.
  • Peter Trachsel: Duck (m) . Flaach: Edition SchwarzHandPresse, 2010.
  • Peter Trachsel (Ed.): Perception training. A seminar with Wolfgang Müller. Dalvazza / Küblis: dieHasena, 2010.
  • [Peter Trachsel (ed.)]: The fleeting dwelling . Dalvazza / Küblis: dieHasena, 2003.
  • [Peter Trachsel (ed.)]: The book on: Art. The exhibition . [with Boris Nieslony, Marietta Kobald Walli, Evelina Cajacob, Peter Trachsel, Andrea Sonder a. a.]. Dalvazza / Küblis: dieHasena, 2000.
  • Peter Trachsel (ed.): The table speech. on the left the fork, on the right the knife and the spoon, in the middle the plate . Held by Peter Trachsel. With Thomas G. Brunner a. a. Dalvazza / Küblis: Hasena, 2000.
  • [Peter Trachsel (ed.)]: 1 + 1 = 1 . [Supplement to Veleno No. 45]. Dalvazza / Küblis: Hasena, 1998 (with audio CD).
  • [Peter] Trachsel: The intermediate point. Sound / music, or, The infinite column in the head . Dalvazza / Küblis: Hasena, P. Trachsel, 1994.
  • Peter Trachsel: Between. Tra = Entre . Dalvazza / Küblis: Hasena, 1993 (with tape cassette).
  • Veleno. The Fliessbildkunstverkehrsschrift , No. 1 (1981) - No. 53 (2003).

literature

  • bal [Mathias Balzer]: “The artist Peter Trachsel has died” , in: suedostschweiz.ch , August 30, 2013
  • Katrin Gantenbein: Experiments over the Hasena . Dalvazza / Küblis: dieHasena, 2002.
  • Christian Gerber: Peter Trachsel. Attempt to approach. In: Bündner Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte Graubünden , Vol. 46, 2004, pp. 53–61 ( digitized version ).
  • Bernd Kempker: The Hasena. The archive. An intermediate text . Dalvazza / Küblis: dieHasena, 2012.
  • Birgit Kempker: Peter Trachsel. He carries himself and others through art . In: Kunstbulletin 41 (No. 1–2, 2009), pp. 26–33.
  • Volker Schunck: Topographies of the in-between. Transit spaces of the imaginary. Approaching the work of Peter Trachsel. Dalvazza / Küblis: Hasena, 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Genie there. The seventies at the F&F School for Experimental Design. Edited by GJ Lischka, HJ Mattmüller. Frankfurt am Main: Betzel Verlag, 1981, pp. 139–141; Hansjörg Mattmüller (Ed.): F + F Zurich. The open art course. Bern: Benteli Verlag, 1991, pp. 133-138
  2. ^ See Mattmüller 1991, p. 137
  3. ^ Graubünden State Archives
  4. ↑ die hasena - every hare lives utopian. Retrieved January 21, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Trachsel, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Schaffhausen
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 2013
Place of death Vienna