1,1 www.1-1.digital art/music platform 2015
Basel
KunstKiosk Baar www.kunstkiosk-baar.ch exhibition space 2012
Baar
Museum1 www.museum1.ch exhibition space 2015
_957 Art Magazine www.957.ch independent art magazine 2012
Adligenswil
Kunstraum Aarau www.kunstraumaarau.ch exhibition space 1990
Aarau
City
Name of Initiative Website Description Year of Founding
Jasmin Glaab
Adapter www.kunstadapter.ch/de/ueber-uns/ unterstuetzen/ mobile exhibition space 2011
The Swiss Artist-Run Scene 2020
The Swiss artist-run scene 2020 Jasmin Glaab
A Roland for an Oliver www.arolandforanoliver.ch map of Basel's artist-run spaces 2011 Artachment www.artachment.com exhibition space 2007 Artstübli www.artstuebli.ch exhibition space 2011 Ausstellungsraum Klingental www.ausstellungsraum.ch exhibition space 1974 BBLACKBOXX / SURE TU www.facebook.com/AnDerLichtung cafe/exhibition space 2010 BelleVue – Ort für Fotografie www.bellevue-fotografie.ch exhibition space for photography 2012 Cargobar www.cargobar.ch bar/exhibition space 1997
Swiss artists – a stereotype First of all I want to break the stereotype about Swiss artists. If I meet artists from other countries I am usually estimated to be a ‘rich’ artist because I am a ‘Swiss’ artist. It is true that in Switzerland the wages are higher than in a lot of other countries – but at the same time the living costs are accordingly high. From the outside it might look like everybody is rich, but if you work and live in the country then the situation is rather different. Most of the Swiss artists I know live with about half of the income of someone who is doing a regular job. Swiss artists usually do part time jobs to maintain their existence, they work as stage hands, bar staff or in a call center – like I did for years. To maintain your life but still save some time to work at your studio you need to develop a whole range of strategies and learn to live with relatively very little money. As the cost of everything is higher it is easier for Swiss artists to travel abroad – that is true! – but the time you spend abroad is limited as you will still have to pay the high ongoing costs at home for your flat or studio (you will not give that up because it is very hard to find affordable living and working space), maybe your phone or internet subscription and of course the expensive legally required health insurance (number one reason for the Swiss to be in debt). That means that after some weeks of traveling you are forced to go back home to work in your money job. The reason why I find it important to explain these details is my understanding of artist-run practice as a political practice. In contrast to the institutional and 22
Der Tank www.der-tank.institut-kunst.ch exhibition space 2015 deuxpiece www.deuxpiece.com nomadic exhibition project 2014 dock www.dock-basel.ch archive/exhibition space 1998 Dr. Kuckucks Labrador www.drkuckuckslabrador.ch nomadic curatorial project 2012 FABRIKculture www.fabrikculture.net exhibition space 2003 FAQ www.faqgalerie.ch exhibition space 2016 filter4culture affairs www.iwbfilter4.ch exhibition space 2006 hardspace www.hardhard.space exhibition space 2018 Hebel_121 www.hebel121.org exhibition space 1998 >>
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