• Wassili Widmer. Born in Heiden in 1992. Lives and works in Glasgow, Zurich, Appenzell. They participated in the 8th edition of the festival in 2017 together with Martina Morger.  

They hold a Master of Letter in Fine Arts Practice, Pathway Performance, Glasgow School of Art (2018-2019) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Study Group Performance, Zurich University of the Arts (2014-2018). 

• Ursula Scherrer. https://ursulascherrer.com/. She lives and works in Basel. Ursula Scherrer participated in the 14th edition of the festival in 2023.

The poetic quality of Ursula Scherrer’s work draws the viewer into that which is and lets them at the same time sink into their own stories. Ursula Scherrer’s path began with dance and choreography and led on to photography, video, text, mixed media and performance art. space, image and time are inextricably intertwined. she was born in switzerland in 1966 and lived in New York from 1988 to 2019, currently in Basel and the Alsace. Her work is shown at international festivals, in museums and galleries as well as in offspaces and the public space.

• Saadet Türköz. She was born in Istanbul in 1961 and I am currently living in Zurich. Saadet participated in the 14th edition of the festival in 2023. https://saadet.ch/.

“I see my vocal art as a chance to communicate with people from different cultures. While it’s deeply rooted in kazakh and turkish tradition it also embraces contemporary influences form free jazz and improvisation. As a young girl I used to write down my thoughts and dreams – and I still do. My lyrics are based on observations in everyday life as well as on stories I know from my childhood”. Saadet Türköz

• Tiziana Rosa / Karin Preisig. They live and work in Zurich.Tiziana Rosa participated in The Gathering as part of the 10th edition of the festival in 2019.

“Karin Preisig and Tiziana Rosa found each other in Kaiserstuhl AG. Performing pieces together in  Zürich, Dübendorf and Kaiserstuhl. Living and working in Zürich and Bülach as musicians and artists. Education in classical music,  classical and contemporary dance,costume and 3-dimensional design. Workerd at theatre and opera and behind the stage.”  Karin Preisig and Tiziana Rosa.

• Regula Michell. She lives and works in Zürich. Regular Michell was part of the 3rd edition of the festival in 2012, with Meret Wandeler, with the project „Das Häkelobjekt”. http://regulamichell.ch/.

“In my performative practice, I reflect physically and sensorially on the complex relationship between humans and the ‘material’ world. I reflect on this relationship intuitively and analytically. The focus is on temporality and the cyclical, the oscillation between fullness and emptiness, action and stillness.” Regula Michell.

• Parvez. Born 1967 in India, he lives and works in Basel. Parvez participated in the 11th edition of the Festival in 2020.  https://parvez.work/.

“I am a multidisciplinary artist of Indian origin who engages with Video, Photography, Performance Art, Installations and Sound, among others I explore the construction of identities / identity markers, presence, reality and the status quo. My work stems from the mundane and routine encounters with the surroundings, the social conditions and the situations that I find myself in. My background in Psychiatry and interest post colonial discourse and questioning the status quo, shapes my works.” Parvez 

• Lara Buffard. She lives in London and works everywhere. She was born in France. Lara Buffard participated in the 10th edition of the Festival in 2019 together withGur A Piepskovitz. https://www.larabuffard.com/.

Lara Buffard is an international performance artist, designer and maker who incorporates symbolic and surrealistic visuals, igniting audiences wherever she goes. Lara is interested in exploring the personal, feminist strategies and subjectivities in a lived world; the liminal space between reality, fantasy, performance art and ritual.

This exploration extends to her work as a costume designer, where she creates performative garments that amalgamate the divine and the ephemeral, theatrical and natural, in a glamourously mythical result. Originally from Paris, Lara graduated in Museology and later in Theatre Performance and Contemporary Live Arts. Currently located in London for the past decade. 

• Lilian Frei. She lives and works in Zurich and Locarno. With a grant from the city, she currently has a studio in Dübendorf. Lilian Frei participated in the 7th edition of the festival in 2016. https://lilian-frei.ch/. 

Lilian’s performances and artistic works are often created in collaboration with people. Location, space, time and the environment are crucial for her work. Lilian is most inspired by the everyday life from which she starts.

• Azad Colemêrg. Lives and works in Zurich. Azad Colemêrg was part of the 12th edition of the festival in 2021, together with the SHIFT – Female Sessions collective.

“In his performances, Azad Colemêrg – often in collaboration with other artists – addresses, questions and reconstructs socio-political issues of inclusion and exclusion in a society based on binary and boundary systems. Cultural and gender identity, the experience of fleeing and migrating, belonging, solidarity, empathy, connection and difference are just some of the themes that inspire Azad Colemêrg’s performances.” Text by Eleonora Stassi.

• Judith Huber. Lives and works in Emmenbrücke/LU. Judith Huber was part of the 3th edition of the festival in 2012. https://judhu.ch/

„As a curator, I love thinking for a specific place and inviting artists with different approaches. As a performer, I’m interested in the in-between and the not-knowing-what-in-five-minutes-is and all the things that are and then disappear.” Judith Huber.

• Monica Klingler. She lives and works in Zurich. She participated in the 5th edition of festival in 2014. https://monicaklingler.ch/.

“Performance artist, choreographer and dancer Monica Klingler was born in 1958. She lives and works in Zurich”.

“To explore the human being, the world by means of the human body, this body which we have and which we are, has always been the basis of my work.”

“The human form as part of the textures of this world. Texture as a source of understanding and knowledge.”

“Bringing layers of the body’s movements into association, thereby revealing a language of great depth. There is no body which does not contain the mind, the world.”

All quotes are by Monica Klingler.

• Yvonne Good was born in 1984 in Sursee in the canton of Lucerne. She lives and works in Zurich. She participated in the 4h edition of the PERFORMANCE REIHE NEU-OERLIKON 2013.

She studied fine arts at the F+F School of Art and Media Design in Zurich from 2007 to 2011. Yvonne Good works mainly in the field of performance and language.

• Dominik Lipp. He participated in the 5th edition of the festival in 2014. https://dominiklipp.ch/

„Dominik Lipp is.

Dominik Lipp dominikt.

He is a Dominiker.

Dominik does what he does.

Everything flows.

His work can be art.

Dominik tries to work independently,

to work out of himself,

dominiken.

Naturally.

Automatically.

Spontaneously.“

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