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Issue 04: Swiss Risk



Roman Signer, Tisch (2002)



Editorial

Welcome to Watchville, population: not yet ten million. 


Francesca Pia ✕ Mitchell Anderson on Risk Appetite 


“People often treat gallery closures as failures.”
“I don’t see it that way. Sometimes it’s simply time. You don’t necessarily want to build everything all over again.”“Looking back, do you think fear of failure influenced your decisions?”“Of course I was afraid of failure. Everyone is. But I never built my program around avoiding it. I simply tried to stay true to what interested me. If I didn’t believe in something, I couldn’t do it. That was always the rule.”



Jasmine Gregory's Investment Pieces

Jasmine Gregory, Investment Piece (Series) 2024-Ongoing, Oil on linen, variable sizes.


Michael Birchall ✕ Hendrik Folkerts on Risk and Responsibility

“Stepping into my new job at the Kunsthaus is understanding the responsibility that comes with working for the largest art museum in Switzerland, which is real, and people look at us and we're very happy that people look at us. 

This also means you're being scrutinised in the choices that you make, and we can talk a little bit more about that because my role is in part a strategic one, to build longer lines in our programme, but also to be very open, to understand that you're part of an ecology.”


Adam Cruces & Louisa Gagliardi's Mergers and Acquisitions


The duo exhibition Mergers and Acquisitions took place in the former hay barn of the Ferme-Asile in Sion, Valais, Switzerland 


Daniel Baumann ✕ Brit Barton on Swiss Risk


“…I kept thinking: What the hell are you even about? Later, a group of us huddled in the corner and discussed staging a coup.” “That’s quite an honor.” “Obviously, we failed miserably. You’re still alive—and luckily!—sitting here with me.” “Well, thank you. I appreciate this. I think it’s a good way to enter the question of risk.”



Lorenza Longhi's You're in Business? I'm in Business

The solo exhibition You’re in Business? I’m in Business took place at Plymouth Rock, Zurich, Switzerland