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ANNA COMIOTTO / *1977 works with snow, soil, rock, ore, and flora.

works in Berne and Cologne

«On the beach of the Rhine, while watching passing ships, I collect magnetic sand. I mix this sediment with other materials I find there: with quartz sand and charcoal from a fire pit. On site I make what I have found react by setting it in sparks at a surprisingly high heat. After cooling, I find a newly formed, metallic shiny material. To be honest, I am only beginning to understand what is happening here. I connect the most beautiful of the created structures to a thirteen-meter-long wire carried by a balloon as a flying antenna. Then I attach a coil, a needle, and my headphones. As evening falls, I start to hear crackling sounds when I touch the lump with the needle. When I touch it at certain points, it surprises me: it becomes active in a different way. I notice strange signals coming from the headphones: one sound fades in and out just as a freighter appears and passes by. I hear small bits of music, but mostly voices. In this way, I am exploring electrical phenomena that arise from found and transformed things. (…) »

For further text see: https://exmedia.khm.de/thinking-about-working-on-anna-comiotto/

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2021 :
Kunsthaus Langenthal, «Cantonale Berne Jura» (Langenthal, CH) *
2021 :
Haus für Kunst Uri, «Gespräche mit Mondviolen» (Altdorf, CH) *
2019 :
NAIRS Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, «Electronic Flow(er)» (Scuol, CH) *
2019 :
Kunsthaus Pasquart, «Cantonale Berne Jura» (Biel, CH) *
2018 :
Kunsthalle Vebikus, «Natur. Was sonst?» (Schaffhausen, CH) *
2018 :
Kunstraum Sattelkammer, «Schnee, Eis, Kohle & Silizium» (Bern, CH) **
2017 :
Kunsthaus Centre Pasquart, «Cantonale Berne Jura» (Biel, CH) *
2017 :
Kunsthaus Langenthal, «Cantonale Berne Jura» (Langenthal, CH) *
2017 :
NAIRS Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, «Spot on Nairs, 30 Jahre Künstlerhaus» (Scuol, CH) *
2016 :
Kunstmuseum Thun, «Cantonale Berne Jura» (Thun, CH) *
2015 :
16th Media Art Biennale WRO 2015, «test exposure» (Wroclaw, PL) ***
2014 :
Boston Cyberarts Gallery, «collision: bilocate» (Boston, USA) *
2013 :
12. Augsburger Kunstlabor, «Lab .30» (Augsburg, DE) *

*Group Show/ **Performance/ ***Screening

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Anna Comiotto, Ryff-Fabrik, Sandrainstrasse 3, 3007 Bern
Mobile: 0041 (0)76 425 43 28
Mail: [javascript protected email address]
Web: www.annacomiotto.ch