Erich Busslinger (1949*) has been a member of the point de vue media cooperative since 1986. He realises video art projects that deal with aspects of history and the present in essayistic form. He studied art and communication at the Lucerne School of Design and art history and ethnology at the University of Zurich. Teaching at the School of Design in Basel and until 2014 as a lecturer for video and art projects at the University of Art and Design in Basel. Artist in Residence in Paris, Genoa, Moscow, Berlin. Numerous festival participations, television broadcasts and exhibitions at national and international level.
Film Videography (Selection)
2022 | Transit Landscape | HD Video | Colour | 16:9 | stereo | 30min
2019 | fourteen images | Colour | stereo | HD Video | 16:9 | 14min 36s
2017 | Metamorphosis | Installation | HD Video, colour | 16:9 | without sound | 29min 40s | projection size variable
2014 | Der Messias | Oratorio by G.F.Händel | Image projection in 36 parts for live concert | HD Video | 144 min.
2011 | FRITZ HAUSER KLANGWERKER | Music documentary | HD Video, colour | 5.1 | 61min | In co-production with SRF and 3sat
2006 | Orte I-IV | HD Video, colour | stereo | 8min | In co-production with SRF
2004 | Inland Archiv | Installation | SD Video, PAL, 4:3 | stereo | 210min | 258 Clips | projection size variable
1995 | Moskau-Journal | SD Video, colour | stereo | 4:3 | 44min
1992 | Vorspiel | SD Video, colour | stereo | 4:3 | 5min 30s
1992 | MOI NON PLUS | SD Video, 4:3, colour | mono | 5min
1991 | Gesichter I+II | SD Video, 4:3, bw/colour | Sound: CH1 + CH2 | 3min 54s
1990 | ASYUT | SD Video, 4:3, colour | stereo | 5min.
1989 | An der Mauer | SD Video, colour | Sound: CH1 + CH2 | 4:3 | 5min 50s
1989 | Ball suchen | SD Video, 4:3, colour | Sound: CH1 + CH2 | 11min
1986 | Sol | Video sculpture | SD Video, 4:3, colour | Without sound | 60min
1986 | IRIS | Video installation | SD Video, 4:3, colour | Without sound | 10min 10s
1985 | Die Wendezeit | Super-8 film transfer to video | SD Video, 4:3, colour | Sound: CH1 + CH2 | 14min
1984 | Der Tiegel | Super-8 film transfer to video | SD Video, 4:3, colour | mono | 18min
Prizes and awards (selection)
2018 | Studio Residency of the Aargau Curatorship for Berlin
1998 | Work Year of the Aargau Curatorship for Film and Video
1995 | Main prize of the Basel Film and Video Days
1993 | IAAB/ARTEST studio residency for Moscow
1992 | Prize of the Canton of Lucerne, VIPER International Festival for Film Video and New Media
1984 | Work Year of the Aargau Board of Trustees for Fine Arts
1982 | Studio residency of Zurich city for Genoa,
1980 | Work funding from Zurich city for fine arts
1979 | Kiefer-Hablitzel award for fine arts
1978 and 1979 | Studio residency of Zurich City and Zurich Canton for Paris
1975 and 1976 | Swiss Federal Prize for Fine Arts
Exhibitions, media art film festivals and television broadcasts since 2011 (selection)
2022 | Transit Landscape | 1-Channel Installation | Exhibition Fritz Hauser Sweet Spot | Kunsthaus Baselland
2022 | Transit Landscape | Bern Music Festival | Kino Rex Bern
2022 | fourteen images | Fourteen Pictures | Film: Switzerland | Festival of Swiss Film | Eva Lichtspiele Berlin
2019 | Auswahl 19 Aargauer Künstlerinnen und Künstler | Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
2019 | Inland Archiv | Film:Switzerland | Festival of Swiss Film | Brotfabrik, Berlin
2019 | OST |Three documentary video essays by Erich Busslinger | At the Wall | Prelude Moscow Journal | Lichtblick Cinema, Berlin
2019 | Videocity Basel-Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad Museum of Fine Arts, Kaliningrad
2018 | Wild Thing, Swiss Art of the 1980s from the Raguse Collection and the Aargauer Kunsthaus | Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
2018 | FRITZ HAUSER KLANGWERKER | Music Documentary | Lucerne Festival | Kino Bourbaki Luzern
2018 | FRITZ HAUSER SCHRAFFUR for gong and orchestra | Lucerne Festival | Kino Bourbaki Luzern
2017 | OKTOBER 100 Jahre russische Revolution | OST Three documentary video essays by Erich Busslinger | At the Wall Prelude | Moscow Journal | Neues Kino Basel
2017 | Selection of 17 artists from Aargau | Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
2014 | Der Messias, Oratorio by G. F. Händel in a cinematic interpretation with 36 visual compositions | 144min | Premiere at Basel Minster under the musical direction of Bernhard Dittmann with the soloists Miriam Sharoni, Heike Werner, William Lombardi, Stefan Zenkl, the Cantabile Choir and the Capriccio Baroque Orchestra.
2014 | FRITZ HAUSER KLANGWERKER | Music documentary | Zinéma Lausanne, centre culturel suisse Paris
2014 | Messiah Oratorio di G. F. Händel | Composizione in 36 parti di Erich Busslinger Resurrezione e Ascensione | Svizzera, 2014 | 30min | Proiezione e incontro con l’autore Festival INVIDEO Milano
2013 | IRIS | 1-Channel Installation | Cut! | Video Art from the Collection | Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
2013 | Inland Archiv | 3-Channel Monitor Installation | Adieu la Suisse Images on the State of the national photo foundation Switzerland, Winterthu
2013 | Inland Archiv | 8-channel projection installation | Making Visible! Works from the New Media Collection Baselland dotMov.bl | Kunsthaus Baselland
2013 | FRITZ HAUSER KLANGWERKER | Music Documentary | nové horyzonty International Film Festival Wroclaw | Cinema Sil Plaz, Ilanz
2012 | FRITZ HAUSER KLANGWERKER | Music Documentary | UNERHÖRT! | Musik Filmfestival Hamburg | météo-mulhouse, Music Festival Mulhouse | Cinéma City Club Pully Cinéma ABC La Chaux-de-Fonds | Studio Kino Rheinfelden | FLIZ Kino Gotthard Zug , Guest Corner Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel
2012 | FRITZ HAUSER KLANGWERKER | Television broadcasts: CH: Filmscene, Swiss Television SRF 1 | DOC on 3sat
2012 | Inland Archiv | 2-Channel project installation | Adieu la Suisse | Espace d`Art Photographique, Pavillon Populaire de Montpellier
2011 | MOI NON PLUS | 1-Channel Monitor Installation | Fetish Automobile. I drive, so I am. Museum Tinguely, Basel
2011 | FRITZ HAUSER KLANGWERKER | a music documentary by Erich Busslinger Switzerland 2011 | 61min | Première at the Lucerne Festival Lucerne, Kino Bourbaki Lucerne | Screenings a.o. kult.kino atelier Basel | Fonction Cinéma, Genève | Kleines Literaturhaus Basel | Klanggewölbe Frankfurt | Festival INVIDEO Milano