Martin Chramosta, Misha Andris, Aline Zeltner

MARTIN CHRAMOSTA -2012
Works
Martin Chramosta
Mattenstrasse 6
4058 Basel
[email protected]
0041 79 510 46 44
www.martinchramosta.net
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Modelling clay on bookshelf
variable dimensions, 2012
Exhibition view:
The White House Toronto
CONCRETIONS
Ceramics, fired and glaced
variable dimensions
2012
HANGERS
ROCK‘N‘ROLL WILL NEVER DIE
Plaster,
Petitionacrylic
zur Errichtung
paint, variable
einesdimensions,
Rock‘n‘Roll2012
Denkmals in Laufen BL, 2011
Exhibition view:
The White House Toronto
ODE TO THE REST
Photographies of Plasticine- sculptures, 38x52 cm each
ODE TO THE REST was made out
of left-overs from a plasticine model- series about Montréal déco- architecture.
13 CROSSINGS
Ink on Stonehenge- paper
6 x (70x50cm), 1 x (35x50cm), 2012
ROCK‘N‘ROLL WILL NEVER DIE
Petition for the erection of a monument to Rock‘n‘Roll, Laufen BL, Switzerland, 2011
I am currently in the middle of collecting signatures
to petition the erection of a monument to Rock‘n
Roll in Laufen BL, Switzerland. It will be placed
where the rehearsal room „Hong Kong“ once stood,
where many bands used to rehearse and where also
concerts took place. It was since flooded by a river
and demolished. The petition will be presented to the
local council for consideration.
OVER THE EDGE
Pencil on paper, 30x46 each
2012
NEUE FILME (new movies)
VHS- Covers, acrylic paint, household paint, marker pen, 10x19cm each
ongoing series 32 up to now, 2011
Above: Exhibition view in the Kunsthaus Riehen, CH
Last page: 6 examples
NEUE FAHNEN
(new flags)
(PLAYING WITH FIRE IN
THE WIND OF CHANGE)
3 flags, sewed cotton
69x69cm, 69x100cm, 69x140cm
2011
The three flags were created for the exhibiton series „The
Travelling Artist“, which took place in Basel, Switzerland, Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary.
The works comprise of the national flags of Switzerland, Austria and Hungary combining them into three
new designs.
Last page:
Installation view on the rooftop of Artachment Basel
Next page:
Installation view at Labor Budapest
EIN GUTER RAT
(good advice)
6 engraved plaques,
plaster,
50x66cm each, 2010
Last page: Installation View,
Regionale11, Kunsthalle Basel,
group DAR (Earth circle by Misha
Andris and Aline Zeltner)
BONMOT
3 engraved plaques, plaster, 42x66cm, 47x66cm, 45x66cm,
2010
SHOPPING WITH A CAUSE
Poster, A3, laserprint (b/w)
on bleached printer paper
edition of 20
2011
LEBEN AUF DER ÜBERHOLSPUR
(living in the fast lane)
laserprint on slips of paper
24 slips
Format ca A5, 2011
BURG / PARTYBURG
(castle / party- castle)
glazed porcelain cast, 2011
Next page:
Installation view at the Kunstverein Heidelberg
(D)
Installed with mirror, punch and plastic cups
RUIN
unfired clay, 2011
AKROPOLIS IN PIECES
fired white clay, 2011
PERFORMANCE POSTERS
20 posters, diverse papers, diverse formats, xerography, edition of 10 each, 2011
Installation view at the Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
BAD MOON RISING
Performance, Fonderie Darling, Montréal
15.6.2012
Guitar
Rope ladder
Rope
I played and sung „Bad Moon Rising“ by Creedence Clearwater Revival on a
guitar.
At the same time I climbed the 3 floors of the Darling Foundry
on a rope ladder.
HEY HEY MY MY (VACUUM VERSION)
Performance, Schwarzwaldallee
Basel, 17. 12. 2011
Vacuum cleaner
Marijuana
Guitar
LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vejaiIpYFfA
I sang HEY HEY MY MY by Neil Young into a working vacuum cleaner whilst
smoking marijuana. By leaving the room and pulling the vacuum cleaner behind me
I pulled out its cable. I came back to play the final tune of the song on an electric guitar
THE
REVOLUTIONARY
ROCK‘N‘ROLL
PAINT SHOW
Performance, Kunst vor Ort
Pfingstweide Zürich 22.6.2011
with Jari Antti & Viktor Korol
3 guitars
3 large brushes attached to the guitar heads
3 amplifiers
3 guitarists
2 pots of household paint
1 Tube of red, yellow, blue paint
lots of cardboard and plastic sheeting
We jammed on the A- chord whilst painting
ourselves, our surroundings, slipping on the paint,
guitars went out, feedbacks, noise.
We then left the stage intact for the duration of the
continuing exhibition. (See next page)
FLIP OVER
Performance
Progr Performance Platform Bern 19.06.2011
6 eggs
frying pan
hot plate
small table
skateboard / skateboarder
Deftones- „Pink Maggit (Back to School)“
The plate is hot and is standing on a small table.
On the table lies half a dozen eggs.
One slowly draws up two eggs before one‘s eyes and holds them in place
whilst staring in the direction of the audience.
The action continues until all 6 eggs have been held before the eyes.
One grasps all the eggs and smashes them into one‘s face.
One brushes off the eggs from one‘s face into the pan below.
One then cooks an omelette.
One takes the pan, stands in front of the audience and places the
omelette onto one‘s head.
One bows before the audience - the egg falls to the floor - and leaves.
The song „Pink Maggit (Back toSchool)“ by the Deftones is being
played from loudspeakers.
A skateboarder skates into the hall kick-flips over the omelette and
skates off.
RISOTTO
Performance
Act Performance Festival
Ostquai Basel 1. 5. 2011
Table, 6 chairs, table cloth,
6 plates, 6 wineglasses 6 forks, serviettes,
1 Safranrisotto for 6 people
1- 2 bottles of italian red wine
One cooks a risotto for 6 people.
One lays the table.
The table is spot-lit.
The public stands around it.
One fills the glasses on the table with wine and leaves.
One brings 2 plates of risotto, places them on the table
and leaves.
One brings another 2 plates of risotto, places them
on the table and leaves.
One brings another 2 plates of risotto, places them
on the table and leaves.
MARTIN CHRAMOSTA
IS STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Performance
Oslo10, Basel 21. 1. 2011
LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZyVDmQwkBw
guitar
rags and necklaces
wig
stepladder
A stepladder is standing in the space.
I walk into the space whilst singing
„Stairway to Heaven“ by Led Zeppelin.
I slowly climb up the ladder.
I remain on the ladder swaying and singing.
I descend from the ladder and I leave.
LOOK AT THAT ART
Performance with the group DAR (Martin Chramosta, Misha Andris, Aline Zeltner)
Moderna Galerjia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 19. 6. 2010
We sang the song LOOK AT THAT ART within a national slovenian art exhibiton.
SCHÖPFUNG
Performance with the group DAR (Martin Chramosta, Misha Andris, Aline Zeltner)
Kunsthalle Basel, 28. 11. 2010, with Ramon Schocher, Tiziana Pagano & Steven Schoch
LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ZwdM2mPtk&feature=player_embedded
An earthcircle in the middle of the Oberlichtsaal of the Kunsthalle. Behind it 6 plaques hang (See EIN GUTER RAT)
Three red hooded figures step into the hall. They carry bowls on their heads. Guitar and Mandolin- music plays.
The figures walk around the earth circle and finally step into it.
they start to sing „MAINS DORÉES PUISENT CRÈME BLANCHE“
Three white hooded figures step into the hall.
They begin to cup milk out of a large vessel into the bowls on the heads of the red figures.
The song ends. The white hooded figures leave the hall. The red figures bow.
The milk plunges into the earth circle.
The red figures leave the hall.
(see next page)
KANU JOE
Video, HD, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOxbzYPC0pw
This is the song of old Canoe Joe, he had a canoe. If you
were to ask him why, he’d say “Leave me alone!” He
paddled off into the sunset, oh no. But that’s what he was
like, Canoe Joe! In other words, he was a totally cool character. Even lovely Lady Lou can only watch the lapping waves
he leaves behind. Canoe Joe, where do you go? Only the water knows the answer to that. And, of course, this sweeping,
grand music video singing the praises of the toughest paddler
between the Mississippi and the Rhine. As stylish as a
sleeveless denim jacket over a bare chest.
- International Filmfestival Münster
I AM A PERFORMANCE ARTIST
Video, HD, 2011
Collaboration with Jannik Giger
The Video „I am a performance artist“ was supported by
the Fachausschuss AudioVision of the City of Basel.
A performance artist is resurrected, decapitated and reborn.
See teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1d2G9IDX7s
Exhibitions
Performances / Actions
2013
Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montréal CN (solo)
2012
„Bad Moon Rising“, Fonderie Darling, Montréal CN
„Audition DJ Set“, Double Double Land, Toronto CN
2012
Lokal- Int, Biel, CH (solo)
The White House, Toronto, CN (solo)
Premio Arte Laguna, Venezia, IT
Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel CH
2011
Kunstraum Riehen, CH
Ex- Werner, Genève, CH
MA Fine Arts Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz BL
Das weisse Haus Wien, A (The travelling Artist)
Labor Budapest, H (The travelling Artist)
Artachment Basel (The travelling Artist)
Kunstverein Heidelberg, D
Kunstraum Aarau
Accélérateur des Particules Strasbourg, F
Kaskadenkondensator Basel
2011
„Hey Hey My My“, Schwarzwaldallee Basel
„Haltung“, Perform now! Winterthur
Schöngrund 15, Olten (by Haus am Gern)
Kunst vor Ort Zürich „The Revolutionary Rock‘n‘Roll Paint Show“
Progr Performance Platform Bern „Flip Over“
Ostquai Basel „Risotto“ (ACT Festival)
Kaskadenkondensator Basel „Où es-tu?“
Consulat Général de Suisse, Strasbourg (F)
Oslo 10 Basel, CMI, „Stairway to Heaven“
2010
Regionale 11, Kunsthalle Basel mit DAR
Regionale 11, Fabrikculture Hégenheim, F
Shift Festival, Basel, LSDAP
Dock Basel with the group DAR
Muro Galérie, Genève, „Kollektiv“ San Keller
2010
Kunsthalle Basel, „Schöpfung“, DAR
Fabrikculture Hégenheim (F), „My alltime favorite Classics revisited“
Le Quai, Mulhouse (F), „My alltime favorite Classics“
Moderna Galerjia, Ljubljana (SLO) „Look at that Art“, DAR
Live in your HEAD, Genève, „Im Gasthof zum goldenen Sternen“ with Pascal Schärli (ACT Festival)
Kunsthof, Zürich, „Schaut diesen Stein“ (ACT Festival)
Rössligasse, Luzern, „Look at that Stone“ with DAR (ACT Festival)
K-Pony, Basel, „Look at that Horse“, DAR
2007
State Museum of the Arts, Banja Luka, BIH
Diplomausstellung Billerbeck, Allschwil BL
2008
„Prix Meret Oppenheim“ Zürich with Heinrich Lüber,
Jeremy Chevalier and Martina- Sofie Wildberger
Imprimerie, Basel, Get Ost Festival
Grants/ Awards
Film- Festivals
Curatorial /other Projects
2012 2011
2010
2008
2007
2012
2011 2012 Basler Weihnachtsausstellung: Genf,
Kaskadenkondensator
The Wild Bush Residency, Lac Paquin, Québec
2011
Ab Blatt, Performance- Festival,
Schwarzwaldallee Basel
Residency at the Fonderie Darling, Montréal, CN
IAAB- Price Premio Arte Laguna, Venice, I
Award of the Fachausschuss Audiovision Basel
(Video „i am a performance artist“)
Art in public space- project: Rathausfassade Basel
(Dritter Preis, „HANDELT“)
Regio Sound Credit Award (2 times)
Agent Provocateur- Shortfilm- Award
Theatron- Festival Munich, D
Schweizerische Jugendfilmtage, Zürich
Internationales Filmfestival Münster, D
Reeperbahnscreening, Hamburg, D
NoNite des Kurzfilmfestivals Hamburg, D
Kurzfilmfestival Bunter Hund, Munich, D
Filmfestival Weiterstadt, D
A Wall is a Screen, Osnabrück, D
MARTIN CHRAMOSTA (*Zürich, 18th of January 1982)
2012
Artist in Residence at the Fonderie Darling, Montréal, CN
2011
Master of fine Arts at the School of Art and Design Basel and the School of the Arts Berne
2011
Internship at the Ethnographical Museum of Geneva
2009
Internship at the preservation of ancient monuments, Basel
2008
Diploma in Art Education, School of Art and Design
Basel