2022-05-13, Gisler, Priska, Caviezel, Flavia

During the conference of the Swiss Artistic Research Network SARN, Flavia Caviezel and Priska Gisler (SARN working group Methods & Practices) conceptualize and organize a one-day workshop on mobility, transport and storage of visible and invisible, liquid, solid, ephemeral goods in the border region of Southern Switzerland; in collaboration with SUPSI. This workshop 'Stop or Go' offers the opportunity to discuss, reflect and experience ideas, wishes and artistic work while visiting two concrete sites that are both typical protagonists regarding the circulation and storage of material and ideal goods. The workshop consists primarily of two parts: The day will start with a site visit to the data storage centre CSCS Lugano. Intertwined with a tour, two artistic-research projects will be presented there. In the afternoon, we travel to Chiasso/Balerna in order to visit the bonded warehouse Punto Franco with a tour and get to know different approaches by two artistic and design researchers. Morning and afternoon tour: Site visit to the CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano and Site visit to Punto Franco (bonded warehouse) in Chiasso/Balerna Details on the conference website: https://traversingtopologies.org/program-2022

2019-05-23, Caviezel, Flavia, Gisler, Priska, Ritter, Christian, Büsse, Michaela

A workshop conceptualized and organised of the SARN Board members Flavia Caviezel, Priska Gisler and Christian Ritter, in collaboration with Michaela Büsse, all members of the SARN working group 'Methods & Practices'. The research initiative DACAR – Doing Arth-Goldau–Como as artistic research serves as an agent and means to explore various ways “to do methods". It is dedicated to north-south/south-north mobility between the metropolitan regions of Zürich and Como/Milan. The focus lies on movements of people, material and immaterial goods. In its frame, explorative approaches and formats are tested. To approach the topic two workshops were conducted in 2019, including the Workshop Hospental/Andermatt . This workshop focused on raw material businesses/gravel pits, art on the periphery and tourism in the Gotthard region, in the Andermatt-Hospen Valley. During the field research we engaged in discussions with protagonists from the region in the following activities: *Haus für Kunst Altdorf: talk and exhibition tour with the director/curator Barbara Zürcher *Talk and tour at the slag landfill Attinghausen with the managing director Edi Schilter *Visit at the gravel and concrete landfill in Zumdorf *Visit at the open community meeting Andermatt *Visit at the Design Hotel Chedi Andermatt At both workshops, field work was carried out as observation; intense exchange amongst the participants of the workshop; meetings with key actors in the field; talking to residents of and people working in the area; observing local businesses; walking as a method of perception; writing field notes; taking pictures, recording audio & video material; and an essayistic field report in the aftermath of the workshop.

2015, Caviezel, Flavia, Gisler, Priska

2022-05-13, Gisler, Priska, Mader, Rachel, Gusberti, Maia, Koehle, Petra, Martini, Federica, Müller, Pablo, Converso, Silvia, Pensa, Iolanda, Caviezel, Flavia

«To conference» means finding a way to get together, sharing experiences, approaches, methods, processes and results. As an experimental form of conferencing Traversing Topologies: Imagining worlds and knowledge with/through artistic research has been interested in ways of experiencing real topologies in alignment with the numerous versions of their abstraction and generalization. The conference revealed geographical and disciplinary fringes, took place partly online but mainly in real space, and connected three linguistic regions – Central Switzerland, Valais and Ticino – with the Gotthard Area as the central knot between them. As member of the SARN Board, Flavia Caviezel collaborated on the conference concept, and conceptualized and organised the conference workshop 'Stop or Go' with Priska Gisler, in cooperation with SUPSI.

2017-12-08, Caviezel, Flavia, Schwander, Markus, Schenker, Christoph, Preisig, Barbara, Rüegger, Romy, Gisler, Priska, Mader, Rachel, Peyer, Siri, Koehle, Petra, Hürzeler, Luzia

Collaboration of the SARN Board member Flavia Caviezel with the other members and organizers on the conference concept; conducting a table talk at the SARN conference Art Research Work. The 2017 SARN Conference explored the working conditions prevailing within artistic research. In the last 20 years, an institutionalization and academization of artistic work known as “artistic research” has taken place. Arts universities are establishing research institutes, promoting PhD programs, and competing against universities for funding. Most artists only have small workloads in institution-based research. As much time is spent on projects and exhibitions as on teaching and earning a living. Although much of this work receives great symbolic recognition, it remains unremunerated. Working in such diverse contexts demands great flexibility regarding methods, skills, and the ability to reconcile several roles. The two-day SARN Conference reflected on the processes involved in institutionalizing the changing material and ideological preconditions of artistic research in recent years from the perspective of artistic researchers. The conference aimed to better understand the current situation of artistic researchers, to outline concrete ideas for future work-life strategies and for other funding and job opportunities, and to formulate concrete demands for self-determined artistic research. The Conference took place at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). In line with the conference topic, we reflected on working conditions at ZHdK’s new building.

2019-11-22, Gisler, Priska, Ritter, Christian, Caviezel, Flavia

A workshop conceptualised and organised by the SARN Board members and members of the working group 'Methods & Practices' Flavia Caviezel, Priska Gisler and Christian Ritter. The research initiative DACAR – Doing Arth-Goldau–Como as artistic research serves as an agent and means to explore various ways “to do methods". It is dedicated to north-south/south-north mobility between the metropolitan regions of Zürich and Como/Milan. The focus lies on movements of people, material and immaterial goods. In its frame, explorative approaches and formats are tested. To approach the topic two workshops were conducted in 2019, including the Workshop Zug-Weggis-Bürgenstock. The workshop had a special focus on commodity trade, cash flow and tourism. * Visiting the city of Zug, Bahnhofstrasse * Visit at Kolmar Mining Company, KSL AG * Visit at Afrika Museum of the St. Petrus-Claver-Sodalität in Zug * Visit at Tourism Destination Weggis * Visit at Bürgenstock Resort At both workshops, field work was carried out as observation; intense exchange amongst the participants of the workshop; meetings with key actors in the field; talking to residents of and people working in the area; observing local businesses; walking as a method of perception; writing field notes; taking pictures, recording audio & video material; and an essayistic field report in the aftermath of the workshop.

2015-06-18, Caviezel, Flavia, Dumond, Camille, Gisler, Priska, Mader, Rachel, Peyer, Siri, Schwander, Markus