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Val Minnig
Dossier
2022
raw bite, , installation detail, Biennale Bregaglia, 2022
4 raw bite
Installation
2022
ceramics, elderberry, chicken, nylon cord,
various animals
various dimensions
It is said that the elderberry is a plant that chooses its own location. If it grows in your
garden, it will bring you luck as long as it is well cared for and not cut. In Vicosoprano
every house, barn or shed has one in front of the house, they know it. Raw bite are
plants planted by me of the location. Birds are supposed to eat the berries, at the
same time the droppings turn from black, blue, red and white. So does the coloration
on the pots and soon all around. raw bite, installation detail, Biennale Bregagia, Vicosoprano, 2022
6 treat yourself
Installation
2022
wooden roof structure, ceramics, screws,
led
400 x 210 x 120 cm
treat yourself - the moment when Chucha comes. Finally, the donut in the couch
crack. Ive been waiting for this for ages. They are not interested. After half a schnitzel,
you can treat yourself. treat yourself, installation detail, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, 2022
8 treat yourself, installation view, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, 2022
10 clicc clicc
Installation
2021
wooden roof structure, ceramics,
heating lamps, leaves, hedgehog,
various animals
various dimensions
basement with direct garden gate
clicc clicc - it sounds out of the red. Is there something that has moved in?
I like to remember how we collected the leaves from the garden and made
it easier for countless hedgehog families and other guests to overwinter. It
is been a long time since I have seen a hedgehog. clicc clicc, installation view, Palazzine Basel, 2021
12 clicc clicc, installation view, Palazzine Basel, 2021
14 bijö-biwitt
Installation
2021
wooden fence structure, ceramics,
plexiglass
80x20x20cm
40x20x20cm
60x60x20cm
30x40x20cm
240x140x100cm
200x100x10cm
140x100x250cm
The title of the work is the sound that a red kite makes when an intruder
enters its land. Objects that provide landing areas for birds of prey and
hiding places for mice are installed in the different rooms of the museum.
Some above the room or below which provide hiding places. Farmers place
similar landing pads in their fields so that their land can be hunted by birds
of prey and de-moused. The ceramic shingles remind of mouse traces,
mouse droppings, bird bones or feathers. Objects reminiscent of fields
from a bird›s eye view. The wood was coated with fence paint. bijö-biwitt, installation view, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, 2021
16 bijö-biwitt, installation view, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, 2021
18
bijö-biwitt, installation detail, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, 2021 bijö-biwitt, installation detail, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, 2021
20 schak-schak wiek/djak-djak gih
Installtion
2021
roof structure, ceramics, wood, spe-
cial fence paint, song thrush, various
animals, seeds, gras and flowers
360 x 460 x 250 cm
I saw something fluttering on the roof when I looked back. schak-schak
wiek/djak-djak gih might call a song thrush when I step into their front
yard. This is where human habitation ends, but the forest has not yet
begun. If I don´t see them, I am probably too close.
The titel is the sound the song thrushes make during nesting.
schak-schak wiek is how German-speaking people translate the sound.
djak-djak gih is how French-speaking people translate it.
The grass was not allowed to be cut during the months around the installa-
tion. schak-schak wiek/djak-djak gih, installation view, Art en plein air, Môtiers, 202122 schak-schak wiek/djak-djak gih, installation detail, Art en plein air, Môtiers, 2021
24 schak-schak wiek/djak-djak gih, installation detail, Art en plein air, Môtiers, 2021 schak-schak wiek/djak-djak gih, installation detail, Art en plein air, Môtiers, 2021
26 pick-bi-bick Inn
Installation
2021
roof structure, ceramics, wood, vari-
ous animals, protective net white
140 x 120 x 700 cm
The idea was to create a meeting place for wild birds and my domesticated
quails. Shingles in the favorite colors and patterns of the birds. This resem-
bles the picture of grains in a field and has an attractive effect. This work
shows the same materials, woods as in the newer works. pick-bi-brick inn
is the first roof. Because of a prevailing bird flu in the region it could only
be shown indoors.The plan was to keep the windows open all the time. pick-bi-bick Inn, installation detail, Dunant Plaza Heiden, 202128 pick-bi-bick Inn, installation view, Dunant Plaza Heiden, 2021
30 Insect Club
Installation
2019-2022
Insektenhotel Montparnasse
bamboo, wood, tin cans, tension Neon Sign
belts insect signaletic hotel
100x40 cm plexiglass, flicker box
100x80 cm
Sichtschutz attraktiv
(Insect attraction: Purple 24% / Sound
Orange 21% / Magenta 20% / Yellow human buzzing sounds
14% / Blue 6%). loop
Barrier net, water-based Eco spray
paint, UV tube, wire, gate handle
insulators, steel tension springs
An «Insect Club» is an underground party to which you are not invited, but
whose bass you can hear all the way to the street when you walk past it.
For the Insect Club exhibition at Zurich´s Saint Luke art space (an art
space open to the street through a large window, which can be viewed
from outside 24/7), Minnig collected various graphic patterns used on
insect traps to attract insects. These are optical illusions: The insects
believe they are cavities into which they can fly. For the work, the patterns
were sprayed in colors highly attractive to insects on agricultural insect
nets. The light of the room was replaced by a UV lamp, which also attracts
insects. Minnig also recorded a human buzzing concert for the insects,
which was audible to viewers of the work on the street only through a hole
in the exterior wall. This opening also served as the insects entrance to the
club. On the illuminated sign of the art space, which was made to flicker
for this exhibition, Minnig installed an insect hotel. Insect Club, installation view, Saint Luke, Zurich, 201932 Insect Club, Neon Sign, installation detail, Saint Luke, Zurich, 2019
34 Insect Club, installation detail, Saint Luke, Zurich, 2019 Insect Club, installation detail, Saint Luke, Zurich, 2019
36
Sichtschutz attraktiv, Bündner Kunstmuseum, 2020, Installationsansicht, 2020 insect club, installation view, Museum Langmatt, Baden, 202238 adult/sensitive
Installation
2020
Schutznetz Weiss Treats
Rafia-Netz, found wood various materials
(long, white or partially various dimensions
printed)
800 x 500 x 394 cm Treppe Gamba
wood, metal angle
Schutznetz Gelb 670 x 50 x 70 cm
Rafia-Netz, found wood
(yellowish, with metal) Queere Flaggen
1030 x 425 cm excrement bags and hygiene bags
from different places
Schutznetz Blau 571 x 459 cm
Rafia-Netz, found wood
(long, black or yellow
painted)
1080 x 419 x 200 cm
Cohabitation and shared experiences with the dog Gamba is the main
focus of the room installation adult/sensitive. The title is the name of the
dog food from the bitch. The used wood and objects were collected on
common excursions. Materials, which were used for other purposes and
had formed something, but then were left somewhere. Protective nets that
signal separations or secure something that is more precious than
something else. Everything in its own order and sorted. Color choice and
exhibition height of the objects are adapted to Gambas sensory spectrum.
By means of a reduced language of forms and based on subjective sensa-
tions, an attempt is made to break up habitual relations and to perform
different forms of encounter. The visitors behavior is thus influenced and
conventional balances of power are turned upside down in a way that can
be experienced. adult/sensitiv, installation view, Schutznetz Blau, Treppe Gamba, Kunst Halle St.Gallen, 202040 adult/sensitive, installation view, Queere Fraggen, Kunst Halle St.Gallen , 2020 adult/sensitive, installation view, Schutznetz Gelb, Kunst Halle St.Gallen , 2020
42 adult/sensitive, installation detail, Treats, Kunst Halle St.Gallen , 2020 adult/sensitive, installation detail, Queere Flaggen, Kunst Halle St.Gallen , 2020
44 deli chews
Skulptur
2020
quantity variable
rainbow colored dog poop bag,
spray paint, ceramic
BASED ON A TRUE STORY is curated by Cassidy Toner´s dog Boh. Deli
chews references, as does adult/sensitive, Gamba´s favorite snack. The
colorful, brown ceramic-filled poop bags are scattered throughout the gar-
den. They are produced on site and the contents take the shape of the
environment. Some bags are labeled with other names such as Schweizer
Lecky, senior/light, Romeo Stick, Harmony, Duck XXL or Soft-Hearties. All
names can be read on dog food packages.
Dogs mark their space with feces or urine. By means of the smell, peers
can recognize how the dog or bitch is doing, stress levels, fears, age as well
as sexual maturity are written down, so to speak. That which we have to
digest or process on a daily basis. When these markings are removed, a
basic social behavior is taken away from the dogs. deli chews, installation view, city Salts, Birsfelden, 202046 deli chews, installation detail, city Salts, Birsfelden, 2020 deli chews, installation detail, city Salts, Birsfelden, 2020
48 deli chews, installation detail, city Salts, Birsfelden, 2020
50
Recently, I hatched quail eggs in a machine that automatically turns the that things can change at any time. A detail, something tiny can fill such a
eggs every two hours at exactly 38.3° and 50% humidity. This machine space.
always plays the same melody when turning so that the chicks can identify
with the sound and imitate or learn the whistle or beep. In the course of To me, especially inventions for people that aim at simplifing their lives
hatching, I have sometimes found myself suddenly whistling this tune. Or with animals are interesting. Consequently, the question of habitats arises
to give another example, I‘m interested in the moment when I walk out the and how we can still keep these livable for animals, especially for those we
front door and let my dog decide whether we go left or right. have domesticated. How do we manage not to neglect their needs? – but
also objects, signs, things we have created for understanding for ourselves
My installative artworks capture exactly this moment or the interface bet- and other beings. Where are the limits and which metaphors can be found
ween human, animal and the environment, which surrounds them. Despite in this great trap for our civilization?
the seriousness with which I pursue these themes, it is important to me
never to lose the humor. It is a game with an expectation that is not ful-
filled. Within the works, the personal touch stands out, more precisely per-
sonal stories. One could almost speak of biographical content, of mini-bio- Artist Statement Val Minnig, 2021
graphies at second glance. And as life often is, it takes an unexpected
course. Minimal interventions may have great effects. It is also important
to make courageous decisions and weigh all eventualities in the knowledge52 Werkschau Kanton Zürich Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich
Swiss Art Award Kiefer Hablitzel, Basel
Val Minnig Curating Video Folkwang Museum Folkwang, Essen
The Photographic Museum Folkwang, Essen
Sollbruchstelle ZH Förrlibuck, Zurich
About
born 1991 in Chur, Switzerland 2016
minnigval@gmail.com the vernissage concert bar pary GGG Atelierhaus, Basel
pronoun -/they/them Känzali Performance Postremise, Chur
Swiss Art Award Kiefer Hablitzel, Basel
2020 Master of Fine Arts, ZHdK
2015 Bachelor of Arts ZHdK 2015
Diploma Exhibition ZHdK Toni-Areal, Zurich
Solo Come North Baby Gessneralle Nordflügel, Zurich
2021 Group Show Mikro, Zurich
pick-bi-bick Inn Henry Dunant Museum, Heiden Nie Jetzt - Kunst aus Zürich Helmhaus, Zurich
Koryo Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo Japan
2020 ZHR/KRZ Kunstraum Kreuzlingen
adult/sensitive Kunst Halle St.Gallen, St. Gallen
2019 Invitations
Insect Club Saint Luke, Zurich 2021
FLY-I CATCHER Espace 3353, Geneva Performance
plastic, it‘s fantastic o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Lucerne
Songs to the Suns, by Izidora L. LETHE, Cabaret Voltaire auf dem Monte Verità, Ascona
2017 Master Concerto, by Li Tavor, Zürich
Yukon Ranger 5x42 Schwarzwaldallee, Basel Sirens song of unity, by Martina Andrea Buzzi, Zürich
Group Awards / Recidencies
2022 2022/2023
Biennale Bregagia Vicosoprano residency Istituto Svizzero Roma Calling
Raumfahrt VI Langmatt, Baden nomination Swiss Art Award
2021 2021
Pallazine #12 Pallazine, Basel nomination NETZHdK Preis
LandLiebe Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur nomination Werkstipendium Stadt Zürich
Art en plein air Môtiers Val-de-Travers, Môtiers nomination Prix Mobilère
Werkstipendien Stadt Zürich Helmhaus, Zurich Föderpreis Kanton Graubünden
Casa Uovo Sangthipolyt, Berlin
Issue de secours Stiftung Binz 39, Zurich 2018
we, symbiotes unanimous consent, Zurich Werkbeitrag Kanton Graubünden
nomination Werkbeitrag Kanton Zürich
2020 winner Kieferhablitzel Göhner Kunst Preis
BASED ON A TRUE STORY Fiancé S.A.L.T.S., Basel
Hortus Samuels Garten, Zurich 2017
Hirschmann Stipendium
2019 nomination Plattform Fotomuseum Winterthur
Jahresausstellung Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur
LED Screen and Film program I Never Read, Art Book Fair, Basel 2016
TEMPTATION BLOCKER la rada, Locarno Schweizer Theater Preis mit Junges Theater Graubünden
2018 nomination Kieferhablitzel Göhner Kunst Preis
Kunst Szene Zürich Amboss Rampe, Zurich nomination Selection Platform EWZ Zürich
Hamlet_house warming Hamlet, Zurich Oerlikon Förderpreis Stadt Chur
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