FLORINE LEONI

FLORINE LEONI
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Florine Leoni, Gärtnerstrasse 50, 4057 Basel, 0041 76 502 88 08
contact@florineleoni.net, www.florineleoni.net
FLORINE LEONI
Born in Switzerland, lives and works in Basel.
EDUCATION
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
PUBLICATIONS / ARTICLES
2011-13 Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts Practice, Y-Institute for
Transdiciplinarity, Bern University of Applied Sciences, CH
2013
Städelschule, Class of Douglas Gordon; Film,
Frankfurt a.M., D
2002-06 Diploma in Fine Arts, School of Art & Design, Lucerne, CH
2001-02 Schule für Gestaltung Bern, CH
2000
EPFL Lausanne, Architektur
96-2000 Gymnasium Bern Neufeld
2014
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Presentation of
«En garde». (forthcoming)
2014
Stadtkino Basel, an event by Schwarzwaldallee Basel,
Presentation of «En garde». (forthcoming)
2014
Haus für elektronische Künste, Ma(r)king
Territories, Basel, CH
2013
MJ Gallery, Genf, CH
2013
handlungsbereitschaft 4, Berlin, D
2013
Centre PasquArt Biel, SHOW ME SHOW ME SHOW ME,
Thesis Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts Practice, CH
2013
ION, ON-ION, Zürich, CH
2013
Gallery Weekend THE ROOM, Berlin, D
2013
Kunsthalle Krems, Donaufestival Krems, AU
2012
L‘Atelier, Specific Space, Nantes, F
2012
District Kunst- und Kulturförderung, Post-Studio-Tales,
Berlin, D
2011
Musée d‘Art Contemporain de Montreal, Triennale Quebecoise 2011, Montreal, CAN
2011
centquatre, Jeune Création, Paris, F
2011
Kunstraum Riehen, NICO UNIQUE, Riehen, CH
2010
Donetsk City, Art-Point, Ukraine
2010
S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum, Kunstkredit Werkbeitraege Basel-Stadt, Basel, CH
2010
SWISS ART AWARDS Messehallen, Basel, CH
2010
Zeughaus Landenberg, ZONE, BBS, Sarnen, CH
2009 Kunsthalle Palazzo, Regioanle10, How close we are,
Liestal, CH
2007 Kunsthaus Baselland, When nothing happens, Regionale8, CH. mit Faye Shapiro
2014
EN GARDE, Monografische Publikation zur Installation, 2014
2013
tageswoche.ch, Florine Leoni, Überschrittene Grenzen, by Karen N.Gerig. Published Dec. 10th, 2013
2013
POST-STUDIO-TALES, online documentation, http://district-
berlin.com/pst-documentation, Ed. District Kunst- und Kulturförderung, Berlin, D
2011/12 Paper Jam#2, curated by Charlotte Seidel and Emile
Ouroumov, Printed at: Cabaret Voltaire, Zuerich, May 31st 2012, marke.6 - gallery of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar June 14h, Le Commissariat at Treize, Paris, June 27th, Ygrec,
Paris, June 29th, Messy Shop, Bankok, July 14th 2012. 2012
2011
Jeune Création 2011, Exposition internationale d’art
contemporain, Ed. Jeune Création, Paris
2011
La Triennale Québecoise 2011, Le travail qui nous attend,
Ed. Du Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal
2011
iaab, GOING PLACES. 2011, Christoph Merian Stiftung,
Basel
2011
YA YA YA - GENAU, Raum für Kunst - sic! [ zik; lat. ] so, ebenso; wirklich so! , Hrg. Nadine Wietlisbach, Luzern
2010
Art Point. Bereznitsky Project Donetsk, Ed. Master
Knyg, Kiev
2009
Multiprise Toulouse, Le labyrinth de plans, by Anaïs Delmas. Published Sept. 21st, 2009
2009
Basler Zeitung, Aufschnitt, Bomben und ein blasser Jüngling,
by Alexander Marzahn. Published Nov. 30st 2009
2008
ERNTE‘07, Kunstankäufe des Kantons Basel Landschaft, Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal, Hrs. Marcel Falk, kulturelles.bl, Liestal
2008
Swiss Performance, KUNSTHALLE Wien, project space, Ed. Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Nürnberg
2008
Basler Zeitung, Raum-Architektur, Florine Leoni in der mitart Galerie, by Simon Baur. Published Dec. 24th, 2008
2008
Basler Zeitung, Das ist kein Pappenspiel, by Nathalie Bau
mann. Published Oct. 29th, 2008
2008
Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, Künstler bauen gemeinsam an einer Welt aus Karton, by Pia Zeugin.
Published Feb. 1st, 2008
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2014
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009 2009
2008 2008
2007
Stadtgalerie Bern, Bern, CH (duo show with Thomas Hauri)
Schwarzwaldallee, Koordinaten ihrer Erinnerung,
nt-Areal, Basel, CH
CIRCA Centre d’exposition art contemporain, Persistence, Montreal, CAN
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Voids Between Scenes,
Taipei, Taiwan
AXENEO7, Encounter, Ottawa, CAN
Point de fuite, Otherwise it is an illusionary device,
Toulouse, F. Duo show with Eva Nielsen
Darling Foundry Garage, There are other situations which are equally valid, Montreal, CAN
mitart gallery, Everything seems ordinary, Basel, CH
Kunsthalle Vienna Projectspace, Kristall, Wien, A
Performance mit Faye Shapiro
sic! Raum für Kunst, I always knew it was there but never guessed where (2), Luzern, CH
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
GRANTS
2015
2012
2010
2010
2010
2009 2009
2012/14
2011
2010
2009
2006
CASA POLI, Concéption, Chile, April 2015
Post-Studio-Tales, District Kunst-, und Kulturförderung,
Berlin, D
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
BBS Basel-Berlin-Sarnen, Sarnen, CH
AXENEO7, Ottawa, CAN
Darling Foundry, iaab International Exchange and Studio
Programm Basel, Montréal, CAN
Point de Fuite, Toulouse, F
ARTIST TALKS
2011
2010
2010
Musée d‘Art Contemporain, Triennale Québécoise,
Montréal, CAN
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Concordia University Montreal, Master of Fine Arts, Open Media, Class of Prof. Trevor Gould, Montreal, CAN
Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia, Basel-Stadt,
Basel-Landschaft, CH, work grant
Consulat Général de France à Québéc, Project grant ,
ProHelvetia Swiss Arts Council, Kulturpauschale Basel-
Stadt, kulturelles.bl, Project grants
Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Basel, CH, Work grant
ProHelvetia Swiss Arts Council, Kulturpauschale Basel-
Stadt, kulturelles.bl, Project grants*
Jeu de Paume Paris, F. Swiss Confederation Marseille, F, Project grants
Zeugin Stiftung Luzern, CH, Work grant
COLLECTIONS
Ludmila Bereznisky Gallery Collection, Kiew, Ukraine
Installation MONUMENTING, 2010
kulturelles.bl (www.dotmov.bl.ch), Basel, CH
Video-Audio Installation WHEN NOTHING HAPPENS, 2007
EN GARDE
2014, Full HD, 17min., color, sound, D/F/e, 5 wired white bench elements
Stadtgalerie Bern CH, 2014, Stadtkino Basel CH, 2014, Internationale
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur CH, 2014
Installation view, Stadtgalerie Bern, July 2014
The art of fencing and hypnosis: at the place where two such disparate practices meet, the respective contours of their idiosyncratic dynamics become even
sharper. Leoni puts a focus on the powerful impact of this encounter in the
contestable zones where extremes collide: in one case, on a clearly demarcated field in which every movement – attempting to either defend or transgress
boundaries – is minutely measured; in the other case, as a hypnotic liminal condition, as an associative journey through highly personal and fragile territory.
This meeting space and questions related to the negotiation, placement and
breaching of borders are themes that propel the cinematic approach of Leoni’s
dynamic oeuvre.
Doris Gassert, 2014
Director of photography: Aurelio Buchwalder
Sound engeneers: Tobias Koch, Lukas Huber, Cedric Spindler
Sound design / mastering: Robert Torche
Supported by: Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia BS/BL, Burgergemeinde Bern, Kultur Stadt-Bern, Argusch AG, Erdgas
With: Vincent Laplaze, Basler Fechtclub, Sara Gassmann
Director: Florine Leoni
EN GARDE, publication, 2014
Academic essay by Dr.phil. Doris Gassert
Graphic design by Dominique Berrel Grafik
27x24cm, 60 pages, english / german, 200 exemplars
Published June 2014 in Basel, CH
YOUR TERRITORY
2013, Two channel video installation composed of YOUR TERRITORY : DINA
EWANS, YOUR TERRITORY : KASIA PACURA and found spatial elements
Handlungsbereitschaft | 4, Blumenthalstrasse 7, Berlin, D, 2013, MJ Gallery,
Geneva,CH, 2013, ON-ION, ION Eröffnung, Zürich, CH, 2013 Gallery Weekend
Berlin 2013, THE ROOM, Kurfürstenstrasse 13, Berlin, D, 2013, Donaufestival
2013, Kunsthalle Krems, Österreich, 2013
Installation view, Haus für elektronische Künste Basel. CH, 2013.
2 Sitting cuboids, acoustic panels, cable conduits. Curated by: Doris Gassert and Sabine Himmelsbach
Image: Stefan Holenstein
YOUR TERRITORY : KASIA PACURA
2013, HD Video, color, 9“, english, subtitles german.
In her video installation YOUR TERRITORY Florine Leoni ex- plores grey areas
and personal boundaries in everyday socio- spatial contexts. Two narratives of
isolation and social responsibility derived from interviews serve as a point of
departure. They are complemented by found footage from the Internet and in
the case of YOUR TERRITORY: KASIA PARCURA also by specially recorded
footage, whereby the mediated gaze creates connections between the personal space of each individual and his/ her immediate environment. The various
levels are further interwoven by site-specific spatial interventions, which cause
visual space and physical space to merge and their boundaries to blur. Leoni
constructs an enigmatic narrative space that confronts the viewer with models
of interpersonal behaviour and allows him/ her to experience emotional shifts
ranging from involvement to exclusion. The interwoven visual, auditory and textual layers engage each viewer’s imagination and personal interpretations, thus
allowing his/her combination of elements to become an integral part of the work.
Doris Gassert, 2014
Installation view, MJ Gallery, Geneva, CH, 2013. Curated by Sophie Yerly
Image: Sophie Yerly
YOUR TERRITORY : DINA EWANS
2013, HD Video, color, 6“, swiss german, subtitles english.
Camera: Michael Christ, anonym
Mastering audio: Jannik Giger
With: Carla Johnson, Kasia Pacura
Director: Florine Leoni
Supported by: Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia, BS/BL, Futurum
Stiftung, FHNW Basel, Hochschule der Künste Bern, Staatliche Hochschule für
Bildende Künste Städelschule Frankfurt a.M.
Videostills
(MALEEN, ICH BENEIDE DICH IN MANCHEN AUGENBLICKEN UM DEINE
KÜHLE, VORNEHME UND BEWUSSTE DISTANZ ZUR UMWELT.)
2011, Triennale Québécoise, Musée d‘Art Contemporain,
Montréal Canada
HDV video, 11‘12“, loop, color, sound : english / german, subtitles french. MDF
boards, timber beams, 2 display cases, grey paint. Music by Jannik Giger. In
collaboration with Sylvain Baumann
Installation views,Musée d‘Art Contemporain, Montréal, CAN , 2011
Script inspired by: ROM, BLICKE and ERKUNDUNGEN FÜR DIE PRÄZISIERUNG DES
GEFÜHLS FÜR EINEN AUFSTAND by Rolf Dieter Brinkmann
Sound and music: Jannik Giger
With: Ariane Andereggen, Lucas Rössner, Barbara Jahn
Camera: Sabrina Davatz, Bianca Dugaro
Assistance script: Karin Aeschlimann
Claquette: Ralph Bürgin
Video: Director: Florine Leoni, assistance to the creation Sylvain Baumann
Architecture: Creation Sylvain Baumann, assistance to the creation Florine Leoni
VOIDS BETWEEN SCENES
With: Raphael Gschwind
Camera: Florine Leoni, Sylvain Baumann
Textfragments: Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, source: Keiner weiss mehr, 1968
Translation: Philip Matesic
Director: Florine Leoni
Installation view, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2010, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taïwan
Mixed-media installation. Wood, black glossy paint, video projection HDV
Video b/w, sound, 7‘55“, loop, fluorescent lamps, laser foto print on wood
structure. In collaboration with Sylvain Baumann.
KOORDINATEN IHRER ERINNERUNG
2011/12. Schwarzwaldallee, Basel, Schweiz
Mixedmedia Installation. HDV Video. color, loop, synchron, 7“, german, subtitles french, broken wall.
In the beginning there was the wall, as it empathised the quality of the boarders
of the exterior space as a fully valid physical element. As a fully valid physical
element it defines the coordinates of the exterior space and thus constitutes the
coordinates of this exterior space. It was there extended - as the word itself is
extended. What is now, is the trace. What is now, are the shades. What is, are
fragments and what lasts, is the memory. What remains, is projection.
Florine Leoni‘s video installation marks the critical zone of the boarders where
real and imaginative actualities encounter. It marks the critical zone, where the
coordinates of the real world collapse to fit new memories. The fragments visible
in the exhibition space are the witnesses of a past existence. The projections on
the walls are the coordinates of their memory. Florine Leoni‘s video installation
refers to the memory as a construction of reality.
Lorenz Wiederkehr
Camera: Sabrina Davatz, Bianca Dugaro
Music and sound: Jannik Giger
With: Dominique Berrel, Martin Chramosta, Raphael Gschwind, Stefan Karrer,
Simone Schelker, Lorenz Wiederkehr
Text and voice: Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, source: Brinkmanns Zorn by Harald Bergmann 2005
Equipement: Institut Kunst HGK FHNW Basel, Institut für Transdisziplinarität
BFH Bern
Director: Florine Leoni
Filmstill
MONUMENTING
2010, Donetsk City, Ukraine
Site specific installation, scaffold, 100 fluorescent lamps. Produced with the
support of Ludmila Bereznitski and Partner Gallery Kiev/Berlin. Edition 5 (1/5).
Installation view, Donetsk
SOMETIMES WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I DON‘T
KNOW WHERE I AM
2010, Swiss Art Awards, Messezentrum, Basel, Switzeraland
Mixed-media installation. MDF wood, synthetic resin, coal, metal wire, fluorescent tubes, grooved plexiglass, sound device 14‘ loop, entrance : two steps
stairs, black plastic curtain. In collaboration with Sylvain Baumann.
Images Installation: Eik Frenzel
HOW CLOSE WE ARE
2009, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
Mixed-media installation. Used metal grids, fluorescent tubes, sound device 7‘
loop. In collaboration with Sylvain Baumann
Images:Eik Frenzel
I ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS THERE BUT NEVER GUESSED WHERE
2008. sic! Raum für Kunst, Luzern, CH
HDV Video 12‘11“ loop. color. audio 12‘11“. loop. L 720 W 230 H 195. wood
MDF. synthetic resin.
Production still
Images Installation: Andreas Hagenbach
Piano: Elena Grischenko
Equipement: Institut Kunst HGK FHNW Basel
Set Assistant: Nadine Münger
Translator: Evgenia Volkova
Director / Camera: Florine Leoni
EVERYTHING SEEMS ORDINARY
2008, mitart gallery, Basel, CH
Site specific mixed-media installation. 4 different synchron videoloops, HDV
Video 7‘ loop. synchron, b/w. 4 audio 7‘ loop. synchron, mass L 800 W 600 H
350, MDF, white brilliant dispersion, composer canon: Raphael Strauss.
«(...) The staircase, which was built of MDF, is hollow inside. This is of importance because mounted on four walls four screens are all showing the same
black and white video. The videos show four people, two men and two women
who are inside the stair element which is still under construction. A person alternately sings a song, according to a poem by the English author Alain Alexander
Milne. The poem reveals experiences and qualities of being on a stair. In an akward way the singers interpret those lines musically and create all four together
a canon which repets endlessly. Through this the picture of a latent uncertainty
arises and we feel a certain character of reference. The staircase object is not
only artifact, it is also a non-functioning architecture in the space. The staircase
usually a symbol for progress, proves to be a deceptive trap. The steps lead only
to the ceiling of the room and as the video illustrates it, the stair element becomes as prison. All these ambiguities in the work of Florine Leoni are intended
and through minimal production create the maximum of imaginative space.»
Simon Baur. BAZ Kulturmagazin 24.12.08. orignial text in DE
Camera: Antonia Meile
Composition Canon / Musical Director: Raphael Strauss
Lyrics: Halfway down the stairs, Alain Alexander Milne
Technical support video: tweaklab AG - tools for media and art
Support audio: Anna Voegeli, Raphael Strauss
Planning/realisation stair element: Matteo Winkler - suedquai
With: Barbara Perkinzl, Daniel Roser, Daniel Ramsauer, Anna Voegeli
Director: Florine Leoni
Images Installation: Eik Frenzel
EIN REIZ ODER ÄHNLICHES
2007, Galerie hippopotamus, Basel,CH
Mixed-media Installation. DVD Video 8‘ loop, 2‘ loop, color, audio 11‘ loop,
material: MDF wood, MDF, white dispersion paint. In collaboration with
Michael Wojnar
Cast: Mihaela Deutsch, Tobias Giezendanner
Planning architecture supported by: Rolf Indermuehle
Realisation architecure supported by: Matteo Winkler - suedquai
Director, Camera, Editor: Florine Leoni, Michael Wojnar
WHEN NOTHING HAPPENS
2007, Kunsthaus Baselland, CH
Installation. DVD Video b/w, loop, sound, three synchron loops 14‘47“, backprojections. music by Faye Shapiro
«The installative work distinguishes a big formal unity. Both perception spaces image and sound as well as the formal consequence of the projected
video scenes create a picture of a space putatively rapt the reality. But appearances are deceiving. The meaning levels refer to the uniformity and
commonness of our life and to the repetitive and no longer consciously perceived actions. Those resolve bit by bit in the nebulous squadron and
dissolve into Nothingless. The music by Faye Shapiro forms in addition - a Metasame immediately - a timeless, weight-bearing atmosphere for the
viewer which connects the protagonists in the videos.»
Marcel Falk. ERNTE‘O7. Kunstankäufe des Kantons Basel-Landschaft. original text in DE
Images: Viktor Kolibàl
With: Raphael Gschwind, Sara Luescher, Elisabeth Muenger
Music and sound: Faye Shapiro
Lyrics inspired by: Kreislauf III, Rose Ausländer
Camera: Florine Leoni
Set Assistant: Sara Luescher
Director: Florine Leoni