The exhibition Swiss Media Art: knowbotiq, Alan Bogana, Félicien Goguey presents works by the winners of the Pax Art Awards 2019 comprised in three parallel solo shows at HeK. From the artist duo knowbotiq’s postcolonial fabulations through Félicien Goguey’s exploration of mobile phone networks and surveillance systems to Alan Bogana’s poetic and conceptual installations related to our perception of light, the three Swiss artists explore themes as diverse as they are relevant to our understanding of current dynamics in the evolution of technology and their impact on society. Additional information on the artists and the exhibition can be found here.
The Pax Art Awards were first presented during Art Basel 2018. The prizes are dedicated to Swiss media artists whose works use media technologies or reflect on their effects. Half of the prize money is allocated to purchase a work for the Art Foundation Pax collection, the other half supports the recipient artists in developing new work, which is then shown as part of a comprehensive exhibition in the spring of the following year.
The Art Foundation Pax is an independent foundation for the promotion of digital and media-based art in Switzerland and is financially supported by Pax. With the Pax Art Awards, ground-breaking prizes for digital art, the Art Foundation Pax in collaboration with HeK, honours and promotes media-specific practices of Swiss artists whose works use media technologies or reflect on their effects.
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