Antshi von Moos

«I like how Carl Hegemann defines art in four aspects: freedom, inoperability, paradox and failing; concluding that art and not-art rely to each other.»

Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland since 2010

  • Since 2009 Freelance Artist and Filmmaker
  • Since 2011 Video Assistant to Pipilotti Rist
  • 2006-2009 Bachelor in Video program, Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst, Lucerne, Switzerland 

1986 born in Steinhausen, Zug, Switzerland

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Solo Exhibitions

2016

«Reiseberichte der Frau Universum, Birrhard» with Mara Berger, Cinema Royal, Baden, Switzerland

2015

  • «Reiseberichte der Frau Universum» with Mara Berger, Stadthaus, Basel, Switzerland
  • «Wait Here», with Serge Germann, ZiZimmer, Basel, Switzerland

Selected Group Exhibitons

2019

«Nach Zürich», Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

2018

  • «50 : 5 – Antshi von Moos : Marcel Freymond», Restaurant 50 zu 5, Zurich, Switzerland
  • «Anders. Wo. Zuger Aus- und Einwanderungsgeschichten», Museum Burg Zug, Zug, Switzerland

2017

  • «Super Gobi Open Studio #1», Atelier Collective, Zurich, Switzerland
  • «Film-Video-Art», Kunst Aheu on the MS Rigi, Lucerne, Switzerland

2016

«Irina Kiosk», Transform, Bern, Switzerland

2015

  • «Kultour», Bäderquartier, Baden, Switzerland
  • «Auf in den Süden», former Kantonsspital, Zug, Switzerland

2014

  • «Crossing Identities», Radialsystem, Berlin, Germany
  • «Globuhkraha», Tombola, Zug, Switzerland
  • «Many Air Today», Sihlquai 55, Zurich, Switzerland
  • «Good use, bad News /…», Remise, Zurich, Switzerland

2012

  • «Lost in Tugium», Rams Asian Choice, Zug, Switzerland
  • «Die Werbefläche», Quellenkiosk, Zurich, Switzerland

2011

  • «FASE», Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentinia
  • «Luftlinie 2430», Station 21, Zurich, Switzerland
  • «Wursteln», Galerienrundlauf, Zurich, Switzerland

2010

«Tatsachenbilder, Erinnerungen und ein Happy End», Haus Zentrum, Zug, Switzerland

Awards and Grants

2020

  • Tare Steigen Air Residency, Norway
  • Jury Award «Best Film Fairer & Fearless Delhi», New Delhi intl. Film Festival, India

2019

  • Prize of the Kanton Zug, Switzerland
  • «Best Swiss Made», shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Bern, Switzerland
  • Special Mention «Best Documentary Shorts», Palm Springs International Shortfest, Palm Springs, USA

2013 

Prize of the Kanton Zug, Zug, Switzerland

2012

  • Studio Residency of the Städtekonferenz Kultur SKK in Varanasi, India
  • Nominated in the category Best International Final Film, Munich International Festival of Film Schools, Munich, Germany

Screenings Shortfilm «Brother, move on»

 

2021

Immaginaria Film Festival, Rome, Italy

2020

  • Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn, USA
  • New Delhi Film Festival, New Delhi, India
  • Oklahoma City’s deadCenter Film Festival, Oklahoma City, USA
  • International Road Movie Festival, Pilsen, Czech Republic
  • Indy Film Fest, Indianapolis, USA
  • La Guarimba international Film Festival, Amantea, Italy
  • Weltfrauentag Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany
  • Pune Short Film Festival, Maharashtra, India
  • Paris International Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival, Paris, France
  • La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Quebec, Canada

                              2019

                              • Solothurner Filmtage, Swiss Premiere, Solothurn, Switzerland
                              • Palm Springs International ShortFest, Palm Springs, USA
                              • Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, England
                              • Odense International Film Festival, Odense, Denmark
                              • Interfilm, Berlin, Germany
                              • DC Shorts, Washington, USA
                              • Milwaukee Film Festival, Milwaukee, USA
                              • POW Film Fest, Oregon, USA
                              • Berlin Feminist Film Week, Berlin, Germany
                              • Kunsthaus Baselland, Murren, Basel, Switzerland
                              • The Nightlight Screenings, Basel, Switzerland
                              • Festival de films féministes de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
                              • St Cloud Film Festival, St Cloud, USA
                              • Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Bern, Switzerland
                              • Dharamsala International Film Festival, Dharamsala, India
                              • Soireé Kurzfilmnacht Winterthur, Steinhausen, Switzerland
                              • FIWOM Film Festival for Women's Rights, Seoul, Korea
                              • Exground Film Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany

                              2018

                              35. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Video Fest, Kassel, Germany

                              Screenings Shortfilm «Herr der Lage»

                               

                              2011

                              Sommerfest, Stans, Switzerland

                              2010

                              • European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
                              • Munich InternationalFestival of Film Schools, Munich, Germany; 
                              • MJC VideoFestival, Martigues, France
                              • GogolFest, International Festival of Contemporary Art Kiev, Ukraine
                              • Kino Seehof, Zug, Switzerland
                              • Haus Zentrum, Zug, Switzerland

                              2009

                              • Alternative Film/Video Festival, Belgrad, Serbia
                              • Waldstock Openair Spektakel, Steinhausen, Switzerland
                              • Premiere im Kino Bourbaki, Lucerne, Switzerland
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                              Installation view "Runzelige Fruchtkörper II" in the restaurant 50zu5, 2018. Spacious collage with paper on wall, video at night, 25 min., 1 beamer, 1 player, laser print, glue. © The artist. Photo: David Jäggi.
                              "Bin gut durchgekommen" compositions II and III, 2017. Collage on postcards, 37 × 29 cm. © The artist. Photo: David Jäggi.
                              "Brother move on", 2019. Still from documentary, 9 min. 1920 × 1080 25p 5.1, Hindi with english, german and french subtitles. With Geeta Kumari, Rangoli Agarwal, Valierie Sauvin, Modulator and Zentralton. © The artist.
                              "Chai Wallah", 2012. Mixed media video sculpture. Indian tea stand, 1 beamer, 1 player, 190 × 120 × 90 cm. "Shiva und die Waschmaschine", 2017. Video with Detel Aurand. © The artist. Photo: Stefan Jäggi.
                              "City Boys" from the series "Reiseberichte der Frau Universum", 2015. Postcard, LED-diodes, cable, arduino, plastic blossom, ball of wool, 14 × 8.5 cm. Collective work by antshi+moktok. © and photo: moktok and the artist.
                              From the series "Inspectresses Gadget's very (un-)useful customized smartcases": "Customer's choice: Pho (vietnamese soup) / natural", 2017. Wood, pipe cleaner, silicone, kitchen strainer. Variable measurements. In the Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel. Collective work by antshi+moktok. © and photo: moktok and the artist.
                              "Kaktus", 2014. 1 cactus with blooms, 1 dried lemon, 5 LEDs in different colours, 1 presence detector, 1 Arduino, cable, 1 electrical connection, 1 wooden box, 1 wooden broad, 2 metal brackets, 17.5 × 14.5 × 18.5 cm. © and photo: Mara Berger and the artist.
                              "5500 Year Old Garbage", 2014. 5500 year old wood, chewing gum and saliva, 9 × 71 × 11 cm. © the artist. Photo: Tobias Nussbaumer.
                              "To Send One's Love", 2017. Still, animation film, 3 min., 1920 x 1080 50p, silent. Collective work with Detel Aurand. © Detel Aurand and the artist.
                              Installation view of "Universumsfrauen" at Royal Baden, 2016. Spacious collage with plastic sheet on glass, 180 × 270 cm. Collective work antshi+moktok. © and photo: moktok and the artist.
                              "Universumsfrauen" from the series "Reiseberichte der Frau Universum", 2015. Laser print on vat paper, A0. Collective work antshi+moktok. © and photo: moktok and the artist.
                              Antshi Von Moos.