Ingo Giezendanner
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2012
Ingo Giezendanner is a painter, draughtsman and installation artist primarily interested in documenting urban spaces. He is also a member of the artist collective Kroesos Foundation who revived the presence of the Dada movement in 2002 by occupying the building that housed Cabaret Voltaire.
Ingo’s drawings have featured in magazines, books and animated films, installations and murals. He has created a series of self-published booklets to distribute his work under the alias GRRRR, which he begun in 1998.
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Switzerland
The Landis & Gyr foundation awards studio scholarships to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in London, Budapest, Sofia and Zug. Its London-based residency partnership with Acme was established in 1987, and provides six month long work/live opportunities for ten Swiss artists per year. Artists are selected for the programme directly by Landis & Gyr Stiftung and must demonstrate a track record of achievement in their field. Over two hundred visual artists, curators, writers, musicians and composers have benefitted from the programme. Residencies are based in Stepney, E1 and are available to Swiss residents only
For more information visit lg-stiftung.ch.
