Lydia Zimmer
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2022
Lydia Zimmer studied Applied Cultural Sciences and Cultural Management. She worked with the Literaturhaus Basel, the Schwabe Verlag, and Baobab Books, before founding Literaturecho in 2014.
Literaturecho is a forum to mediate between readers from different generations and books from all over the world. Lydia designs, organizes, and manages projects surrounding each book. She is the founder of Die Welt lessen (Reading the world) – a book club with 150 active members who read and review a book from a different country every month. A community that connects their reading experience with their own living environment has emerged through this project.
In addition to this, Lydia carries out commissioned work for publishers and institutions. Her current focus is facilitating bookshops and literary institutions to become future-proof online.
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.
