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1994-2019

Design and realization of approximately 50 Design Objects.

1992-2019

Design and realization of approximately 45 projects for artist Dennis Adams, New York City (following referred to as NYC)

Design and realization of approximately 30 projects for artist Alfredo Jaar, NYC.

Various realized projects with other artists such as: Krzysztof Wodiczko (NYC), Rodney Graham (Canada), Leah Demchick (NYC) and Michael Falco (NYC).

1989-1998

Architectural proposals and realized projects (interior and/or exterior) in New York City, Nantucket (MA) and the Netherlands.

1991-1998

Director of photography for 12 short movies (16mm, B&W/color, silent/sound) by the independent filmmaker Gary Goldberg, NYC.

2009-2010

Design and realization of Shelves I (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype).

2009

Realization of QuickTime movie Table II System (duration 6:31, prototype).

Design and realization of Accessories for table Finite & Infinite T-II System (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype) to convert the system into a Contract Furniture version.

Realization of a Chest Pod for the movie Spill by Dennis Adams (Evento, Bordeaux, France).

Design and realization of Solar Anus (remake) for the artist Dennis Adams.

2006-2010

Design and realization of Cube Flip-Book with aluminum cube encasement (prototype).

Research and design for Vanity (Design Object, Monolith Series).

2008

Design and realization of table Simplicity T-IV (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype).

Design and realization of table Stability T-III (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype).

Realization of QuickTime movie Cube: If it’s a cube it’s not a desk! (duration 7:40, prototype).

2007

Design and realization of Vanity for Make Down: Take I for the artist Dennis Adams at Arco in Madrid, Spain.

Realization of Vanity for Make Down: Take II for the artist Dennis Adams at Art 38 Basel in Basel, Switzerland.

Design and realization of Sliding Door Wall (Design Object, Partitioning Wall, prototype).

2006-2008

Design and realization of tables Finite & Infinite T-II System (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype).

2006-2007

Design and realization of Essence of Smoke (prototype and edition of 12) for Rodney Graham.

2006

2005-2006

Design (in collaboration with Eye Think, Inc., Rufus Butler Seder, Boston, MA) of Blinking Eye for Historical Design Collection Inc., NYC.

Design for Two-Seater (Design Object, Monolith Series).

Realization and installation of The Rwanda Project, 1994-2000 for the artist Alfredo Jaar (The Silence of Nduwayezu, Santiago de Chile, Chile).

2005

Design and realization (in collaboration with David Silverberg, NYC) of The Ashes of Gramsci for the artist Alfredo Jaar, exhibited at Studio Stefania Miscetti in Rome, Italy.

Realization of Loud Hailer (edition of 10) for Rodney Graham.

Design and realization of Make Down for the artist Dennis Adams at Kent Gallery, NYC.

Design and realization of Desk Attachment III (Design Object, Desk Attachments, prototype).

2004-2005

Research and design for Tower-Desk (Design Object, Monolith Series).

2004

Design and realization of Freeload for the artist Dennis Adams for the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, Spain.

Design and realization of Untitled, a proposal by Alfredo Jaar for a limited edition commissioned by the Pompidou Foundation in Paris, France.

Realization of Rheinmetall (edition of 10) for Rodney Graham.

Design and realization of Loud Hailer and Reverie (prototypes) for Rodney Graham.

Design and realization of Rack (Design Object, Floor to Wall Storage Device, prototype).

2003-2010

Realization of Cube (Design Object, Monolith Series, prototype) with support by Historical Design Collection Inc., NYC.

2003-2005

Realization of Slips for the artist Dennis Adams at Whitehall Ferry Terminal Building, NYC (Percent for Art project).

2003

Design and realization of Typewriter With Flour (two prototypes) for Rodney Graham.

Design and realization of Bookshelves II (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype).

Research and design for Table II (Design Object, Modular Series).

2002

Realization of Jewelry Desk (Design Object, Monolith Series, prototype) commissioned by Historical Design Collection Inc., NYC.

Design and realization (in collaboration with Albert Baumgartner, Switzerland) of Lament of the Images for the artist Alfredo Jaar at Galerie Lelong, NYC.

Research and design for Cube (Design Object, Monolith Series).

2001

Design and realization of Table T-I (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype) commissioned by Ro Art Inc., NYC.

Design and realization of Can of Worms for the artist Rodney Graham (prototype and edition of 10).

Design and realization of Desk Attachment I and Desk Attachment II (Design Objects, Desk Attachments, prototypes).

Research and design for Jewelry Furniture (Design Object, Monolith Series).

2000-2007

Consultant for the artist/photographer Michael Falco for his mural Where Marsh Meets The Sea at the St. Georges Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, NYC (Percent for Art project).

2000

Provide construction documents for Slips for the artist Dennis Adams at Whitehall Ferry Terminal Building, NYC (Percent for Art project).

Design and realization of Shelves (Design Object, Site Specific, Paper Storage Devices) commissioned by Historical Design Collection Inc., NYC.

Design and realization of Mirror/Medicine Cabinet (Design Object, Site Specific) commissioned by Ran Oron, NYC.

Realization of The Rwanda Project, 1994-2000 for the artist Alfredo Jaar (2nd edition of The Eyes of Gutete Emerita for Daros Art Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland).

1999

Production of the exhibit The German Army and Genocide (English version) for the Hamburg Institute for Social Research, Germany, in NYC.

Design and realization of Slips for the artist Dennis Adams, a model representing his installation proposal at

Whitehall Ferry Terminal Building, NYC (Percent for Art project).

Design and realization of Coffe Table I (Design Object, prototype) commissioned by Ran Oron, NYC.

1998-1999

Design and realization of Portfolio (Design Object, Presentation Device for Photographic Slides, prototype).

1998

Design and realization of The Rwanda Project, 1994-2000 (The Eyes of Gutete Emerita) for the artist Alfredo Jaar at Galerie Lelong, NYC.

Design and realization of Tribüne for the artist Dennis Adams, a model representing his installation proposal at Neue Messe München in Munich, Germany.

Bathroom/Kitchen addition at the Anneke Vijn residency in Haarlem, The Netherlands.

1997

Design and realization of Windows for the artist Krzysztof Wodiczko at P.S. 24 in Brooklyn, NYC (Percent for Art project).

Design and realization of Vanity for Jean Seberg, Vanity for Patricia Hearst and Vanity for Zohra Driff for the artist Dennis Adams at Kent Gallery, NYC.

1996

Design and realization of Ederle for the artist Dennis Adams at The Queens Museum, NYC.

Design and realization of Screen for the artist Leah Demchick, NYC, exhibited at the Elisabethenkirche in Basel, Switzerland.

Design and realization of Audio-Tower (Design Object, Monolith Series, prototype).

1995

Design and realization of Tributaries for the artist Dennis Adams at West Queens High School, NYC (Percent for Art project).

Design and realization of House for Josephine Baker for the artist Dennis Adams at Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie in Paris, France.

Design and realization of Humidor for the artist Dennis Adams in Strasbourg, France.

Redesign and realization of Bus Shelter I for the artist Dennis Adams in Jerusalem, Israel.

Design and realization of Bookshelves I (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype).

1994

Architectural proposal (in collaboration with Carlo Pellizzari, Switzerland) for Seventeen-Houses in Hoevelaken, The Netherlands.

Design and realization of Hematuria for the artist Dennis Adams, a model representing his installation inside a public urinal in Antwerp, Belgium.

Design and realization of Twilight Guard and Patty and Tania for the artist Dennis Adams at Kent Gallery, NYC.

1993

Design and realization of Der Müll, ( ) und der Tod for the artist Dennis Adams at The Portikus in Frankfurt, Germany.

Design and realization of Saint Genet for the artist Dennis Adams at Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie in Paris, France.

1992

Realization of Solar Anus and Cataract for the artist Dennis Adams at Galerie Franck + Schulte in Berlin, Germany.

Design and realization of Réservoir for the artist Dennis Adams in Montreal, Canada.

1988-1992

Realization of the short movies (Super-8, sound): Tryptych (1988, Switzerland, color, in collaboration with            

Patrick Schneider and Pascale Nitzer, Switzerland), Left in Ruins (1988, New York, B&W, in collaboration with

the artist Beat Zoderer, Switzerland), Insert Coin (1989, New York, B&W, color) and Desires (1990, New York, B&W, color, in collaboration with the artist Liselot van der Heijden).

Work as Director of Photography/Camera for various Music Videos, Commercials, Documentaries and Independent Short Features.

1988-1990

The Cooper Union, NYC. Studies in Film (Robert Breer) and Photography as an Exchange Student.

1985-1988

Höhere Schule für Gestaltung, Basel, Switzerland. HFG Degree in Architecture, Interior Design and Industrial Design.

1984-1985

Collaboration with the Brazilian sculptor Maria Vieira in Basel, Switzerland.

1981-1984

Participation in various design competitions Kunst am Bau (Percent for Art) in collaboration with the artist Niklaus Lenherr throughout Switzerland. Some realized projects.

Work as a freelance draftsman for various architecture and engineering firms in Switzerland.

1980

Traveled The United States of America by car.

1977-1980

Employed as draftsman in an engineering firm in Lucerne, Switzerland.

1973-1976

Apprenticeship as draftsman in an engineering firm in Lucerne, Switzerland.

01/30/1957

Born in Rain, Lucerne, Switzerland.

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2008-2010

2019-2020

Design and realization of Chair I (Design Object).

1995-2019

Design, production and installation of Percent for Art projects in New York City for artists Krzysztof Wodiczko, Dennis Adams and Michael Falco.

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Realization of Mobile TV/Media Storage Unit (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype).

Installation of The Silence of Nduwayezu (The Rwanda Project, 1994-2000) for the artist Alfredo Jaar at

Goodman Gallery, London.

Installation of Lament of the Images (3rd Edition) for the artist Alfredo Jaar inside the Synagogue in

Stommeln, Germany.

Design and realization of Lament of the Images (3rd Edition) for the artist Alfredo Jaar.

2019

Design and realization of Bus Shelter IV (maquette, #3 of an edition of 3) for the artist Dennis Adams.

Installation of Lament of the Images (2nd Edition) for the artist Alfredo Jaar at Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan, Italy

Design and realization of Modular Cubic Shelves for the artist Alfred Jaar.

Design and realization of a Display Device for a Tony Oursler artwork, commissioned by the collector Richard

Shebairo, NY.

Design of Mobile TV/Media Storage Unit (Design Object, Modular Series) related to Bookshelves II (Design

Object, Modular Series, prototype)

Modification and reinstallation of Sliding Door Wall (Design Object, Partitioning Wall, prototype).

2018

Design and realization of Lament of the Images (2nd Edition) for the artist Alfredo Jaar.

2016-2018

Design for Table T-X (Design Object, Modular Series).

2017

2016-2017

Design and realization of One Square Meter of Prison (Cell 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9) for the artist Alfredo Jaar.

Design and realization of Mobile Welding Table (Design Object, edition of 4) for The College of New Jersey, NJ.

Design and realization of One Square Meter of Prison (Cell 2 & 3) for the artist Alfredo Jaar.

Design and realization of 5 sound stations for Greenwich Voices by the artists Liselot van der Heijden and Karina Aguilera Skvirsky.

2015

2016

Design and realization of Fading (remake) for the artist Alfredo Jaar.

Design and realization of Armature for Wooden Statue commissioned by the collector Richard Shebairo, NY.

Design and realization of Crying Baby commissioned by the collector Richard Shebairo, NY.

Design for Secretaire (Design Object, Monolith Series).

Installation of The Silence of Nduwayezu (The Rwanda Project, 1994-2000) for the artist Alfredo Jaar at

Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland.

2014

Design and realization of One Square Meter of Prison (Cell 1) for the artist Alfredo Jaar.

Design and realization of the installation Face to Face for the artist Liselot van der Heijden at Kent Gallery, NYC.

Design and realization of Flat Bar Table T-V (Design Object, Modular Series, prototype) commissioned by the

collector Richard Shebairo, NY.

2013

Camera for Malraux Shoes by Dennis Adams. Written and Performed by Dennis Adams, Directed by Dennis Adams and Paul Colin, Single-Channel Video, B&W, 42 minutes.

Installation of Lament of the Images for the artist Alfredo Jaar at Tate Modern, London, England.

2012

Production assistant to Dennis Adams for Walking on Wolves.

2011

Design and realization (in collaboration with Albert Baumgartner, Switzerland) of Cube Box (prototype crate) for Cube.