H.o.Me. – Home for obsolete media
With Flo Kaufmann and guests: Anyma, Pietro Beatrice, Ted Davis, Quentin Destieu & Sylvain Huguet (Dardex), Asi Föcker, Jonathan Frigeri, Manuela Imperatori, Martina Lussi, Christian Marclay, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, mobileskino, Mariane Moula, Alexandra Navratil, Andrea Saggiomo, Sarina Scheidegger & Rodrigo Toro Madrid, Strotter Inst., Fornax Void and others.
Flo Kaufmann (*1973, lives and works in Solothurn), musician, artist, engineer and “bricoleur universelle”, has a large collection of equipment, sound and image carriers that are no longer in use. He will transform the Kunsthaus into a public laboratory and, together with guests from art and music, will create new life from old machines.
Publication “H.o.Me. – Home for obsolete media” published by Christoph Merian Verlag.
At the same time we show the Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Art Prize Exhibition.
The exhibition is generously supported by:
Stiftung für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte
Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung
Publication
H.o.Me. - Home for obsolete media
Audio cassettes, records, VHS and Super 8—once, they were all media standards. In the digital age, however, they have been superseded or discarded or stored away at the very back of the cellar. Yet artists, collectors, and tinkerers remain faithful to obsolete media, and create new things out of old machines. Flo Kaufmann from Switzerland is one such guy: he began collecting tech flotsam and jetsam as a kid and is now much in demand, internationally, as an artist and rescuer of vinyl recording technology. In this book, the objects in his collection spell out the history of veteran media, while artists working today with “obsolete media” give us a peek into their worlds. Finally, experts from the fields of art, music and restoration delve deeper into the topic and provide tips on how to preserve audiovisual treasures.
Authors
Amulets, Raffael Dörig, Kristen Gallerneaux, Doris Gassert, Hannes Grassegger, Martina Haidvogl, Flo Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Knüsel, Peter Kraut, Yves Niederhäuser und The Mutha_Ship Landing.
Artists
Dardex, Ted Davis, Asi Föcker, Max Egger, Michael Egger, Jonathan Frigeri, Manuela Imperatori, Flo Kaufmann, Christian Marclay, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Mobileskino, Alexandra Navratil, Sarina Scheidegger & Rodrigo Toro Madrid, Strotter Inst., Fornax Void among others
Release date may 10th 2021, Christoph Merian Verlag.
Raffael Dörig, Flo Kaufmann (Ed.)
ISBN 978–3‑85616–949‑7
Worldwide distribution through Christoph Merian Verlag. For buyers from outside Switzerland we recommend ordering via local bookstores.
CHF 32.- / € 28.- + shipping costs