The artists nominated by
Photoforum Pasquart presents Claude Bühler and Samira Gollin as our FUTURES talents for 2024. These artists exemplify the dynamic interplay of multidisciplinary practices in contemporary photography, each unique in their narrative and mediums. They skillfully craft stories that resonate with communities and delve into the complexities of human experience in the digital era.
Bühler's artistic narrative trascends the traditional realms of art, merging her roles as artist, photographer and sound researcher. Emphasising the creative process over the final product, Bühler's approach to photography and music is both exploratory and deeply personal, involving intense research and engagement with the subject. Rooted in a desire to dismantle rigid structures her art transcends mere visual experience, becoming a catalyst for personal and sociatel change and inviting viewers to engage in a dialogue.
Gollin's work is characterised by a keen sensitivity to history and narrative layers, often involving meticulously collecting material - photographs, video, interviews, texts, objects - which she assembles into thought-provoking narratives. Her use of analogue techniques like scanning, printing, cutting and collaging creates multilayered works that are visually striking and content-rich. Her work invites viewers on a journey through time, exploring our shared history's mystical origins and reflecting on narrative power in shaping our world understanding.
However, the themes in my artistic practice today are still characterised by a tightly structured childhood, youth and apprenticeship: in my work, I have been exploring the concepts of collectivity and intimacy for several years. I am always looking for liberating and solidary acts in performative moments and arts production. My image- and sound-based practice reveals my great affinity for technology, the exploration of boundaries and needs in dialogue and the creation of trusting connections and learning spaces in my collaborations.
As a child of the working class, I am concerned with my own role as an artist in society and what (political) room for manoeuvre this opens up for me. The problem of self-exploitation, especially - but not only - with a body read as female, is a recurring theme in my artistic practice.
Since 2019, the Salon Vert has been a network of artists, a laboratory for sound research and a place for interdisciplinary dialogue. The Salon Vert has found a new home in my studio in Lichtensteig in 2023. I am also co-founder of the audiovisual Glitch Festival in St.Gallen and music editor at the community radio station Stadtfilter in Winterthur.
