Peter Schweri

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Peter Schweri
Peter Schweri in the entrance to his apartment at Villa Egli, Zürich (c. 2014)
Born(1939-06-20)20 June 1939
Dietikon, Switzerland
Died25 November 2016(2016-11-25) (aged 77)
Zürich, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Occupation(s)Artist, painter, illustrator, photographer
Known for"Zürich constructivism", "ArtCode86»

Peter Schweri (20 June 1939 in Dietikon – 25 November 2016) was a Swiss artist, painter, illustrator, photographer and from 2008 on a music composer. He is a representative of the "Zürich constructivism".[1]

Life and work

Peter Schweri was born on 20 June 1939 in

Meret Oppenheim, David Weiss, Markus Raetz, Urs Lüthi, Christoph Wenger, Anton Bruhin among others. At that time, he was intensively devoted to drawing. Many of these drawings, using a variety of techniques, come from the time he spent in Carona and are in his estate. From 1974 to 1976 he organized and led the biological food store "Mr Natural"[4]
in Zürich. Mr. Natural was one of the first shops selling macrobiotic and biological foods in Switzerland and was well known far beyond the Swiss borders as a forerunner of today's organic food shops.

Beginning in 1975 he traveled to Greece, Egypt and the Sudan. Later, from 1977 to 1983, he traveled extensively to Greece, France and Egypt. In Greece he stayed for one year for wind-surfing, living out of a Mercedes D190 van, which he personally customized and continued to use for travel from 1984 to 1989.[5]

Schweri was a profound thinker and an insightful researcher. In 1986, his knowledge about the existence of the "Universal Skeleton of Art" inspired him to develop the "ArtCode86".[6] To create art compositions with the use of mathematical constraints: that was, what attracted and fascinated Schweri. The director of the ETH Zurich Graphic Collection, Paul Tanner, organized in the summer of 1994 a group exhibition «Kicking boxes billiard»[7][8] at the ETH Zurich. This show gave Schweri the opportunity to become acquainted with the computer scientist Jürg Gutknecht prior to the exhibition. As a result of this contact, Schweri was invited to have an office at the ETH Zurich computer center,[9] which he had from 1994 to 2001, the beginning of his blindness. Together with Jürg Gutknecht, he developed the system "Sakkara" for drafting "visual scores" for art compositions and both computer and internet-based presentations. The creation of the first dynamic constructive artwork was now possible and Schweri created a unique concept of art that he named "Dynamic Art",[10] the interactive totem.[11] After three years of intensive studies of the functioning of the internet he was recognized in 1997 as an internet expert at the Institute for Computer Systems at the ETH in Zürich. In the same year he created his first own internet art site. From 1997 until 2001 he further developed his "Dynamic Art" on the internet. Various evolutions allowed artistic shapes to fundamentally change every second and whose duration can last from a few seconds to several billion years, depending on the constellation of the totem.

Due to a

Caldwell-Luc operation, which he had undergone without anesthesia in his childhood, his vision deteriorated steadily. In 1999 his vision was just 5% of normal. Nevertheless, he continued to work on all his art systems without help and in 2001 created a new, refined "Dynamic Art"-Internet-Site. In 2002 at the age of 63, Schweri was completely blind. He died in Zürich
on 25 November 2016. The artist Stella Diess manages his estate.

Project Wirsindkunst

WirsindKunst: Peter Schweri·Stella Diess 2006

In summer 2005 Schweri met "by chance" Stella Diess (birth name: Esther Bettina Diess) daughter of the actress Miriam Spoerri and the actor Karl Walter Diess. She is also the niece of Daniel Spoerri / Theophil Spoerri. There was an intense artistic collaboration and deep friendship between Peter Schweri and Stella Diess until Schweri's death in November 2016. From 2005 on the Schweri·Diess duo collaborated to create art under the label "Wirsindkunst" (WeAreArt), created a joint website of the same name,[12] where they exhibit works of art in the virtual space of the internet. As a blind artist, it was Schweris wish to transfer his concept of "Art with mathematical constraints" (ArtCode86) to the tonal level and to create "music compositions with mathematical constraints". In 2008 Schweri·Diess set up a custom music studio in Schweri's apartment, where they created music under the label "Wirsindmusik" (WeAreMusic). They also created a joint website of the same name[13] and presented their music compositions in the virtual space of the internet. Being totally blind Peter Schweri first had to learn the MusicWorkstation Yamaha Motif XS8 and Stella Diess had to learn the software for postproduction on the computer. A first CD with 6 compositions was released in 2009 as well as the CD "Motion – Peter Plays For Stella" (75'05, live played).[14] In 2012 the CD "Metronmotion" was composed with 8 pieces of music. Peter Schweri played the piano, researched and refined his music compositions in much the same way as he researched and refined his paintings, as a visual artist before.

As a visual artist, I developed my own visual language in the consciousness of the "universal skeleton of art". In 1986, I invented the "ArtCode86", a self-contained group of 1296 images based on the figure of a double square. I painted some on canvas. At that time, I would not have thought, that I would ever be able to visualize the full "ArtCode86"

— Peter Schweri

Exhibitions

Awards

Paul Tanner, director of the Graphic Collection of the ETH in Zurich, and the artist David Weiss recommended Peter Schweri as a visual artist for the Zollikon 2003 art prize.

Franken
, was presented to Peter Schweri as part of an official celebration in the community hall of Zollikon with a laudation of Hansjörg Mattmüller.

Selected bibliography

  • Lexikon der Schweiz XX. Jahrhundert. Verlag Huber & Co. AG. Frauenfeld 1958–1967.[37]
  • Silvio R. Baviera: Die Durchtunnelung der Normalität. Verlag Um die Ecke, Zürich 1996.
  • Andreas Züst: Bekannte Bekannte 2. Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich 1996.
  • Georg Radanowicz: Raum für Räume. The story of the first «Pop-Art-Happening» in Zürich, Zürich 2005.
  • Werner Kieser: Die Entdeckung des Eisens. Stationen meines Lebens. Econ Verlag Berlin / 2008
  • Aargauer Kunsthaus/Sammlung Andreas Züst: Memorizer. Der Sammler Andreas Züst. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich 2009.
  • Silvio R. Baviera: Kult Zürich Aussersihl. Das andere Gesicht. Verlag Um die Ecke, Zürich 2010.
  • Kunsthaus Chur: David Weiss. Exhibition in the Kunsthaus Chur. 2014. in the book on the exhibition are photographs of David Weiss and family made by Peter Schweri in 1979.
  • Swiss Institute New York: David Weiss. Exhibition in the Swiss Institute New York. 2014. In the book on the exhibition are photographs of David Weiss and Family made by Peter Schweri in 1979.
  • Nieves Verlag Zürich: Zine Peter Schweri on the occasion of the exposition "Mental Mask" at Suns.Works gallery Zürich. 2023.[38]

References

  1. ^ SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ^ original material on 16mm film in the estate of peter schweri
  3. ^ various correspondence with Peter Schweri – in the estate of Peter Schweri- prove his place of residence
  4. ^ The original rental contract with Howit Immobilien-Verwaltungen, 8001 Zürich of 25 March 1974 for the extension of the contract as of 23 December 1970 with Mr Natural Food, Seilergraben 15, 8001 Zürich signed by Peter Schweri – in the estate of Peter Schweri
  5. ^ photographic material of his travels in the estate of Peter Schweri
  6. ISBN 1-55860-723-4
    , S. 111.
  7. ^ a b Paul Tanner / Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich (1994). ""Kicking boxes billiard": Exhibition, Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, vom 15. Juni bis 15. Juli 1994 : Katalog". Catalogue on the Exhibition (in German). Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, 1994. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETH, Graphische Sammlung, CH (1994). ""Kicking boxes billiard" – Europäischer Umgang mit geometrischen Formen nach 1970 – Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich (Originaltext)". Plakat zur Ausstellung (in German). Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, 1994. Retrieved 17 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Computer System Institute /ETH Zentrum Zürich / Former Members" (in German). Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Impressum" (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  11. ^ Elias Canetti, Masse und Macht (Crowds and Power) (in German)
  12. ^ Peter Schweri · Stella Diess. "WirsindKunst". Wirsindkunst (in German). Peter Schweri · Stella Diess. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  13. ^ Peter Schweri · Stella Diess. "wirsindmusik". Diverse (in German). Peter Schweri · Stella Diess. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  14. ^ Peter Schweri. "Peter plays for stella". Peter Plays for Stella (in German). Peter Schweri · Stella Diess. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  15. ^ Simon Maurer (1991), Tagesanzeiger (ed.), Ordnungen, Symmetrien, Harmonien (in German), Zürich: Tages Anzeiger
  16. ^ Nach den Spielregeln der Kunst – Eine Ausstellung in der Graphischen Sammlung der ETH In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung vom 18. Juni 1994 Seite 54.
  17. ^ Bulletin – Magazin der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule Zürich – Nummer 254 Juni 1994 – Diverse Abbildungen von Peter Schweris ArtCode86
  18. ^ SRF / Tagesschau vom 13. Juli 1994 / Painting with the computer
  19. ^ Computer aided ... Peter Schweris Bildwelten in der ETH Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Montag, 4 March 1996 / Nr. 53
  20. ^ Martin Kraft (16 February 1996), Tages Anzeiger / Züritipp (ed.), Zeitungsartikel: Konkret computerisiert (in German), Zürich: Tages Anzeiger
  21. ^ Stefan Gribi (10 February 1996), Schulleitung der ETH Zürich (ed.), Wie Oberon Werkzeug für einen Künstler wurde – Bilder von Peter Schweri (in German) (20000 ed.), Zürich: ETH Intern, ETH Zentrum
  22. ^ Victor Fingal (17 February 1996), Le Matin de Genève (ed.), Toiles sur ordinateur – le peintre Peter Schweri a mis au point un programme de création artistique (in German), Genève{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  23. ^ sfd/TSZ (21 February 1996), Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich (ed.), Farbiges Spiel mit Quadraten (in German), Zürich{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  24. ^ sfd (15 February 1996), Zeitschrift Der Bund (ed.), Computerkunst (in German), Bern: Der Bund
  25. ^ Invitation card on the Exhibition from 28 August 1999 until 18 September 1999 in the estate of Peter Schweri
  26. ^ "Serge Stauffer – Kunst als Forschung" (in German). arttv.ch – filmbeitrag über die ausstellung. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  27. ^ "HelveticArchives / Archiv Serge Stauffer". GS-STAUFFER-D-01-SCHWERI Peter Schweri (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  28. ^ "'Keine Zeit – Kunst aus Zürich' im Helmhaus Zürich - Stadt Zürich".
  29. ^ "Peter Schweri Dynamic Art 2018 Reloaded".
  30. ^ "Ausstellung "CARONA" at the gallery Weiss/Falk, Basel" (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  31. ^ "Peter Schweri" (in French).
  32. ^ "Facebook". Facebook.
  33. ^ "'Mental Mask' at Suns.works gallery Zurich".
  34. ^ letters of recommendation for Peter Schweri for the Art prize Zollikon 2003 written by Paul Tanner, director of the Graphic Collection of the ETH in Zurich in February 2003 and David Weiss, artist from November 2002 / in the estate of Peter Schweri
  35. ^ art prize Zollikon and fine arts award
  36. ^ "zollikon.ch: annual report 2003, section culture. Page 10/52 PDF" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  37. ^ Eduard Plüss, Hans Christoph von Tavel, Verein zur Herausgabe des schweizerischen Künstler-Lexikons (ed.), Künstler Lexikon der Schweiz XX. Jahrhundert (in German), Frauenfeld: Verlag Huber & Co. AG
  38. ^ "'Mental Mask'".

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