Silvie Defraoui: Often, It Is a Painting on a Wall in a Building within a Landscape and so on

Silvie Defraoui is a Swiss artist who pioneered video art and art education in Switzerland. She collaborated with her husband Chérif Defraoui to develop the Archives du Futur and founded the Atelier Médias Mixtes. Since 1995, she has pursued a practice using various forms of expression. This book is part of the On Words series, which presents conversations with contemporary women artists.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 19 June 2023
Publisher: Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag

Swiss artist Silvie Defraoui, born in 1935, is a pioneer of video art and art education in Switzerland. Beginning in 1975, she worked in collaboration with her husband Chérif Defraoui (1932–1994). Together, they developed the Archives du Futur, a reflection on images, their status, and potential for memory and the future. The two artists also founded the legendary Atelier Médias Mixtes at Genevas École supérieure des Beaux-Arts (now HEAD—Genève). Since 1995, Defraoui has pursued a practice using various forms of expression, including projection, installation, ceramics, and serigraphy.

This book is part of the new On Words series that presents conversations with contemporary women artists. Through them, readers come to understand the sources from which they draw inspiration, the themes in their work, and their view of the world. Edited by Julie Enckell, Federica Martini, and Sarah Burkhalter and bringing together a wide range of viewpoints, the On Words series adds a new narrative to polyphonic art history as told by those who actively shape it.

Text in English and French.

Weight: 88g
Dimension: 104 x 155 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783858818737