b. 1965, Switzerland
Hannes Schüpbach (b. 1965 in Winterthur, Switzerland) is a visual artist. His recent work has mainly involved 16mm silent films, which are shown in museums as well as at major film festivals. In London, his films have been screened at Tate Modern in 2009 (curated by Stuart Comer) and in 2013 at the Zilkha Auditorium of Whitechapel Gallery (curated by Gareth Evans). In 2009 his recent and earlier work was presented in the solo exhibition Hannes Schüpbach: Stills and Movies at Kunsthalle Basel (curated by Adam Szymczyk). Several of his films, among them Erzählung (2007) L’Atelier (2007), the trilogy Spin / Verso / Contour (2011), Instants (2012), and Essais (2020), deal with the moments from which art is created. With his translation of 19 poems by Stephen Watts and the installation Explosion of Words, dedicated to Watts and his oeuvre, he continues his ‘reading’ of fellow artists.