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Eternal Tour : concept et chronologie

2008-2011
Where:
Festival itinerant
When:
2008-2011
Synopsis:

Eternal Tour is an association, which organizes a nomadic festival held every year in a different city: Rome 2008; Neuchâtel 2009; Jerusalem and Ramallah 2010; and Las Vegas 2011. Born in Geneva in 2007, Eternal Tour brings together academics and artists who address issues such as cosmopolitism, tourism, migration, exile, but also creoleness, feminism, taxonomy, practice-based knowledge and empirical thought.


Scheme for Eternal Tour 2009

"Andy Warhol fils de pute"

2009
Synopsis:

 "Andy Wahrol fils de pute" (Andy Wharol son of a bitch) is the title of a chapter wrote by  Donatella Bernardi and Noemie Etienne in  Helvetia Park 's , a publication  of the MEN (Museum of Ethology of Neuchâtel) contemporary to Eternal Tour 2009. 

Eternal Tour Jerusalem-Ramallah

2010
Where:
Jerusalem Est and Ramallah
When:
5-10 december

Eternal Tour Sao Paulo: Coming Soon ....

2012
When:
september 2012

Eternal Tour Rome

2008
Where:
Roma
When:
3 -13 july 2008

Décorum

2005 - 2007
Editor:
Donatella Bernardi & Andrea Lapzeson
Where:
Geneva
When:
June 2005 - June 2007
Synopsis:

Décorum is a publication by artist collective and association Zorro & Bernardo that has been published over the course of two years as a supplement to Kunstbulletin (Zürich), the most distributed art magazine in Switzerland. It served as an experimental platform and counts contributions by various artists and authors.


Décorum designs

Articles

Synopsis:

In this section you can access articles and publications by Donatella Bernardi


World Artist's Fund. Design: Niels Wehrspann

Fortuna Berlin

2005
Where:
Geneva
Synopsis:

Fortuna Berlin is a metaphor for the self-assertion of individuals against social conventions.


Anne-Laure Kénol in Fortuna Berlin. Photo: Bettina Herzner

Mille et une nuits

2003-2004
Where:
CIRCUIT Centre d'art contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland
When:
6th December 2003 - 17th January 2004
Synopsis:

Mille et une nuits is a collaborative project between Zorro & Bernardo and Schönwehrs, resulting in a site-specific artwork for the group show "Rayon noir" and addressing the debates about the banlieues (suburbs/ghettoes) and the fear of the Other in France at the time the show was set up.


Detail of Mille et une nuits. Photo: Donatella Bernardi

Das Faehnchen nach dem Wind drehen

2008
Where:
Kunsthaus Zurich
When:
21st May 2008
Synopsis:

Das Faehnchen nach dem Wind drehen is a performance of the series Retourner sa veste by Zorro & Bernardo. It was performed by Souphiène Amiar, Mio Chareteau and Nicolas Chapoulier as an intro to "Shifting Identities - (Schweizer) Kunst heute" at Kunsthaus Zürich (6th June - 31st August 2008).


Das Faehnchen nach dem Wind drehen, Mio Chareteau, Nicolas Chapoulier, Souphiène Amiar. Photo: Sandra Pointet

Wunder Stanza

2007 & 2008
Where:
Bâtiment d'art contemporain de Genève & Kunstmuseum Solothurn
When:
2nd February - 1st April 2007 & 6th September - 3rd November 2008
Synopsis:

Wunder Stanza is an installation with two editions by Zorro & Bernardo in collaboration with Sibylle Stœckli. It combines ideas of the cabinet of curiosities, the Kaaba in Mecca and the bunker. Based on public and private collections found near the exhibition spaces, the first presentation staged the bourgeois function of the artifact; the subsequent presentation contained different sacred and scientific relics.
  


Wunder Stanza, detail. Photo: Michel Bonvin

The 40 items...

2010
Where:
Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Synopsis:

Since 2010, Donatella Bernardi teaches at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, Sweden. With her students, she wittily discusses the forty artists and discourses that seem to be an unwritten law for everybody in the art field to know.

Les Barbus

2009
Where:
Utopics, 11th Exhibition of Swiss Sculpture at Farel House, Bienne, Switzerland
When:
30.08.-25.10.2009
Synopsis:

Les Barbus is a playful re-reading of history. The beards of four famous Swiss reformers are glued onto the walls of the Farel House, a building occupied today by Bienne's Reformed Church.


Installation view of Les Barbus. Photo: Annick Wetter

Gott wuerfelt nicht – er rundet Ecken ab

2009
Where:
LOGE, Bern, Switzerland
When:
16.10.-28.11.2009
Synopsis:

The exhibition God Doesn’t Play Dice, He Smoothes the Edges reflects Donatella Bernardi’s interest in collages, montages, quotes and formal games, her practice of mixing different media and her curiosity for history and cultural phenomena.


Exhibition view of "Gott würfelt nicht - er rundet Ecken ab". Photo: Sully Balmassière

Talking Objects I

2008
Where:
Forde, Geneva
When:
1st April - 3rd May 2008
Synopsis:

Talking Objects I was a project in two episodes: Le caractère destructeur and The Petrol Menagerie, based a text on political philosophy by Hannah Arendt.


Le caractère destructeur. Photo: Donatella Bernardi

Talking Object HA

2008
Where:
Swiss Art Award, Basel
Synopsis:

Talking Object HA is a piece based on Hannah Arendt's legacy and that investigates contemporary power relationships in society.


Installation view of Talking Object HA. Photo: Martin Widmer

Sur la paille

2004
Synopsis:

Sur la paille is a collaborative work by Zorro & Bernardo, evolving around the tale of Rumpelstiltskin, and addressing value, voracity and moral.


Detail of Sur la paille. Photo: Donatella Bernardi

La moisson du squelette

2008
Where:
Art Chêne, Chêne-Bourg
Synopsis:

La moisson du squelette is an installation by Zorro & Bernardo, which forms part of the series of artworks grouped under the name Retourner sa veste. This work addresses the history of the Tarot of Marseilles and its symbolic and historically conveyed meanings.


La moisson du squelette. Design: Niels Wehrspann

Post Tenebras Luxe

2009
Where:
Musée Rath, Geneva
When:
25.8 – 27.9.2009
Synopsis:

Post Tenebras Luxe is an exhibition on the subject of luxury and a proposal by 23 young artists from Geneva, who deal with this notion both historically and from today's perspective.


Exhibition view of Post Tenebras Luxe. Photo: Sandra Pointet

Revolt, she said!

2004 and 2006
Where:
Forde Espace d'Art Contemporain Usine, Geneva and La Criée centre d’art contemporain, Rennes
Synopsis:

Revolt, she said! is an exhibition curated by Donatella Bernardi and Kirsten Dufour, mapping the history of feminist artistic practice in a contemporary art context.


Detail of Revolt, she said! Geneva (2004). Photo: Cicero Egli

L'âne & le lion

2008
Where:
Salle Crosnier, Palais de l'Athénée, Société des arts, Geneva
When:
17th January – 16th February 2008
Synopsis:

L'âne & le lion is a project in form of a publication and an exhibition by Zorro & Bernardo, which undermined the Société des Arts' invitation to produce a documentation of their work by taking on the form of an artist book.


L'âne & le lion. Photo: Arthur Barras

Splitternackt

2002
Where:
Switzerland and Germany
Synopsis:

In Splitternackt, a semi-paralysed woman seems more concerned with consumption than her condition, while her leather jacket wearing partner is convinced to be helping the world overcome its bourgeois condition. The movie script is adapted from "Aus Sils Maria" by Theodor Adorno (Ohne Leitbild. Parva Aesthetica).


Installation

2004
Where:
Geneva
Synopsis:

Toni and Stella play the part of the perfect couple in an ideally designed flat located in a contemporary art exhibition. Living art pieces, they also happen to live there illegally after closing time. In fact, they have nowhere else to go.


Still of Installation, David Marchetto. Photo: Bettina Herzner

Les héritiers de la Comtesse

2009
Where:
Swiss Institute, Rome
Synopsis:

For the 60th anniversary of the Swiss Institute in Rome, Donatella Bernardi looked behind the scenes of this prestigious institution and investigated the question of whether it was a privileged place of continuing education for a cultural elite or a holiday camp at the taxpayers’ expense.


Les héritiers de la Comtesse. Photo: Jeanne Rektorik

Retourner sa veste

2005-2008
Where:
Geneva, Nettuno, Neuchâtel, Paris, Rome, Zurich
Synopsis:

Retourner sa veste (2005-2008) by artist collective Zorro & Bernardo is a performance with six different versions. It offers a new reading of the 22 cards of the Tarot of Marseille’s Major Arcana, and in doing so questions iconographic origins, interpretation, and collective memory. During each performance, the actors change their costumes and thus the role they have been assigned.


Retourner sa veste III, Souphiène Amar and Mio Chareteau (2007) at Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris. Photo: Sandra Pointet

Peccato mistico/short

2007
Where:
Rome
Synopsis:

A ballet in levitation, caused by a kiss, or maybe a bite. The interaction of light and bodies pays tribute to Caravaggio’s painting art, whereas the set confronts a polychrome marble baroque altar with high-tech equipment. 


Still of Peccato mistico/short. Photo: Bettina Herzner

L'intermédiaire

2009-2010
Where:
LiveInYourHead, Geneva
When:
16th December 2009 - 9th January 2010
Synopsis:

L‘intermédiaire investigates the logic of group exhibitions together with the artists themselves as the producers. Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of “When Attitudes Become Form” by Harald Szeemann, they send invitations to other artists, critics, curators, or autonomous groups - all with the help of students from Geneva’s HEAD (Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design).


Installation view of Weihnachtsausstellung. Photo: Virginie Otth

Rifrazioni

2007 and 2008
Where:
Forte Sangallo, Nettuno and Swiss Institute, Rome
When:
31st August - 2nd September 2007 and 21st January 2008
Synopsis:

During the Rifrazioni festival, Donatella Bernardi and Beat Lippert created a one-week low-budget workshop titled Glocal, resulting in ephemeral installations.


Detail of Rifrazioni, Nettuno (2007). Photo: Beat Lippert