Severin Hallauer
Severin Hallauer (* 1996 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss Visual Artist, Actor, and Model. He lives in Zurich and Mexico City
Life and Work
Severin Hallauer was born in 1996 in Basel and grew up in Northwestern Switzerland.[1] From 2013 to 2014, he completed the preparatory course at the School of Design Basel.[2] During the preparatory course, Hallauer was arrested along with a collective of fellow students in 2014 during the Art Basel on the Messeplatz by the police due to an art performance.[3][4] The incident caused a stir in the art world and made headlines.[5]
From 2014, Hallauer acted as an actor at the Theater Basel in the youth theater.[6] In 2015, he caused sensation with an art action where he appeared naked and painted white for mandatory recruitment into the Swiss Army.[7] From 2015 to 2019, Hallauer studied Visual Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts[8] and in the Jankowski class[9] at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart in 2018. In 2021, Hallauer received the Art Promotion Award of the Canton of Solothurn.[10] In 2019, Hallauer made headlines again during the Sofia Art Week in Bulgaria with a public art performance that went viral. In this performance, he appeared naked on monuments, including the famous lion statues in front of the Palace of Justice in Sofia.[11][12][13][14]
Hallauer expresses himself in compelling performances and works across various media on philosophical and sociopolitical issues.[15] His oeuvre includes works in installation, video, performance, sculpture, painting, and photography.
Besides his work as a visual artist, Severin Hallauer also performs on various stages as an actor[16] and model[17], and appears in films, music videos, and fashion films. Hallauer was most recently seen in the multi-award-winning and internationally screened short film Heart Fruit by Kim Allamand at the Locarno Film Festival, among others.[18][19][20] In 2018, Hallauer performed in The Divine Comedy by Rirkrit Tiravanija at the Fondation Beyeler.[21]
Quotes
"Obstacles are challenges where, at best, one can fail iconically. Creating art means learning to fail better." — Severin Hallauer
Criticism
Severin Hallauer's work polarizes and receives both recognition and critical feedback.[23] Some critics praise his work as a courageous and profound examination of social and philosophical issues. Others see his actions as an exaggerated self-presentation aimed at scandal. In 2024, Hallauer responded to this criticism in an interview, saying: “Scandal plays no role in my work. I don't sit in my studio and imagine how I can provoke my fellow human beings. It's a ruthless honesty that I demand from my art. [...] If viewers feel provoked by my art, that says more about them than about me and my art."[24]
Awards
Exhibitions
- 2024: Radical Joy, Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers Public Library, Yonkers, New York [26]
- 2024: Kunstpause Art Fair 2024, Zug [22]
- 2023: Eros Y Ambigüedad, Galeria Revuelta, Mexico City
- 2023: Eros Y Ambigüedad, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Mexico City [27]
- 2022: entrée&hommage, M54, Basel
- 2021: Loving Switzerland, Künstlerhaus S11, Cantonal Art Awards 2021, Solothurn [28]
- 2021: InRelation, I see you now, Schlumpf, Riehen
- 2021: Infinitum You, Allda, Zurich
- 2019: The Incomprehensible Silence of the World, Guest Spaces 2019 | Zurich [29]
- 2019: what do you want me to believe in?, Æther Art Space, Sofia Art Week, Sofia [13]
- 2018: Academiae - Youth Art Biennial, Franzensfeste [30]
Selected Performances
- 2020: Unos Pro Omnibus Omnes Pro Oeconomia, Paradeplatz, Zurich
- 2020: I just want to be (in)visible, Queer Sex Health Festival, Kosmos, Zurich [31]
- 2020: Surfaces, Bagno Popolare, Baden [32]
- 2019: nude and monument, Sofia Art Week, Æther Art Space Sofia
- 2019: redshift, perform@, Kunstraum Aarau [33]
- 2019: duality, Sommerfest, Kunsthalle Bern
- 2017: reflection, Kunstfreitag, Kunstverein, Friedrichshafen [34]
- 2017: J'ai tué mon ami, ACT Performance Festival 17, Merian Gärten, Basel
- 2016: In between the complexes, ACT Performance Festival 16, Théâtre de L'Usine, Genève
- 2015: L'individue neutre, Rekrutierungszentrum, Windisch [35]
Selected Filmography
- 2021: Heart Fruit (short film)[36]
- 2019: nothing is quite as it seems (Fashion film)
- 2018: Enoxaiar (short film)[37]
- 2019: The Burden Remains - Fluid (music film)[38]
- 2021: Livia Rita - Muscle of Freedom (music video)[39]
- 2017: Carvel - Fall For Me (music video)[40]
- 2017: Len Sander - Woman On The Run (music video)[41]
- 2017: Space Tourists - Dagger Child (music video)[42]
Selected Acting Roles
- 2020: Abschied, Festival der Liebe VI, Kulturhaus Helferei, Zurich [43]
- 2019: I say I shoot you. you are dead, Gruppe CIS, Theater Rampe, Stuttgart, Sophiensaele, Berlin[44]
- 2018: Lachsfrühstück für 1 Person, Theater in allen Räumen 18, Theater der Künste, Zurich
- 2017: Es war ein mal ein Einsam, Theater in allen Räumen 17, Theater der Künste, Zurich [45]
- 2016: Médée, opera, Theater Basel
- 2015: Hamlet, Theater Basel[6]
References
- ↑ "Sprungbrett für junge Kunst". www.wochenblatt.ch (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ "Severin Hallauer — Kunstraum Aarau". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Die Kunst der Basler Polizeitaktik" (in Deutsch). 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Der Einsatz gegen Kunststudenten ist absurd" (in Deutsch). 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Polizeikommandant Gerhard Lips im Visier der Ermittler". Basler Zeitung (in Deutsch). 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Hamlet 2014/15 | Theater Basel Archive" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ Michael Hunziker (2015-10-30). "Windisch - Student Severin Hallauer: Ganz in Weiss mit einem Dienstbüchlein" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Media Archive". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Academiae Youth Art Biennial – "Where Plato Taught"". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "SOKULTUR - Cantonal Cultural Promotion Board". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ MySofia (2019-07-22). "Гол мъж се покатери върху лъва на Съдебната палата (видео)" (in български). Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ↑ Petkova, Diana (2019-07-23). "Гол мъж се качи на единия от лъвовете пред Съдебната палата". Iskra.bg (in български). Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Гол мъж яхна един от лъвовете пред Съдебната палата". Dnes.bg. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ↑ "Гол мъж яхна един от лъвовете пред Съдебната палата". dnes.dir.bg (in Bulgarian). 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2024-07-23.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "SOKULTUR - Cantonal Cultural Promotion Board". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ Dominik Wolfinger (2017-01-26). "Die Narrenfreiheit der Theaterstudierenden" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Disocihada by Hadito | Y-NOT Magazine". Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ "Heart Fruit" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ Allamand, Kim (2023-10-10), Heart Fruit (Short), Sofia Elena Borsani, Severin Hallauer, Lotti Happle, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, retrieved 2024-07-25
- ↑ "500 Internal Server Error". mubi.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ "Public Day". www.fondationbeyeler.ch. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Hallauer, Severin. "Quote." Retrieved from Kunstpause - Severin Hallauer.
- ↑ "The 10 Best Influential LGBTQ+ artists, according to Jimi Jules". dmy.co. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ "Severin Hallauer".
- ↑ Zwahlen, Fränzi (2021-06-09). "Verleihung Förderpreise Kuratorium Solothurn 2020 und 2021". Solothurner Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ "Radical Joy | Yonkers Public Library". 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Severin Hallauer: Eros y Ambigüedad | Exhibitions | MutualArt". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Cantonal Art Awards 2021 » S11". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Projects 2019 - City of Zurich" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Academiae Youth Art Biennial – "Where Plato Taught"". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Discussing the Sexual Health of the Queer Community" (in Deutsch). 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ bagnipopolari (2020-11-24). "28. Nov. 2020: Finissage Körper.Baden.Flow". Bagni Popolari Baden (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Severin Hallauer — Kunstraum Aarau". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ Harald Ruppert and Thomas Kapitel (2017-03-06). "Vielfältig und jung wie nie: Kunstfreitag zieht auch die Generation U30 an" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ Michael Hunziker (2015-10-30). "Windisch - Student Severin Hallauer: Ganz in Weiss mit einem Dienstbüchlein" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ Doreen Kaltenecker (2023-06-23). ""Heart Fruit" (2022)" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "ENOXAIAR by Lea Gygli". Weird Wednesday 0711. 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "EXIT Filmkollektiv / TBR - FLUID". Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ Livia Rita (2021-12-02). "Livia Rita : Muscle of Freedom". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "Disocihada by Hadito | Y-NOT Magazine". Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ Len Sander (2017-11-07). "Len Sander - Woman On The Run". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ Space Tourists (2017-02-28). "Space Tourists - Dagger Child". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ "FESTIVAL DER LIEBE TEIL VI- Wohlan denn, Herz, nimm Abschied ABGESAGT! | Kulturhaus Helferei | Ausstellungen | kulturzüri" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ kuhlerampe. "August 2019" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ↑ Dominik Wolfinger (2017-01-26). "Die Narrenfreiheit der Theaterstudierenden" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
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