artist note 1999
In early 1999, two photographs captured the stark reality of that winter’s ferocity: one shows the immense snowfall piling up on a balcony, a deceptively serene white landscape. The other focuses on the aftermath of the avalanche in Galtür, where the absence of a once-standing house is disturbingly clear. This sense of sudden, sweeping loss shaped my creative mindset at the time.
I remember sitting in the hotel lobby with my sister, sipping tea, when the windows suddenly went dark. This was followed by a silent roar and an eerie stillness.
Amid this unsettling context, I created a drawing called “Headless.” Working with fine black liners on white paper—no sketches, just free-flowing lines that overlapped into forms—I sought to convey a raw, unfiltered reaction to the fragility of life. The piece depicts what appears to be a detached head exhaling a final breath, a ghost haunted by its own presence. In its stark monochrome simplicity, “Headless” reflects the tension of that winter, a season in which invisible, uncontrollable forces quite literally altered the landscape and left an indelible mark on my perception of impermanence.
2025 | HARTDURM
Vernissage: Do, 23.10., 18-21 Uhr, Finissage mit Fondue: Sa, 15.11., 18-21 Uhr
2025 | OpenHouse25
Marco Spitzbarth zeigt aktuelle Arbeiten seines „künstlerischen Labors“ und lädt Besucher:innen abseits der Führungen ein, Teil seines Schaffensraums zu werden.
2025 | Einsichten25
Über 220 Mitglieder der Visarte Zürich zeigen ihre aktuellen Werke an der diesjährigen Jahresausstellung.
2025 | Subroutines
Subroutines transforms algorithmic decision-making into visual form. Each print captures an environment shaped by countless micro-choices — and by a colored “agent”. Like in life, a single anomaly can ripple outward, rewriting the system it inhabits.
2025 | FoxP2
Offener, einphasiger Kunst-am-Bau-Wettbewerb, Humboldt Forum - zeitgenössische Fassade am Nordgiebel
2025 | Glückskrabbler
Der Legende nach schlummern unter der Erde Baugeister aus Eisen und Erz.
2025 | Sun Never Born
A meditation on the threshold between nature and synthesis—where the promise of a sun, yet to rise, lingers in the quiet code of creation.
2025 | Resonate Tissue
An immersive installation that explores the interplay between organic forms and digital echoes. By merging tactile materials with sensor-driven feedback, “Resonate Tissue” invites viewers to reflect on the fluid boundaries between the physical body and technological resonance, underscoring our evolving relationship with the living and the virtual.
2025 | WeDoDraw
Explore the Hidden Narrative A drawing is never just a drawing. It’s a map. A signal. A story unfolding stroke by stroke. On wedodraw.com, algorithms reveal patterns. You create, watch, and discover.
2024 | Mobile Resistance
The work transforms rigid reinforcing bars into mobile sculptures that traverse the urban space and challenge physical and metaphorical barriers through their precarious, adaptable presence.
2023 | Op3nDays
A series of talks and demonstrations organized to highlight the integration of “wedodraw” with a GRBL-driven machine. The event showcased creative drawing workflows, bridging open-source technology and artistic experimentation in a live, interactive setting.
2018 | TC 18
Transcultural Collaboration: "Tanhua": A Tribute to the Global Workforce / "Mass Prey": The Abyss of Desire
2014 | Addresses & Colors
0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255: a comment on the conversion from ipv4 to ipv6
2011 | Hoja Blanca
Zürich / Guatemala 26 Künstler/innen aus Guatemala und der Schweiz, 28x28cm
2006 | Burnout
a 72-hour, sleepless performance in which I lived within a transparent polycarbonate box under constant public and online surveillance.
1999 | personal note
In the winter of 1999, my sister and I were in the lobby, sipping tea while a fierce snowstorm raged outside—so intense that skiing was out of the question.