Open Studios of the Second Residence Block

Description

HAHA Humor as an Artistic Strategy: The Dogo Residence as a Guest in the Sidecar
with: Alice Köppel, Dana Ferrari, Lily Pellaud, Lino Stirnimann and Thom Driver
Humor connects, exposes and questions. It can highlight grievances, reverse power relations and playfully question social norms. Humor is a means of subversive engagement with existing structures and at the same time creates moments of collective cheerfulness and relief – especially in challenging times.
For the year 2026, the Dogo Residence invited eleven cultural workers to engage with current artistic questions under the thematic focus HAHA — Humor as an Artistic Strategy. The works created during the residency will be presented to the public twice in cooperation with the Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil-Jona in the event format Sidecar. On September 6, we will open the first of the two group exhibitions. This exhibition is kindly supported by

• The exhibition is kindly supported by
• Temperatio Foundation
• E. Fritz and Yvonne Hoffmann Foundation
• Barbara Spengler Foundation - Municipality of Lichtensteig - Culture Toggenburg - Lottery Fund Canton St. Gallen - Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Design Film Art

Highlights

• Group exhibition with eleven cultural workers
• Thematic focus on humor as an artistic strategy
• First exhibition opening on September 6

General Information

The open studios of the second residence block present works by artists who engage with humor as an artistic strategy. The exhibition takes place at the Kunst(Zeug)Haus in Rapperswil SG and is organized in cooperation with the Dogo Residence.

Location

Schönbodenstrasse 1, 8640 Rapperswil SG, Switzerland

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