Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger were born in 1966/61 at Saint-Imier (Switzerland). From 1988-91 they are co-directors of “l’atelier ici et maintenant”, an independent theatre company based in Lausanne. From 1993-98 they study at the High School for Visual Arts in Geneva. They win the “Swiss Art Award” 3 times in a row (in 98-99-2000) and the Providentia “YoungArt 2000” prize. In 2001 they are invited for 6 month at the Akademy Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. In 2002 they receive the One Year Scolarship & Studio in Berlin of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture. In 2003 they are invited to the first residence program at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw. In 2004 they represent the Swiss Contribution at the 26th International Biennal of Contemporary Art of São Paulo. They presently live and work in Berlin.
 

filmography
2006 Schwejk Perspektiven, Time flies, Donnerstag, Alles wird wieder gut / 2005 Revival Paradise / 2004 Unexpected Rules / 2003 Capitulation Project, Acting facts / 2002 Internment Area / 2001 Affection riposte
 

solo exhibitions
2006
Amanda, Gallery Arndt & Partner, Zürich
Farewell Letter to the Swiss Workers, Kunsthaus Zürich
2005
Revival Paradise, Kino Lab, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujasdowski Castle, Warsaw
Play gallery for still and motion pictures at MACO, Mexico-city
2004
Non chiamateli civili, Associazione Prometeo, Lucca
Capitulation Project, Cornerhouse, Manchester
NB - Bob Gramsma / Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Kunstmuseum PasquArt, Biel
2003
ARTissima 10, Play gallery for still and motion pictures, Torino
Capitulation Project, Play gallery for still and motion pictures, Berlin
2002
Internment Area, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
Affection riposte, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
2001
Affection riposte, Centre for Contemporary Images, Saint-Gervais Geneva
Embrigadés, Galerie Skopia, Geneva
2000
Lux Gallery, London
Galerie Institut - Horten, Düsseldorf
Dose miracle, Musée des beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds
1999
Auf den Höhen, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Kunstverein, Schaffhausen
 

selected group exhibitions and festivals
2006 Protections, Kunsthaus Graz / 59. festival internazionale del film, Locarno / 35. International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam / Multiple Versions : cinema and contemporary visual art, 4th. Magis Sring School, Udine / 41. Solothurn Film Festival, Solothurn / Trieste Film Festival, 17a edizione, Trieste 2005 Contemporary Swiss Art Show in Japan, Chiba City Museum of Art / 58. festival internazionale del film, Locarno / Contenance, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart / 49th London Film Festival, the British Film Institute, London / Helden Heute, Kunsthaus PasquArt, Biel / 11th Biennal of Moving Images (Focus), Centre for Contemporary Images, Saint-Gervais Geneva / Contrabanditas de Imagenes, Seleccion 26 Biennal de São Paulo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile 2004 26th International Biennal of São Paulo, Swiss official Contribution, São Paulo / The 3rd Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Museum of Art, Seoul / So wie die Dinge liegen, Hartware Medien Kunstverein, Dortmund / Play at Cirrus, Cirrus gallery, Los Angeles / Video lobby, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius 2003 Remakes, CAPC- Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux / Shifting time/space, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich / 10th Biennal of Moving Images (Intramural exhibitions), Centre for Contemporary Images, Saint-Gervais Geneva / Peripheries become the Center, Prague Biennal / Flux, Musée des beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds / Arco 03, Galerie Skopia, Madrid 2002 Another Swiss Version, AR/GE Kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano / Videomarathon, Centrul pentru Contemporana, Chisanau / VideoRom, Gian Carla Zanutti Gallery, Milano / Showroom, Galerie Skopia, Geneva / Lange Nacht der Museen, Projektraum Römerstrasse, Stuttgart / Shrink to fit, www.xcult.org et Musée de la communication, Bern 2001 VideoROM, Valencia Biennal, Valencia / Art 32 Basel, Galerie Skopia, Basel / Swiss Videos, Galerie Barbara Thumm-Angelika Richter, Rosso Bar, Venezia / Analogue-Dialogue, Musée jurassien des Arts de Moutier-Kunstmuseum Solothurn 2000 No vacancies, Internationale Videoausstellung, Berlin / Screening, Artjunky, Leicester Square, London / Out of Space, Kunstmuseum Thun / Paroles, paroles, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal / Prix fédéraux des beaux-arts, Fri-art, Fribourg / Dans le domaine du possible III, Centre PasquArt, Bienne / L’art dans le monde, Beaux-Arts Magazine-Parkett, Pont Alexandre III, Paris 1999 Prix fédéraux des beaux-arts, Kunsthalle, Zürich / #1, Espace croisé, Lille / Habiter le monde, Alliance française, Montevideo / Another Swiss Panorama, Centre for Contemporary Images, Saint-Gervais, Geneva / 3 ème festival de l’art en vidéo (section swiss video), Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon 1998 Dog Days Are Over (video lounge), Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris / Prix fédéraux des beaux-arts, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen / Videostore, Bricks & Kicks, Wien / Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer (video lounge), Kunsthaus, Zürich and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt / Not stricly private, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld / Video Exhibition, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi 1997 7th Biennal of Moving Images, Centre for Contemporary Images, Saint-Gervais Geneva / L’immagine leggera, international videoart festival sezioni video svizzera, Palermo / Not enough tv, Moving art studio, Bruxelles / Internationaler Videokunstpreis 97, ZKM, Karlsruhe, SWF3, ORF2, WDR 1996 Medienkunst Szene Schweiz, Kunstraum, Düsseldorf / Media-Skulptur Szene Schweiz, Kunsthaus, Langenthal.

selected bibliography
Frédéric Moser Philipper Schwinger: Unexpected Rules, [texts: Alessio Moretti and Stefan Schoettke], Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Berne; Revolver, Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt a. M., 2004.
ISBN 3-937577-80-7
Frédéric Moser Philipper Schwinger, [editor: Andreas Münch], Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Bern; Centre PasquArt, Biel; Edition Fink 2004.
ISBN 3-906086-62-3 (www.editionfink.ch/presse.html)