Beat Kuert’s images are born from the performances by dust&scratches; they lose their physical aspects and the realism of the performance from which they originate – some sort of body-art - and acquire a valence that reveals the same artificiality as painting and sculpture. They undergo the very same alchemical transformation. His symbolical figures represent a living existence which the artist perceives as form/work of art. It is therefore obvious that Beat Kuert uses a sort of artifice in his work, replacing the “performance”, or the direct display of the event, with the video record of the observed event. Through this artifice, it gains a diverse legibility, and a different and transfigured significance. 1979 Festival di Hyeres : Critics Award and Special Award of the Jury 1979 Award of the International Association Cinema d´Arts et d´Essai 1979 Award of the Ecumenical Jury (Festival di Locarno) 1979 Award Zürcher Filmpreis 1985 Award of the Jury “Chretiens Media” (Festival de droit de l´homme Strasbourg) 1985 Mostra internazionale del film d’autore di San Remo, Film Martha Dubronski (Best Actress) 1985 Festival di Bludenz Award of the Jury for Best Director and Best Screenplay 2005 Walo Award for “Berg und Geist” 2009 Bizzarro di Bronzo” Festival Bizzarro for the Video “Grave New World” Born in Zurich, Beat Kuert lives and works in Arzo. In 1966 he makes his first experimental films and starts to work as a director for Turnus Film Zurich in 1968. In 1971, after a stay in Latin America, he makes his first documentary. The next year he begins cooperating with the Swiss Television on cultural programs. In 1996 he starts making television documentaries on famous architects, including Jean Nouvel, Mario Botta, Herzog & de Meuron. Acknowledged as one of the most audacious explorers of his generation in Switzerland, in 2005 he creates the group “dust&scratches” which is concerned with video art, performances and music. His experimental works include: “Die Zeit ist böse” (1981), “Pi-errotische Beziehungen” (1982), “Il grande inquisitore” (1991) and “Am Ende der Zeit” (1998); are considered to be his most important works of fiction: “Schilten” (1979), “Martha Dubronski” (1984/85), “Deshima” (1986) and “L’assassina” (1990) starring Margaret Mazzantini, Massimo Popolizio and Elena Sofia Ricci.

Beat Kuert

Beat Kuert’s images are born from the performances by dust&scratches; they lose their physical aspects and the realism of the performance from which they originate – some sort of body-art - and acquire a valence that reveals the same artificiality as painting and sculpture. They undergo the very same alchemical transformation. His symbolical figures represent a living existence which the artist perceives as form/work of art. It is therefore obvious that Beat Kuert uses a sort of artifice in his work, replacing the “performance”, or the direct display of the event, with the video record of the observed event. Through this artifice, it gains a diverse legibility, and a different and transfigured significance. 1979 Festival di Hyeres : Critics Award and Special Award of the Jury 1979 Award of the International Association Cinema d´Arts et d´Essai 1979 Award of the Ecumenical Jury (Festival di Locarno) 1979 Award Zürcher Filmpreis 1985 Award of the Jury “Chretiens Media” (Festival de droit de l´homme Strasbourg) 1985 Mostra internazionale del film d’autore di San Remo, Film Martha Dubronski (Best Actress) 1985 Festival di Bludenz Award of the Jury for Best Director and Best Screenplay 2005 Walo Award for “Berg und Geist” 2009 Bizzarro di Bronzo” Festival Bizzarro for the Video “Grave New World” Born in Zurich, Beat Kuert lives and works in Arzo. In 1966 he makes his first experimental films and starts to work as a director for Turnus Film Zurich in 1968. In 1971, after a stay in Latin America, he makes his first documentary. The next year he begins cooperating with the Swiss Television on cultural programs. In 1996 he starts making television documentaries on famous architects, including Jean Nouvel, Mario Botta, Herzog & de Meuron. Acknowledged as one of the most audacious explorers of his generation in Switzerland, in 2005 he creates the group “dust&scratches” which is concerned with video art, performances and music. His experimental works include: “Die Zeit ist böse” (1981), “Pi-errotische Beziehungen” (1982), “Il grande inquisitore” (1991) and “Am Ende der Zeit” (1998); are considered to be his most important works of fiction: “Schilten” (1979), “Martha Dubronski” (1984/85), “Deshima” (1986) and “L’assassina” (1990) starring Margaret Mazzantini, Massimo Popolizio and Elena Sofia Ricci.

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Beat Kuert’s images are born from the performances by dust&scratches;
they lose their physical aspects and the realism of the performance from
which they originate – some sort of body-art - and acquire a valence that
reveals the same artificiality as painting and sculpture. They undergo
the very same alchemical transformation.
His symbolical figures represent a living existence which the artist
perceives as form/work of art. It is therefore obvious that Beat Kuert
uses a sort of artifice in his work, replacing the “performance”, or the
direct display of the event, with the video record of the observed event.
Through this artifice, it gains a diverse legibility, and a different and
transfigured significance.

1979 Festival di Hyeres : Critics Award and Special Award of the Jury
1979 Award of the International Association Cinema d´Arts et d´Essai
1979 Award of the Ecumenical Jury (Festival di Locarno)
1979 Award Zürcher Filmpreis
1985 Award of the Jury “Chretiens Media” (Festival de droit de l´homme Strasbourg)
1985 Mostra internazionale del film d’autore di San Remo, Film Martha Dubronski (Best Actress)
1985 Festival di Bludenz Award of the Jury for Best Director and Best Screenplay
2005 Walo Award for “Berg und Geist”
2009 Bizzarro di Bronzo” Festival Bizzarro for the Video “Grave New World”

Born in Zurich, Beat Kuert lives and works in Arzo.
In 1966 he makes his first experimental films and starts to work as a
director for Turnus Film Zurich in 1968. In 1971, after a stay in Latin
America, he makes his first documentary. The next year he begins
cooperating with the Swiss Television on cultural programs.
In 1996 he starts making television documentaries on famous
architects, including Jean Nouvel, Mario Botta, Herzog & de Meuron.
Acknowledged as one of the most audacious explorers of
his generation in Switzerland, in 2005 he creates the group
“dust&scratches” which is concerned with video art, performances
and music. His experimental works include: “Die Zeit ist böse” (1981),
“Pi-errotische Beziehungen” (1982), “Il grande inquisitore” (1991) and
“Am Ende der Zeit” (1998); are considered to be his most important
works of fiction: “Schilten” (1979), “Martha Dubronski” (1984/85),
“Deshima” (1986) and “L’assassina” (1990) starring Margaret
Mazzantini, Massimo Popolizio and Elena Sofia Ricci.

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