Benedikt Wyss

Benedikt Wyss (*1984) is based in Basel, Switzerland. In order to investigate new forms of encounter with a diverse audience, Wyss initiates happenings in unexpected and ever-changing environments. Since the beginning of 2020, Benedikt Wyss is curating SALTS alongside Samuel Leuenberger, with whom he is associated with several joint projects. Wyss founded the Kunstverein Deli Projects, the art race Draisine Derby, the Swiss branch of the Social Muscle Club, the Explorers Film Club for artistic research on urban transformation, or Lago Mio, an artist residency in Lugano, Switzerland. He recently developed the AR video app Primo Print in motion to digitally extend printed art publications and Kokon, a digital conference on co-creation in the arts. Benedikt Wyss collaborated with Espacio Odéon Bogotá, Belluard Festival Fribourg, Festspiele Zürich, fructa München, Kunsthalle Basel, Museum Tinguely, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Südpol Luzern a.o.