Artists supported by the SCF shared their insights.

“The SCF support enabled me to realise an ambitious project for the Whitstable Biennale, which was a performance with four performers on the foreshore. Working outdoors required me to engage directly with questions of access, precarity and environmental change. Conditions that shape both the site and the people who inhabit it. The work became a way to think about bodies in relation to unstable ground, borders and about how performance can respond to changing ecological and social conditions. I knew it would be a project I would remember when it became clear that the environment was not simply a backdrop, but an active participant in the work’s unfolding.” – Nicole Bachmann

“It was tremendously exciting to see a UK audience engage with a live art work about a Swiss adolescence – demonstrating the universality of the theme (memory and the senses).” – Francesca Baglione aka Miss High Leg Kick

“The SCF supported a Frieze project in 2017. Being part of the fair and receiving so many feedbacks from the visitors was a great experience. I also initiated a series of workshops on the theme of Identity with an educational charity. Working with young people is always unexpected and very fulfilling.” – Marc Bauer

“Having both grown up in Switzerland, before living in London for close to 10 years, we’ve seen how inspiring getting to evolve in both places was artistically and creatively.” – Blomfelt & Narby

“I have always felt that photographing architecture is like playing a piece of music. To celebrate my exhibition Light Lines at the Royal Academy, I dreamed of uniting architecture and music in a single moment of resonance. I knew the beautiful Hawksmoor church in the heart of London, St George’s, Bloomsbury and discovered the brilliant young Swiss cellist, Cecilia Bignall. With the generous support of the Swiss Cultural Fund UK, this dialogue between sound and structure became possible. Thank you SCF, this was a perfect contribution.” – Hélène Binet

“The SCF’s support enabled me to realize my first solo institutional exhibition in London, For They That Sow the Wind, at the Parasol Unit in 2016. This show allowed my work to engage directly with a critical international audience. It was only my second institutional solo exhibition, and for me, it immediately felt like a significant milestone.” – Julian Charrière

“The SCF supported me to create an experimental exhibition of my work during the pandemic when opportunities to share work were scarce. Observing passers-by stop and see the exhibition in these times was brilliant.” – Fabienne Hess

“The support from Swiss Cultural Fund UK enabled me to realise my first publication, which expands on two of my recent artist films. The project facilitated me to critically engage with writers, scholars and curators through commissioned texts and an interview, as well as develop my first artist book with independent publisher Book Works with whom I worked closely and extensively to translate core concerns of the films into a book.” – Deborah-Joyce Holman

“The SCF's support helped me fund a large part of my exhibition Stories & Objects and gave me the opportunity to create and produce new work for the occasion. Opportunities like this push you to reflect on your work and process, and they allow the practice to grow.” – Livia Lauber

“Meeting Eddie Prévost opened a new approach to musical improvisation, and through the current trio, rooted in a jazz reference, my personal relationship to jazz has been profoundly reshaped.” – Silvan Schmid

“When my work got recognised after dozens of projects, after years of quiet developments, from one of the most influential mime festivals in the UK and internationally – the SCF backing was a sign from home saying we are with you.” – Kosta Andrea Sekulic

“My participation in Sonica Glasgow along with my fellow Swiss artists had a high degree of inclusiveness and involvement of the audience. I engaged in many interesting conversations with visitors, who offered me different perspectives on various aspects of my work.” – Lukas Truniger