Past Residents
Past Resident
2023: AES+F
Mikhail Tolmachev
Mikhail Tolmachev is a visual artist working with sound, video, photography, and spatial installations. His research-based practice explores the relationship between images, power, and the politically mediated production reality, as well as the fractures of representation and the violent history of visibility.
Mikhail Tolmachev has exhibited work at Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia; Badischer Kunstverein, Germany; and the 2015 Kyiv Biennial, Ukraine, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023

Mikhail Tolmachev, Pact of silence, 2015, RA-4 prints, 1911/16 × 1911/16 in. (50.04 × 50.04 cm).

Mikhail Tolmachev, SLON, 2017, carousel slide projection, 8 min..

Mikhail Tolmachev, Re-locations, 2021, digital animation (24 min) and sound installation (12 min).

Mikhail Tolmachev, Waiting for movement, 2011, RA-4 print, 235/8 × 0 × 235/8 in. (59.94 × 0 × 59.94 cm).

Mikhail Tolmachev, Beyond visual range, 2014, installation, dimensions variable.
Residents from Russia
Past Resident
2023: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Yen-Yi Lee
In her practice, Yen-Yi Lee collaborates with artists, musicians, filmmakers, fashion designers and writers to explore the concepts of failure, risk management and the pursuit of perfectness. She is the founder of the art publication, HAGAI HUAKAI and co-founder of Synergy Festival.
Yen-Yi Lee curated exhibitions at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan; Digital Art Festival, Digital Art Center, Taiwan; and Open Space Bae, South Korea, among others.

Yen-Yi Lee, Tempo, Pace and Sustainability of Relationships, 2022, exhibition.

Yen-Yi Lee, You invent the story of how your destinies were made, 2022, exhibition.

Yen-Yi Lee, 01_LOVE, Taipei Digital Art Festival, 2020, exhibition.

Yen-Yi Lee, a field guide of getting lost, 2016, exhibition.

Yen-Yi Lee, HAGAI ART ZINE, 008, Dreamers Issue, 2022, printed publication.
Residents from Taiwan
Past Resident
2024: Pro Helvetia, Atelier Flex - Kanton Zug
Pascale Birchler
Pascale Birchler creates theatrical installations that form a multi-layered system of visual connotations. Her work explores the embodiment of loneliness and stalemate, as well as the contemporary status quo.
Pascale Birchler has exhibited work at Istituto Svizzero, Rome; UCCA Edge, Shanghai; and Gallery Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, among others.

Pascale Birchler, Da sind wir, losgekettet von der Sonne (Here we are, unchained from the sun), close up, 2022, sculpture, wood, modeling clay, glaze, pigments, artificial hair, oil painting on wood, acrylic glass, metal frame, flowers, wire and textile, dimensions variable..

Pascale Birchler, Da sind wir, losgekettet von der Sonne (Here we are, unchained from the sun), 2022, sculpture, wood, modeling clay, glaze, pigments, artificial hair, oil painting on wood, acrylic glass, metal frame, flowers, wire and textile, dimensions variable..

Pascale Birchler, In den Wiesen I-III (In the Meadows I-III), 2020, aquarellle and colored pencil on paper, 59 × 865/8 in. (149.86 × 219.96 cm).

Pascale Birchler, Schmetterlingsstühle I / II (Butterfly Chairs I / II), 2019, metal and glass with burned glasspainting, dimensions variable..

Pascale Birchler, Die Dichter (The Poets), 2018, wood, padding, modelling glay, glaze, textile and oil pencil, dimensions variable..