GILLES
FURTWÄNGLER
Gilles Furtwängler (1982) lives and works in Lausanne (CH) et Johannesburg (ZA).
After graduating from the Art School of Lausanne in Switzerland (ECAL) in 2006, Gilles Furtwängler has since been developing his artwork based on text, using spoken words as the trigger of his written and visual production.
Through writing and collecting found texts, Furtwängler works on retelling and rewriting what he hears and reads, using contexts, colors and substances to sculpt words, mental images and meanings.
Member of the contemporary art center Circuit in Lausanne and artists group Makrout Unité in Switzerland, he is also the founder of the spoken words show Revenir et Dire Ça on the internet radio DUUU* based in Paris, duuuradio.fr.
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After graduating from the Art School of Lausanne in Switzerland (ECAL) in 2006, Gilles Furtwängler has since been developing his artwork based on text, using spoken words as the trigger of his written and visual production.
Through writing and collecting found texts, Furtwängler works on retelling and rewriting what he hears and reads, using contexts, colors and substances to sculpt words, mental images and meanings.
Member of the contemporary art center Circuit in Lausanne and artists group Makrout Unité in Switzerland, he is also the founder of the spoken words show Revenir et Dire Ça on the internet radio DUUU* based in Paris, duuuradio.fr.
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