SOME PEOPLE MAKE MONEY WITH ART & POWER.
ELENA MONTESINOS MAKES ART WITH MONEY & POWER INSTEAD.
ELENA MONTESINOS – The Montesinos Foundation (photo under public copyright license)
BIO
ELENA MONTESINOS
Cultural agitator & former manager of the independent art space FORDE (2012-2014). Artistic director of GET A NERVE, the alternative art fair in parallel to Artgenève (2019-2020). Curator of HOME OF TMF, a space dedicated to happenings, interactive installations and performances in Geneva (2020-2021).
AWARDS
2021 : +35y Artist Award, City of Geneva and FMAC Commission, Geneva
2018 : Act-Art Federation, Geneva
2001 : Geneva Council Grant and Residency in Schönhauser, Berlin
2000 : Lissignol-Chevalier-Galland Grant, Geneva
1999 : Manor Kunstpreis, Geneva
1998 : Swiss Art Award
GROUP AND SOLO EVENTS
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2021
DEC 17TH, window performance as That Girl featuring The Wild Panthers and Nagi Gianni’s mask. Curated by Art au Centre in conjunction with Aspasie and Planet 22, Geneva
BONFIRE OF POVERTY, annual performance turned into a personal flashmob this year again, curated by TMF, Geneva
PAY ME A VISIT, Swiss coin mosaic being composed live, on the ground. Window performance at TOPIC art space, curated by A. Marzullo and D. Bernardi, Geneva
ARTIST TALK with D. Pernet at Art Basel for the Swiss Art Awards 2021, invited by Pro Helvetia. Talk and performance all-in-one at Pro Helvetia’s booth, Basel
EXTRA MUROS XXXXX “Au pied du mur” (Too Much Fun), Seedbombs happening with DIE UNKRAUT BOTSCHAFT, Home of TMF, Geneva
# EXCUSE MY FRENCH, online performance at the Maison des Arts du Grütli Studio, curated by B. Giongo and N. Sugnaux, GO GO GO Festival, Geneva
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2020
BONFIRE OF POVERTY, annual performance turned into a personal flashmob this year, curated by TMF, Geneva
MEGAWIN (Three Miraculous Funds), window video installation group show and lucky draw, curated by the artist, Home of TMF, Geneva
UCHIGAWA (The Misfits Fortress), group show and opening of the new art space run by the artist, member of the Collectif O.P.O. aka Oeil pour Oeil (L. Gabriel, W. Gaze, E. Montesinos, Séni) who curated the group show, Home of TMF, Geneva
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SONIC BIO
MUSIC AND SOUND PROJECTS
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2022
AN EVENING WITH THAT GIRL AND THE HOMIES, video mashup and closing party with Maudite and Kebab Injection! Starring: Nathanael Esh, Timothy Leighton, That Girl, Lea Pohlhammer, Sanctus Povitch. GO GO GO Festival, Le Grütli, Geneva
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2021
NEVER GATE, shooting of the movie co-directed with JD Schneider at Villa Sarasin, Geneva (to be released in 2022)
I NEVER READ/ UNRELEASED GVA, Geneva’s finest experimental musicians mashing up TMF’s spirit! Live broadcast, Art-Basel, Basel
UNRELEASED MASHUP, live lecture of the UNRELEASED artist book edited by Pro Helvetia. Invited by D. Bernardi, featuring lectures by I. Languin, L. Pattaroni, C.H. Tatot. Live effects mashup by Sanctus Povitch. Maison Rousseau Littérature (MRL), Geneva
DEC 17TH, window performance as That Girl featuring The Wild Panthers and Nagi Gianni’s mask. Curated by Art au Centre in conjunction with Aspasie and Planet 22, Geneva
THAT GIRL IS STRANGE, live mix broadcast, invited by Nut-Nut TV, Case à Chocs, Neuchâtel
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2020
BIRTHDAY BASH, That Girl’s birthday mix at Bongo Joe for Résiliences Sonores, broadcasted on Radio Vostok
THAT GIRL AT MOTEL RADIO, live broadcast on July 23rd, Motel Campo, Geneva
GET A NERVE! – IN THE HOUSE, Jeff Mills TR-909 surprise live headphone performance curated by TMF around Villa Sarasin, Geneva
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SERVEZ-VOUS (HELP YOURSELF)
SERVEZ-VOUS – Public performance distributing money – Elena Montesinos
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GOODIES TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD
EDIBLE MONEY TREAT (recipe) – Elena Montesinos
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SOUND OF THE SYSTEM
SOUND OF THE SYSTEM #3 “TRAUM” – 2nd hand vinyl mix for Reboot.fm
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COUNTERFEIT FOR PAGANS
COUNTERFEIT FOR PAGANS (wallpaper) – Elena Montesinos
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ELENA MONTESINOS
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