The interdisciplinary study group on textures and experiences of trans-industriality explores the changing imaginaries of our global/glocal societies at the turn of the 20th-21st centuries. The group favours enquiries into trans-disciplinary commonalities, and investigates the potency of ideas as they migrate from one body of practice into another. Finding such common grounds is not meant to lead towards more homogenized landscapes, but on the contrary as a springboard through which to re-invest in differentiation. Circulation can be understood, diversification must be the object of pro-active creativity.
TETI Group is registered as an association in Switzerland. TETI association promotes the group’s activities through the organisation of exhibitions and artistic interventions, talks and workshops, as well as publications and digital communication interfaces. TETI is part of the SARN (Swiss Artistic Reasearch Network), which is directly linked to the seven Swiss Universities of the Arts.
I joined the group in 2018 and contributed to the creation of the research focus “Baustelle und Botanik”, directly connected to my art practice. Within the frame of our School of Commons residency I co-organised a series of workshops and conferences, which led to the co-edition of the publication “Mobile Soils” (TETI press, 2021). I then organised for the publication to be collaboratively unfolded through a series of six performative dinners (la becque, grand palais Bern, Oncurating, SAE greehouse Lab).
“Mobile Soils” explores the transformation of our bounds to the ground in the early 21st century through a range of personal reflections, in which authors revisit their practice in the light of earthly attachments and ecological pressure. With contributions by Paloma Ayala, Kenza Benabderrazik, Jose Caceres Mardones, Laurie Dall'Ava, Nikos Doulos, Errol Reuben Fernandes, Anne-Laure Franchette, Gabriel N.Gee, Brack Hale / Moriah Simonds, Monica Ursina Jäger, Elise Lammer, Gnanli Landrou, Maria Joao Matos, Uriel Orlow, Jan Van Oordt, Grit Ruhland, Caroline Wiedmer & Rafael Newman, Huhtamaki Wab. Edited by Anne-Laure Franchette, Jose Caceres Mardones, Gabriel N.Gee. Designed by Philippe Desarzens.
As co-editor of TETI group and press, I take part in all research trips, supervise workshops, communication and coordinate the growth of the structure with the support of Pro Helvetia Art+.
Recent TETI activities:
2024:
upcoming: [publication]: TETI Journal: On Trans-Industriality, Spring 2024.
[field research days]: Le Locle, La Chaux-de-Fonds, St Imier.
[interview]: “Là où nous sommes”, with Amélie Bargetzi.
[edible research]: Book Harvesting - Seasonal Recipes, collective research, writing and cooking about the in-house library, February-April, Das Lehrer*Zimmer, Bern, CH.
2023:
[workshop]: Transbordements, Libri itineranti e affinità creative, collective writing exercises with the school’s library, resulting in a series of zines, SUPSI, Mendrisio, CH.
[exhibition & video essay]: Boxed-In - Garden Mechanics, series of intervention in relation with the library, painting collection and garden, Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona, CH
[workshop & book presentation]: Transbordements, collective writing, in dialogue with TETI Press’s latest publication and with the in-house library, Villa Moyard, Morges, CH.
[exhibition & edible research]: Coal Peach - TETI Food Club, research display, collective culinary investigation, Ovary, Comple-X Institute, Pro Helvetia Shanghai, CN.
[research trip]: Curated Nature, interdisciplinary research tour in Shanghai, Haimen and Hangzhou. Organised by Comple-X, UN-Curating and supported by Pro Helvetia.
[publication launch]: Transbordements, with Vincent Fradet, Anne-Laure Franchette, Gabriel Gee, Julia Sorensen, Lorenzo Menoud, Sarah Sandler, TETI Press, 10th June, Mini VOLUMES, Zurich Art Weekend, Lowenbraükunst, Zurich, CH.
[edible research]: Aquatic Devolutions - A bio-food dinner in contrapuntal speculations. Performative event, Maya Minder in collaboration with Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee, with sound composition by Matthieu Philippe de l‘Isle.
[edible research]: Plaque Tournante, thematic apéro about the history of the Port-Franc Dreispitz area, by Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee, Food Culture Lab, 11th May, Critical Media Lab, SARN, HGK Basel, CH.
[digital seminar series]: Artists and Maritime technology, with Nicola Foster, Chih Chung Chang, Mona Annette Shieren, Alan Dunn, Antje Kempe, Illias Marmaras and Anna Lascari, Cora Piantoni, Cliona Harmey, David Jacques, Charlotte Gould, André Tavares. Curated by Gabriel Gee, in collaboration with Sarah Kozlowski & Francesca Santamaria (the Centre for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities, La Capraia), April, online series.
[book presentation]: Mobile Soils, Soil Assembly, Kochi Biennale, IN.
[workshop & conference]: Annotated Affinities, writing workshop by Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee, accompanied by a research presentation by Gabriel Gee and Jan van Oordt, 5th February, Sitterwerk, St Gallen, CH.
2022:
[book exhibition]: Nature & The City, The vision and the Cracks, VOLUMES archive section, Bookbau Festival, Karslruhe, DE.
[edible research & book presentation]: Mobile Soils Dinners: Overground.
foodculture days with TETI group, arvae, Manon Briod & Mathieu Pochon, and SAE Greenhouse Lab. 24th September, SAE Greenhouse Lab, Zurich, CH.
[performative guided tour]: Library Portraits - Geography of la Dépendance’s book and vinyl collection. Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee with Jan van Oordt, 28th August, Austellungsraum Klingental, Basel, CH.
[edible research & book presentation]: Mobile Soils Dinners: Ground, with contributions by Mariana Murcia, Siavash Namehshiri, Kenza Benabderrazik, Jose Caceres Mardones and Tara Lasrado. arvae with TETI group, Manon Briod & Mathieu Pochon, foodculture days and SAE Greenhouse Lab. 03d June, SAE Greenhouse Lab, Zurich, CH.
[workshop]: GARTEN/WARTEN, a TETI workshop by Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee, in the seminar of Mona Schieren and Paule Potulski, 17th-18th May, HFK Bremen, DE.
[edible walk]: A pass into the past: incarnating the Saint Gothard’s pass by Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee. SARN Symposium, 14th May, Hospental, CH.
[edible research & book presentation]: Sols brouillés et remontés’ / ‘Scrambled and whipped soils’ / ‘Geschlagene Ruhrerde’. Oncurating, 30th April, Zurich, CH.
[interview]: In conversation with Joel Kuennen. Fall, la becque, La Tour de Peilz, CH.
[edible research & book presentation]: Mobile Soils Dinners: Underground, with contributions by Jan van Oordt, Rafaël Newman, Caroline Wiedmer, Gnanli Landrou, Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee. TETI group with arvae, Manon Briod & Mathieu Pochon, foodculture days and SAE Greenhouse Lab. 26th March, SAE Greenhouse Lab, Zurich, CH
2021:
[book presentation]: The making of Mobile Soils, Oct, Artplay art center, Moscow, RU
[workshop]: связь, with WLAG Russia, VOLUMES, by Philippe Desarzens, Anne-Laure Franchette, Gabriel Gee, Svetlana Lukyanova. October, Smena art center, Kazan, RU
[Performative Dinner & Book Presentation]: Berner Auslegung, with Anne-Laure Franchette, Gabriel Gee, Manon Briod, Petra Koehle. September, Grand Palais Bern, CH
[book launch & edible research]: Mobile Soils, TETI Press. Publication with contributions by Paloma Ayala, Kenza Benabderrazik, Jose Caceres Mardones, Laurie Dall'Ava, Nikos Doulos, Errol Reuben Fernandes, Anne-Laure Franchette, Gabriel N.Gee, Brack Hale / Moriah Simonds, Monica Ursina Jäger, Elise Lammer, Gnanli Landrou, Maria Joao Matos, Uriel Orlow, Jan Van Oordt, Grit Ruhland, Caroline Wiedmer & Rafael Newman, Huhtamaki Wab. Edited by Anne-Laure Franchette, Jose Càceres, Gabriel Gee. Designed by Philippe Desarzens. September, Modern Nature III, la becque, La Tour de Peilz, CH
[short film]: Ghost Ship, Trailer for an invisible exhibition, Feb, Kulturfolger, Zurich, CH
[talk]: Haunted vessel. Labour on the MS Basilea, encounter with Damian Christinger, in collaboration with Franklin University, La Capraia Centre for the study of the arts and architecture of port cities. Feb, Kulturfolger, Zurich, CH
[talk]: Drill ship walk through, encounter with David Jacques, in collaboration with Franklin University, La Capraia Centre for the study of the arts and architecture of port cities. February, Kulturfolger, Zurich, CH
[screening]: Là où nous sommes, Amélie Bargetzi, February, Kulturfolger, Zurich, CH
[exhibition]: Le café de la Marine, with Amélie Bargetzi, Damian Christinger, Gregory Collavini, Anne-Laure Franchette, David Jacques, Dorota Lukianska, Cora Piantoni. Curated by Gabriel Gee, February, Kulturfolger, Zurich, CH
2020:
[online workshop]: Maritime Poetics, Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee, with Amélie Bargetzi and David Jacques. December, édhéa, école d’art du Valais, Sierre, CH
[talk]: Dark passages of the sprawling city, discussion between Anne-Laure Franchette, Caroline Wiedmer, Cora Piantoni, Gabriel Gee, Jose Càceres Mardones, Rafaël Newman, 14th November, Dietikon Projektraum, Dietikon, CH
[exhibition & library]: Oops a Daisy! (Urban Management Remix), with Lithic Alliance, Anne-Laure Franchette, Monica Ursina Jäger, Lourenço Soares, Riikka Tauriainen, VOLUMES. Curated by Gabriel Gee and Jose Càceres, October - November, Dietikon Projektraum, Dietikon, CH
2019:
[conference]: The ground beneath our feet: Tunnels, Hades, Unkraut, with Nikos Doulos, Errol Reuben Fernandes, Anne-Laure Franchette, Gabriel Gee, Michael Hiltbrunner, Maurice Maggi, Maria Joao Matos, Jan van Oordt, Grit Ruhland, Sep, ZHdk, Zurich, CH
[workshop]: Land, Soil & Aesthetics, workshop with Monica Ursina Jäger, Sep 2019, ZHAW Wädenswil, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Commons, Zurich, CH
2018
[interview]: Stories & places: from fish to textile, through rivers and gardens, Wu Mali.
[talk] : In contact with the wild, with Michael Günzburger and Lukas Bärfuss, June, Corner College, Zurich, CH.
[performance]: Borderless poetics in fluidity, performance by Claudia Stöckli, accompanied by Michael Cerezo, June, Corner College, Zurich, CH.
[exhibition] : Hinterland : Part 2: Blood as a rover, with works and interventions by Jürgen Baumann, Gregory Collavini, David Jacques, Tuula Närhinen, Claudia Stöckli & VOLUMES Library. A group exhibition in two parts curated by Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee, June, Corner College, Zurich, CH.
[talk] : Light and land, with Cliona Harmey & Monica Ursina Jäger, June, Corner College, Zurich, CH.
[workshop] : Maritime Poetics: from Coast to Hinterland, with Vanessa Hirsch, Giuliano Sergio, Johanna Bruckner, David Jacques, Alice Butler, Cliona Harmey, Anne-Laure Franchette, Tuula Narhinen, Alison Vogelaar & Brack Hale, Gregory Collavini, Johannes Hedinger, Gabriel Gee, Caroline Wiedmer, Monica Ursina Jäger, Damian Christinger, Cora Piantoni, Conor McFeely, Aurèle Ferrier, Bryan Biggs, Claudia Stöckli, Dorota Lukianska. Research encounter supported by the SNF. 25th-27th May, Corner College, Zurich, CH.
[talk] : Seen Unseen, with Salvatore Vitale and Lars Willumeit, May, Corner College, Zurich, CH.
[exhibition] : Hinterland: Part 1: The eyes of the lighthouse, with Cliona Harmey, Monica Ursina Jäger, Salvatore Vitale & VOLUMES library. A group exhibition in two parts curated by Anne-Laure Franchette and Gabriel Gee, May, Corner College, Zurich, CH.
[talk] : Amélie Brisson-Darveau, Johanna Bruckner, Cora Piantoni, with Vanessa Nica Mueller, April, Künstlerlhaus FAKTOR, Hamburg, DE.
[exhibition] : All so Near: Textile-Bodies, China Girls and Archi-Finance, with Amélie-Brisson-Darveau, Johanna Bruckner & Cora Piantonian. Curated by Gabriel Gee at Künstlerlhaus FAKTOR , April, Hamburg, DE.
[publication] : From loss to survivals: on the transmission and reconstruction of artistic gestures, edited by Gabriel Gee, Intervalla, Vol.5.
[publication] : Changing Representations of Nature and Cities: the 1960s 70s and their legacies, edited by Gabriel Gee & Alison Vogelaar, Routledge.
[publication] : Buon Lavoro! Four films on workers' communities, Cora Piantoni, Archive Books.
