FRANK & PATRIK RIKLIN | CH
Atelier für Sonderaufgaben

The twin brothers Frank and Patrik Riklin were born and raised in St. Gallen. Following their qualification as draughtsmen for structural engineering and the preparatory class at the “Kunstgewerbeschule St. Gallen” (school for applied arts), they founded their «Atelier für Sonderaufgaben» (studio for special assignments) in 1999.

Frank Riklin subsequently studied visual arts at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich” (academy for design and arts). Patrik Riklin studied fine arts at the “Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Frankfurt am Main” (state-run academy of fine arts). Subsequently Patrik continued his studies at the Berlin University of the Arts reading visual culture studies and at the “Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Frankfurt am Main” by studying interdisciplinary arts.

The fringe-art enterprise «Atelier für Sonderaufgaben» was founded with the objective of creating independent and uncompromising art and to embrace those special assignments that no one else really feels responsible for. Last year through their project «Zero Star Hotel» they gained an international reputation as conceptual artists. 


Statement
For us, scenography stands for translating contents into new realities with elementary means and thus uncovering unimagined possibilities and potentials. We also like to call it „ambulant architecture“.
 

 

http://www.sonderaufgaben.ch

 

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