Linea - Andreas Gysin

Andreas Gysin Born in 1975 in Zürich, Switzerland, Andreas Gysin is part of a duo with Sidi Vanetti: together they work on design and research projects without a particular purpose since 2000. The duo Gysin-Vanetti was listed among “Collection Cahiers d’Artistes” by Pro Helvetia in 2013. Andreas in particular explores and extends the work around the “found geometries” in industrial and urban signage, displays and other electro-mechanical objects. The visual characteristics and configurations (color, form) and the internals (mechanics, electronics) are the center aspects of his signiture work, which began in 2007 by designing and programming a custom-built split-flap display. Later this approach extended to other signage systems and objects, kinetic and static. An important aspect of the work is the displacement and the reconfiguration of these informative elements, removing the original function but enabling a different and new reading of the forms.