The canton of Uri supports Tino Horat
The Board of Trustees of the Uri Art and Culture Foundation has awarded the musician Tino Horat a sponsorship prize worth 7,000 francs. The New York Atelier has awarded it to the artists Luca Schenardi and Lina Müller, the Uri Year of Work to the artist Nathalie Bissig.
According to the canton's press release, the jury was "impressed by the high standard of Horat's recently released CD with a selection of independent and catchy compositions, but also by his recordings in the experimental music and jazz field". The artist plays with great skill and at a high technical level. He works as a pianist, keyboardist and accompanist and has since been able to gain an international foothold. According to the jury, a grant would make sense so that the musician, who lives in Hamburg, can devote himself even more intensively to his planned creative projects.
The Board of Trustees was delighted by the great interest in the New York studio, with eight people with convincing dossiers applying for the residency in the metropolis. There were 37 applications to assess, more than ever before. The Board of Trustees was also impressed by the overall high quality of the applicants.
After Rolf Sommer, the four-month residency in 2017 goes to the artist couple Luca Schenardi and Lina Müller, who both live and work in Altdorf. Schenardi's large-scale teletext illustrations, painted by hand on textile, impressed the curators "with their passionate, bulky and beautiful presence". In a trendy but independent series of pictures, Lina Müller also shows the dreamlike realm, a world that appeals and irritates at the same time.
The Uri Year of Work goes to the visual artist Nathalie Bissig. A project contribution of CHF 3,000 goes to Esther Marty-Kouyate from Altdorf, who lives in Paris and works as a director, actress, storyteller and costume designer.
