Duo Butterland receives award
This year's "Ici & Ailleurs 2019" scholarship, which is awarded in the canton of Bern by the French-speaking Commission for General Cultural Issues, goes to the duo Butterland by author Regina Dürig and electronic musician Christian Müller.
The author Regina Dürig and the musician Christian Müller have been working together as the duo Butterland in the field of Stories & Sound since 2010. Butterland's works are mostly sculptural in character and can be formally categorized between live performance, poetic noise, radio play and spatial installation. Their formats place a special focus on encounters and exchanges with the audience.
The duo takes up favorite themes of the French philosopher, linguist and feminist Luce Irigaray and wants to use artistic means to question the encounters with others inspired by her. Based on her texts and encounters, an epilogue is created by the three of them, in which Christian Müller works with musical strategies (composition, recordings) and Regina Dürig with poetic access.
With the grant, which is endowed with CHF 20,000, the French-speaking Commission for General Cultural Issues of the Canton of Bern supports artists in the development of a joint project between the French-speaking part of the Canton of Bern and another region. Of the 13 applications received, the jury chose Butterland's project.
The scholarship is being awarded for the third time this year. The first scholarship went to the design artist Mingjun Luo, the second to the musician and sculptor Laurent Güdel. The next competition will be announced in spring 2020.
