The Proces Festival, 2006 november-december “pražská tržnice, Holešovice, prague 7

In Prague as in Genoa, I was fascinated by unoccupied historic buildings that stood everywhere, just crying out for cultural interim use. I rented a spacious apartment in a rondo-cubist listed building in Prague-Bubenec, just opposite the residence of the U.S. ambassador. Here my future Exwife Sonja Vectomov and I regularly put on soirées with classical concerts, which were frequented not only by marginalized artists but increasingly by diplomats, museum directors and financial risk-takers, who brought their own Chateau Lafite – Rothschild. In the circle of drinking companions of the Finnish Ambassador, with whom I became acquainted on these occasions, one evening a slick investor from Tel Aviv turned up, the head of a consortium assigned to upgrading the area of the “Pražská Tržnice,” Prague’s erstwhile slaughterhouse, which since the fall of the iron curtain housed a massive Vietnamese market. I happened to speak to him about the numerous empty warehouses and he immediately gave me the green light for a two-month rent-free use of a vacated furniture store. The building made the heart of even a fussy Zurich squatter race, offering ideal conditions for a museum stroke nightclub with its 600 square meters of exhibition space, central heating and modern sanitary facilities. Due to the legality of this project we immediately received offers of financial support from various sponsors. Once again I was able to host my constantly increasing orbit of fellow artists and musicians who blended perfectly into the bizarre backdrop of countless market stalls full of counterfeit trademark products.

Local and international artists exhibited in this 4-story building, which used to be a Furniture store at the prazka tricnice in Holocevice Prague 7.The festival involved over 100 artists, bands and activists. The Proces Festival was funded by Pro Helvetia, the

City of Zurich and the Popkredit of the City of Zurich.

Invited artists:

Marianne Engel (ch), Zacheo Zillioli (ch), Svetlana Mazoulevskaja (ch), Biopop,Urs Lehmann (ch), Unkraut,Sarah Kreuter (ch), Lutz/Guggisberg (ch), Felix Maspoli (ch), Ingo Giezendanner (ch), Pipilotti Riest (ch), Anja Kaufmann (ch), Mickry drei (ch), Mark Divo (ch),Jonas Scheu (ch), Marks Blond Projekt (ch), Nico Gieser (ch), Ana Strika (ch), Niklaus Ruegg (ch), Mirzlekid & Nara (ch), Celine Baumgartner (ch), Melli Ink (ch), Jan Kotik (cz), Group guma guar (cz), Mikulas Rittstein (cz), Lukas Rittstein (cz), Kristof Kintera (cz), Podebal (cz), Lenka Klodova (cz), Darina Alster (cz), p.a.s.c.h (cz), Jiri Franta/David Böhm (cz), Petra Feriancova (sk), Radim Labuda (sk), Tomas Drozan (sk), Silvina Arismendi (urg), Sonja Vectomov (fin), Eugenio Precioso (it), Perine Ballieux (f), Olivia Pils (de), Tim und Pumamimi (ch), Micromops (ch), the richie succes (cz), Kaspar von Urbach (cz), cybershanson (cz), beatbruger (cz), Monika Naceva (cz), Maria Pamiansk (ch), Michael Schmacke (de), Elektra Sturmschnell und, Xeno Volcano (ch), Ernst Scholl Trio (ch), Die Fakemasters (de), Micromops (ch), Halka Tresnakova (cz), I love 69 popgeju (cz)

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