Artists

Esther Hunziker, alfatih, Stefan Karrer

Press release

Art Foundation Pax has been awarding the Pax Art Awards annually since 2018 in collaboration with HEK. In giving these awards, the foundation is both honoring and promoting Swiss media artists who use media technology in their work or reflect its impact. In September 2024, the Basel artist Esther Hunziker was the recipient of the Pax Art Awards’ main prize for her persuasive long-term work with art and technology. Two sponsorship awards have been given to the artists Alfatih and Stefan Karrer. In 2025, the artists will show new works within three individual presentations that have been made possible by the funding provided by Pax Art Awards. In her current works, Hunziker uses state-of-the-art AI tools for her fictional narratives and visual imagery. Alfatih works with a broad formal palette – ranging from interactive objects to CGI animated films. Stefan Karrer, in turn, has an astute sense for poetics and irony that he bitingly employs in critiquing contemporary digital and online culture.

Curator: Marlene Wenger