Institute Digital Communication Environments HGK Basel FHNW

Please join us on Wednesday May 27 for the next lecture of the ‘Return’ series with Lena Friedli.

Lena Friedli (b. 1985) has been director of Forum Schlossplatz—an exhibition space for art and contemporary issues in Aarau—since late 2019. Her program features socially relevant thematic group exhibitions and projects in the fields of visual arts, performance, and literature, with a focus on site-specific formats, residencies, and performative projects.

The art historian and cultural studies scholar previously served as artistic director of the akku Kunstplattform in Emmenbrücke. In earlier years, Lena Friedli was a research assistant at the Kunstmuseum Luzern, co-director of the Ausstellungsraum Klingental in Basel, and co-founder of the Projektraum KECK in Basel. Lena Friedli lives in Suhr near Aarau, is the mother of a daughter, serves on boards, expert committees, and juries, and works as a freelancer on exhibitions and publications.

Credits:
Displays in Dialogue, MA-Thesis by Lena Friedli and Michael Huebner, 2015.
Mit Haut und Haar, Publikation, hrsg. v. Lena Friedli und Theres Inauen, Forum Schlossplatz, 2022, graphicdesign by upset Zürich.
Performance von Martina Lussi, akku Kunstplattform Emmenbrücke 2019, Foto: Luis Hartl.
Residenz Residenz mit Stirnimann-Stojanovic, Forum Schlossplatz Aarau 2022, Foto: Peter Koehl
We would prefer not to, Ausstellung im Forum Schlossplatz Aarau mit Werken von Alex Hanimann und Katharina Anna Wieser, 2023, Foto: Peter Koehl