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Andreas Fürer (*1993) and Sonjoi Nielsen (*1994) aka FürerNielsen, are two swiss artist based in Zürich, Switzerland.

The focus of our work lies in the process. We are interested in digital worlds, social change, current and past technologies and artifacts. We take products and objects from today's social environment and question their influence on new social phenomena in our personal space. How do they function, and how do they change us by the way we function with them? Where is the human being when everything gets out of hand, when we ourselves are already a quasi-algorithm, an NPC (non-player character) and, without being choosy, gain access to immeasurable spaces. We are in search of counter-models, which are a hair's breadth away from the things we are becoming accustomed to, and yet allow them to react with our bodies. Perhaps it is possible to keep their potential open in the tension between past and future, between familiarity and unfamiliarity.

2022-ongoing
Hyper.llc, Europe
2022
Destructura, Tallinn / Narva, Estonia

2025
BitsnBolts Vol.2, Dynamo, Zürich, Switzerland
2024
Redshift, eRides, Zürich, Switzerland
Hof zu Wil, Kunst am Bau, Wil, Switzerland (in collaboration with Ilona Rüegg) (shortlisted)
2023
Unveiling Structures, Kogo Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia
BitsnBolts, Zentralwäscherei, Zurich, Switzerland
2022
«Schöne, entrückte Welt», Kornschütte, Lucerne, Switzerland
Destructura, Talinn, Estonia
2021
Infinite Nows, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
Kunstpause, Zug, Switzerland
Corona Call Visarte, Zurich / Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
2020
Energie Animale, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
Art Blanche SBB, SBB, Zürich & Uster, Switzerland

Residencies & Programs



Selected Exhibitions & Public Works

My First Fountain

My First Fountain, 2024
Sculpture
30x18x30cm
Geberit Preda Urinal 3D printed model (40% of original size), EKWB cooling solution system for gaming PC’s, control electronics, EK CryoFuel Solid Cloud White

Superstar👑

Superstar👑, 2023
Sculpture
40x30x30cm
LED stripes, 3D printed plastic, acrylic glass

LFG🔥

LFG🔥, 2023
Mini Sculpture
3x3x1cm
3D printed plastic, metal spoon, found situation with ladder and AC

Lumpies

Lumpies, 2023 (2022-2023)
Video (151 different animations)
Resolution: 2778x1284px, Duration: 151 Cyber Lumpies x ca.10sec, looped
Aluminium monitor mount, IPhone Max, 151 animated characters

Robot v2/v1

Robot v2, 2023 - ongoing
Kinetic Sculpture
180x40x40cm
Motion system, control electronics, Dyneema fabric, 3D printed plastic

Good News Only

Good News Only, 2022
Installation, Sculpture
35x35x15cm each (50pcs), ~ 50x50cm + 100x100cm
Textile fleece pillows, filled with hypoallergenic hollow fiber

Topspreader

Topspreader, 2021
Mixed Media (Video, Sculpture)
60cm x 100cm x 100cm
Video: BAG Medienkonferenz, STIHL SR400 Sprühgerät, Gerüst Stoll Giroflex Drehstuhl