(🔑) Tristebacio Club is an art duo started in 2021 by two longtime friends both born in 1999 on the banks of lake Ceresio, in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland.
solo shows
| ↑ | 2024 | 4 spade nel cuore, Bacio offspace, Bern. |
| ↓ | 2023 | A Tristebacio Love Story, Lokal–int, Biel–Bienne. |
| ↓ | 2023 | Tropical Dreams, Display, Parma, Italy. |
| ↓ | 2022 | Sky is the Limit, Maglio del Malcantone, Lugano. |
group shows
| ↓ | 2023 | La Regionale, Villa Ciani, Lugano. |
| ↓ | 2023 | Suite en Sous Sol, Palazzo Bronzo, Genova, Italy. |
| ↓ | 2023 | Foreverr, group show, CoCo, Como, Italy. |
| ↓ | 2023 | Tropical Dreams (part 2), Zentral Wäscherei, Zürich. |
| ↓ | 2022 | TrustFall, Toni Areal, Zürich. |
| ↓ | 2021 | Ketchup Napalm, Pizzagate, Locarno. |
| ↓ | 2021 | Screensaver, LangstrasseKultur, Zürich. |
| ↓ | 2020 | Still Toys, Spazio Morel, Lugano. |
curating
| ↓ | 2023 | Forever Flowers, Balabiot Museum, Lugano. |
| ↓ | 2021 | Toi Toi, offsite, Molino Nuovo, Lugano. |
publications
| ↘ | 2024 | ZETT Magazine (issue 16), article by Eva Voegli. |
| ↗ | 2023 | 2023 | Tropical Dreams, Rundgang.io (online). |
| ↗ | 2023 | 2023 | Tropical Dreams, Kuba Paris (online). |
| ↘ | 2022 | Sky’s the Limit, 36 pages book, Edizioni Tam-Tam. |
| ↘ | 2022 | Vision Mag (#3), 8 pages article by Riccardo Lisi. |
| ↘ | 2021 | L’Osservatore, article by Dalmazio Ambrosioni. |
| images/design: | Tristebacio Club. |
| typeface: | Times New Arial, by Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann. |
Tristebacio Club :–)
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Quattro spade nel
cuore
| includes | Paranoia, 120x175x210 cm, wood, glazed ceramics, flexfugen, plexiglass. Le Tue Parole Mi Feriscono, 29.7x42x2 cm, glazed ceramics. Mi Sento Vuoto, 29.7x42x2 cm, glazed ceramics. |
| soundtrack | Panico, 4.30min (loop) produced by Geo Sciarini. |
| year | 2024 |
| at | Bacio offspace, Bern, Switzerland |
installation view at Bacio offspace, Bern.
Details of the roof, glazed ceramics tails, 165x100cm.
Details of the roof, glazed ceramics tails, (165x100cm).
Mi sento vuoto, A3, glazed ceramics (installation view)
Mi sento vuoto + Le tue parole mi feriscono, both A3, height: 2cm.
Le tue parole mi feriscono, (detail).
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Live Forever
| year | 2023 |
| size | 5.66 x 2.50 x 0.02m |
| materials | wood, metal, fence paint. |
| at | ○ Palazzo Bronzo, Genova, Italy. ○ Madonna D'Arla, Lugano, Switzerland. |
installation view at Palazzo Bronzo, Genova.
sunset view in Madonna D'Arla, Lugano.
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Tristebacio Love
Story
| year | 2023 |
| size | 1.95 x 3 m |
| materials | 100% italian wool, cotton. |
| at | Lokal–int, Bienne, Switzerland. |
thinking about you...
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Sky's the Limit
| year | 2022 |
| size | 7.5 x 5m (tile: 30 x 30cm) |
| materials | tiles, silicon, epoxy, photo transfer, ink. |
| at | ○ Maglio Del Manlcantone, Lugano, Switzerland. ○ CoCo, Via ai Mulini 8, Como, Italy. ○ Villa Ciani, Lugano, Switzerland. |
| publications | Sky's the Limit, 36 pages book, Tam–Tam Edizioni. |
view from above at villa Ciani.
exhibition book (36 pages), Tam tam edizioni.
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Tropical Dreams
| year | 2023 |
| size | 1.80 x 2.20 x 3.10m |
| materials | styrofoam, PVC, pump, epoxy, PLA, water, coconut flavor, sticker. |
| at | ○ Spazio Display, Parma, Italy. ○ Zentral Wäscherai, Zürich, Switzerland. |
| publications | ○ rundgang.io/ (online). ○ kubaparis.com/ (online). |
Tropical Dreams is a fountain made up of 1252 tiles which distributes water with the aroma of young coconut. The installation, inspired by the packaging designs of some tropical juices, takes shape from the tropical dream that Tristebacio Club lives every day in ethnic mini-markets.
installation view at Zentral Wäscherai, Zürich.
installation view at Spazio Display, Parma.
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Are you the coolest
in town?
| year | 2022 |
| size | box: 1 x 0.3 x 0.3m. letters: A4 (21 x 29.7cm). |
| materials | iPad, App, wood, sticker, letters, paper. |
| at | Toni Areal, Zürich, Switzerland. |
“Are you the coolest in town?”; after answering some questions about self–motivation on our sky and flames iPad holder, the users recived an unexpected letter in their own mailbox with a proper personalized certificate that awarded them of the title of the coolest in town!
Who has never felt small and incapable when faced with a certain situation or person? In any field or situation, we often find ourselves thinking that the people operating in that area are too cool compared to us and that it is better to let go of what we are doing because we will never get to such a level. We firmly believe that everyone, if they believe in it and apply themselves fully, can become as cool (or even more) as their idols, since no one is a superhero and the only superpower you can have is to believe in yourself.
Personalized certificate and letter are sent to your mailbox.
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Forever Young
| year | 2021 |
| size | 19 x 155 cm |
| materials | mixed wool, cotton. |
| editions | ○ First edition: Black ○ Second edition: Lightgrey |
| status | out of stock |
During the 2020 lock down we asked 5 kids from different parts of Europe to lend us a piece of their creativity by drawing for us. Inspired by Exquisite Corpse, a common children’s game where different styles are combined into a single piece of paper, we asked some guys to draw a part of a monster. With the drawings we received back we gave birth to two international monsters that have been printed on two limited editions of 50 beautiful scarves.
Thanks to Miguel, Joelle, Maelle, Maila and Lina!
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Toi Toi
| year | 2021 |
| with | ○ Stefano Molo ○ Nicola Martinelli ○ Manuele Rezzonico ○ Gloria Tomasini ○ Daniel Drabek |
| at | ○ Bar Tra, via Castausio 3, Lugano. ○ Spazio Morel, via Adamini 4, Lugano. ○ Studio Foce, via Foce 1, Lugano. |
| supported by | ProHelvetia, fondazione svizzera per la cultura. |
Bar Tra
Spazio Morel
Studio Foce
Exhibition book, 8 pages.
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