The Bloch World Tour

All Bloch stations since 2011 – ongoing

EUROPE
Urnäsch/CH (Urnäsch, March 2011, Auction, Video)
Zurich/CH (TEDxZurich, Oct. 2011, Conference, Video)
Geneva/CH (Fonderie Kugler, Nov 2011, Exhibition, Video)
St.Gallen/CH (Kunstgiesserei, March 2012, Performance, Video)
Bern/CH (PROGR, April 2012, Performance, Exhibition, Video)
Basel/CH (Swiss Art Awards, June 2012, Exhibition)
Berlin/DE (Denkerei, Juni 2012, Performance, Conference, Exhibition, Video)
Karlsruhe/DE (ZKM, July 2012 Conference, Video)
Zürich/CH (Helmhaus, July – Sept 2012, Exhibition)
St.Gallen/CH (Lagerhaus, Aug – Sept 2012, Exhibition, Conference)
Teufen/CH (Zeughaus, June 14. 2013 – April 25 2014, Exhibition, Installation)
Heidelberg/DE (Heidelberger Kunstverein, Nov 21 2014 – Feb 1. 2015, Exhibition, Video)
Zagreb/HR (SIEF Congress, University of Zagreb, 22. Mai 2015, Talk)
Urnäsch/CH (Appenzeller Brauchtumsmuseum, April 2016 – Jan 2017, Exhibition, Talk)
Basel/CH (3. Schweizerischer Kongress für Kunstgeschichte, Universität Basel, 25.6.2016, Talk)
Gliwice/PL (Stacji Artystycznej Rynek, Sept – Oct 2016, Exhibition)
Masein/CH (Masein Mountain College, Sept 2017, Exhibition)
Zürich/CH (Visarte, Dolder Waldhaus, Dec 2017, Exhibition)
Zürich/CH (Kunst:Szene Zürich, Dec 2018, Exhibition)
Metz/FR (Centre Pompidou Metz, March 21 – Oct 2020, Exhibition “Folklore”)
Zofingen/CH (Kunsthaus Zofingen, Aug 15 – Oct 11 2020, Exhibition “Baumfänger” and Screening)
Marseille/FR (MUCEM, Nov 4 2020 – Feb 22 2021, Exhibition “Folklore”)
Bern/CH (Galerie Bernhard Bischoff, Jan 13 – Feb 19 2022, Exhibition “Com&Com, Est. 1997”
Basel/CH (Blockade Swissterminal) Dec 15 2025 – ongoing

ASIA
Taipei/TW (Juming Museum, Oct 2012 – Feb 2013, Exhibition, Performance)
Shanghai/CN (9. Shanghai Biennale / Power Station of Art, Oct 2012 – March 2013, Exhibition, Performance, Video)
Singapore/SG (DAW / Japan Creative Centre, May 7.-17. 2013, Exhibition, Video)
Hong Kong/CN (Art Basel Hong Kong, Salon Talk, March 2015, Talk)
Goa/IN The Story of Mind, 6.12.2019 Talk, online
Mumbai/IN (Critical Conditions: The Mind of Nature, Conference 28/29.11.2020, online)
Mumbai/IN (G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture, 10.2.2023. Talk)
Goa/IN (Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts, 11.2.2023, Talk)
Kochi/IN (Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi (IN), 16.2.2023, Talk)
Mumbai/IN (Blockade Nhava Sheva, Sep 2024 – Aug 2025

NORTH AMERICA
North Dakota/USA (July 17 – Aug 3 2014, Performance, Events, Music, Video, Objects) in and at Downtown Fargo Street Fair, Fargo, Napoleon, Nokota Horse Conservancy, Linton, Taylor Horsefest, Taylor, Fort Totten Days, Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, Geographical center of North America in Rugby, Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation and Bloch Party at Hjemkomst Center, Fargo/Moorhead
Moorhead Minnesota/USA (Hjemkomst Center/Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Jan-March 2015, Exhibition)
Cincinnati Ohio/USA (Carl Solway Gallery, Sept 22 2015)
New York New York/USA (Silent Barn Brooklyn, Oct 10-15 2015, Onderdonk House
Queens, Oct 17 – 24 2015, Knockdown Center Queens, Oct 24 – Jan 2016, Exhibition Dec 12 – Jan 10 2016)

AFRICA
Cape Town, ZA (Feb 22 – March 8 2017): Wood Conference, ERF81, Talk
Johannesburg, ZA (March 8 – April 1 2017): University of Johannesburg
Oudtshoorn, ZA (April 5 – April 18 2017): KKNK Festival, Art Karoo, Festival, Performance
Klein Karoo, ZA (April 2017): Wilderness National Park, Performance
Nieu Bethesda, ZA (April 2017): Bethesda Art Centre, Performance
Richmond, ZA (April 25 – Mai 9 2017): MAP Modern Art Project, Performance
Hanover, ZA (May 2017): School of Hanover, Performance
De Aar, ZA (May 2017): Khazimla Art School, Performance
Soweto, ZA (May 12 2017): Trackside Creative, Concert, Performance
Johannesburg, ZA (May 17 – 25 2017): University of Johannesburg, Exhibition
Nelspruit, ZA (July 5 – 8 2017): Innibos Laeveld Nasionale Kunstefees, Festival
Graskop, ZA (July 9 – Jan 2018: MAP Modern Art Project, Exhibition
Cape Town, ZA (Feb 15 2018): Wood Conference, Talk

SOUTH AMERICA
Antofagasta, CL (July-Sep 2019): Festival de Arte Contemporaneo, SACO8, Exhibition
Uribe, CL (July 2019): Corporacion Gen, Performance
San Francisco de Chiu Chiu, CL  (Aug 2019): Performance
San Pedro de Atacama, CL (Aug 2019): Performance
Toconao, CL (Aug 2019): Performance
Sierra Gorda, CL (Aug 2019): Performance
La Negra, CL (Aug 2019): Performance
Antofagasta, CL  (Aug 2019): SACO8, Festival, Concert, Performance

HISTORY

EUROPE: Bloch was purchased at auction in Urnäsch on March 7 2011 by Com&Com. On Oct 4 2011 he had his first TV appereance at TEDxZurich Conference. Until April 2012 Bloch was stored at Kunstgiesserei in St. Gallen, where we printed with it and the last preparations for the big journey were made. Before leaving Switzerland, Bloch was presented at Stadtgalerie Bern and Gallery Bernhard Bischoff for farwell. On June 1./2. Bloch visited Berlin/Germany as its first abroad station. In collaboration with Bazon Brock and his Denkerei and the Swiss Embassy. Bloch was part of the Swiss Art Awards 2012, “Profi-Bürger” at HfG/ZKM in Karlsruhe/Germany and was part of exhibitions at Helmhaus Zürich Architektur Forum Ostschweiz St.Gallen/Switzerland. During his world tour, Bloch was also repeatedly featured in important exhibitions in Europe, including at the Centre Pompidou Metz in 2020 and the MUCEM in Marseille in 2021.

ASIA:
in 2012 Bloch was invited to the 9. Shanghai Biennale. During Chinese New Year in February 2013 a Bloch Festival took place with over 50 chinese artists at the Power Station of Art in Shanghai. At the same time Bloch was part of the group show “Asynchronous Lifeworld” at Juming Museum in Taipei/Taiwan and at DAW / Japan Creative Centre in Singapore. Later Bloch came back to Switzerland for winter camp and an exhibition at Zeughaus Teufen. From there it left to North America in 2014.
Ten years later, Bloch set off for Asia for a second time after getting invited to India. After initial research trips and several failed export attempts (from Chile), Bloch arrived in Mumbai in the fall of 2024, but got stuck in customs/the port for around a year before returning to Switzerland in December 2025.

NORTH AMERICA: After an extended tour across North Dakota in summer 2014 the outcome was exhibited at the Hjemkomst Center/Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County in Spring 2015. In autumn 2015 Bloch made a short stop in Cincinnati for a Performance at Carl Solway Gallery before coming to New York. After events and projects at the Silent Barn Bushwick/Brooklyn and Onderdonk House in Ridgewood/Queens, Bloch had a 3 months residency at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth/Queens, which culminated in an exhibition, performance cycle and conference (Dec 2015 – Jan 2016). Bloch was then storedin a warehouse in Catskill/Hudson NY before leaving end of 2016.

AFRICA: From 2017-2018 Bloch visited South Africa with stations in Cape Town (ERF81, Wood Conference), Johannesburg (University of Johannesburg), Soweto (Trackside creative), Richmond (MAP Modern Art Project), Oudtshoorn (KKNK Festival), Nieu Bethesda (Bethesda Art Centre), de Aar (Khazimla Art School), Graskop (MAP Modern Art Project) and others. Then Bloch was stored for a couple of months on a farm in Rawsonville, before continuing its journey in 2019.

SOUTH AMERICA: In Spring 2019 Bloch arrived in South America, where it had its first station at the contemporary Art Festival and Biennale SACO8  in Antofagasta/Chile and later was travelling across the Atacama desert, making stops in San Francisco de Chiu Chiu, La Negra and San Pedro de Atacama.
First due to the COVID pandemic, followed by local political unrest, Bloch could not be exported from Chile until 2023. When an invitation to India was received, several attempts to export the work failed in 2023/24 before finally succeeding in the summer of 2024.