Projects
Johannes M. Hedinger (*1971) and Marcus Gossolt (*1969) founded the art label “Com&Com” (Commercial Communication) in 1997. Their films, art, theatrical pieces, music, books and monuments thematize the border between high art and pop culture. They parasitically occupy the communication channels of advertising and mass media to enact performances of the concepts of "original" and "counterfeit." In 2003 they developed the new public art project "Mocmoc" for the small Swiss city of Romanshorn. The vividly colored statue, counterfeit legend of the founding of the city, and provocative staging and presentation so polarized the public that the city held a referendum on the fate of its new mascot – which Mocmoc won. Since then, the project has continued to develop. The Mocmoc “legend” has been translated into English and Arabic and a film is currently in production for the Singapore Biennial. Com&Com’s first film “C-Files: Tell Saga” (with H.R. Giger), a perfectly constructed trailer to a nonexistent feature film, was invited by Harald Szeemann to the 2001 Venice Biennial, and their song and video clip "Side by Side" (2002), with Dieter Meier of Yello, landed in the Swiss Top Ten.
Com&Com’s latest film, the experimental poetic road movie "The Big One" – their first in the English language – stars Yangzom Brauen (Aeon Flux) and takes place in the desert of California. 2005 Com&Com was working for the Cabaret Voltaire on the artistic marketing of a human child ("Gugusdada"). 2006 they developed the short film series "Mocmoc & Mermer" for the 1. Singapore Biennale. The works and projects of Com&Com were shown in over 15 countries and in over 80 exhibitions and numberous Festivals (among them 4 Biennials and solo exhibitions at Kunsthaus Zürich and Kunstwerke Berlin). Johannes M. Hedinger and Marcus Gossolt live primarily in the Swiss cities of Zurich and in St. Gallen and work on location.
Com&Com’s latest film, the experimental poetic road movie "The Big One" – their first in the English language – stars Yangzom Brauen (Aeon Flux) and takes place in the desert of California. 2005 Com&Com was working for the Cabaret Voltaire on the artistic marketing of a human child ("Gugusdada"). 2006 they developed the short film series "Mocmoc & Mermer" for the 1. Singapore Biennale. The works and projects of Com&Com were shown in over 15 countries and in over 80 exhibitions and numberous Festivals (among them 4 Biennials and solo exhibitions at Kunsthaus Zürich and Kunstwerke Berlin). Johannes M. Hedinger and Marcus Gossolt live primarily in the Swiss cities of Zurich and in St. Gallen and work on location.
