
Photo: Lea Reutimann
Lyn Bentschik is a queer, crip and neurodivergent Swiss multimedia artist. They have a background in dance, choreography and long durational performance art. They live in Winterthur with their family.
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E-Mail: lyn(at)lynbentschik.com
ARTIST STATEMENT (2026)
I locate my artistic practice in a field that places the experience of physicality in its center.
Experiencing physicality, both for the artist and the audience, can be complex and full of potential. I find this fascinating. Experiencing physicality can be personal, universal, political, immediate, endless, beautiful and brutal. It is my inspiration, foundation and catalyst for creating art.
With my works I want to create spaces that make it possible to experience the fields of tension between myself, my surroundings and the audience. To do so, I curiously cross the boundaries between various media and genres. I love to move fluidly between performance art, expanded choreography and visual art.
My working processes are treated as an important and tangible part of my works. I desgin them intentionally and with a lot of care: collaborative, anti-ableist, queer-feminist, intersectional, reflexive and respectful towards all beings involved.
I believe that magic happens, when we dare to engage in the creative journey that leads us to discover the infinitely rich forms of bodily expressions. Magic, that bears the potential to make other worlds possible.