Carlo E. Lischetti
Swiss artist (1946-2005)
Carlo Edoardo Lischetti (18 October 1946 – 30 November 2005) was a Swiss multidisciplinary artist and local politician. His work combined performance, wordplay and interventions in public space. In 1992, he created Keine Brunnenfigur ("No Fountain Figure"), a platform at Bern’s Postgasse fountain where members of the public could become the fountain figure and speak. He also served on Bern’s city council from 1973 to 1976.
Biography
Carlo E. Lischetti was born on 18 October 1946 in Brugg. After training as a decorator in Zurich, he moved to Bern in 1966. His apartment on Kramgasse was used as the Laboratorium für angewandte Umweltgestaltung ("Laboratory for Applied Environmental Design") and became a meeting place for the city’s alternative scene.
Lischetti initially worked as a decorator at the Loeb department store before turning to writing and action art. He founded Büro Lischetti in 1971. That year, he contested the Bern city council election on the Härdlütli list.
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