Les Complices* has Received the Förderpreis Kanton Zürich!

Les Complices* has received the Förderpreis Kanton Zürich—a beautiful nudge from the universe (and the Kanton) that the ripples are reaching further than we thought.

The Government Council of Kanton Zurich awards these prizes annually to individuals or groups whose artistic or cultural work shows great potential.

This recognition goes to our newly appointed curatorial team: Kay Zhang, Paloma Ayala, Thi My Lien Nguyen, Engy Mohsen, tracy september.

We’re humbled, giggly, and slightly suspicious that someone out there believes in our mischief this much.

This space didn’t appear out of nowhere—it was conjured and cared for by many before us. We bow deeply to our ancestral beings: Andrea Thal, who shaped the foundations; Gökçe Ergör & Martina Baldinger (2015–2017), who kept the spark going; Gökçe Ergör & Reem Kadhum aka the Janitor (since 2018), who reimagined its edges and depths; and Trinity Njume-Ebong (2022–2024), whose touch endures.

To us, this prize is not just a pat on the back—it’s a shared celebration of collective dreaming, the value of slow brewing ideas, and a refusal to rush. It’s a reminder that transformation takes time, and that joy, trust, and troublemaking can (and should) coexist.

We’ll keep experimenting, listening, conjuring, making room for messiness and possibility. We’ll keep centering the voices that systems often ignore. We’ll keep hosting, with all the complexity and care it takes.

Thank you to all our accomplices—past, present and yet to come.

Let’s keep making beautiful trouble,
The curatorial team of LC*