Helvetia Park in Ticino
The Helvetia Park exhibition, a core element of the Swiss Arts Council’s «Ménage – Culture and Politics in Conversation» programme is on show in Bellinzona until 23 January 2011. [dated November 2010]
After starting out in Neuchâtel in 2009, the Helvetia Park travelling exhibition’s latest port of call is Bellinzona in Ticino, where it will stay from 16 October 2010 to 23 January 2011. Castelgrande and the cantonal library in Bellinzona are transformed into a unique fairground with attractions such as the carousel of never-ending rituals, a ghost train through the dark world of cultural policy scandals and a shooting gallery featuring protagonists of the cultural scene as targets.
The exhibition, created by the Musée d’Ethnographie in Neuchâtel (MEN), is an integral part of Pro Helvetia’s «Ménage – Culture and Politics in Conversation» programme. With this programme, the Swiss Arts Council explores the role and various perceptions of culture in Switzerland and aims to stimulate the frequently arduous dialogue between the worlds of arts and politics.
In collaboration with the city of Bellinzona, the Ticino tourist board, the cantonal archives and the cantonal library of Bellinzona, various components of the Helvetia Park exhibition have been adapted to the specific conditions of Switzerland’s Italian-speaking region. The agenda also includes local cultural policy debates and artistic interventions.
More www.helvetia-park.ch
Programme Ménage
In the Air - a sound installation by Jason Kahn
Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council & Crafts Museum, New Delhi present In the Air -a sound installation by Jason Kahn, a sound artist and musician from Switzerland. [dated November 2010]
Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council & Crafts Museum, New Delhi present In the Air -a sound installation by Jason Kahn, a sound artist and musician from Switzerland on Friday 12 November 2010 at 3:30 pm at Bhuta Gallery, Crafts Museum, Bhairon Road, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 110001
The installation will be open from 13 – 30 November 2010 10:00 am 5:00 pm (Monday closed)
In the Air
The piece is a sound installation of a body of radios distributed more or less evenly to fill the installation space. By moving through the exhibition the visitor will experience rich variations in phasing occurring between the radios and the various acoustical reflections that are cast by static waves.
Jason Kahn
Jason Kahn is a sound artist and a musician whose work is a mix of electronic and acoustic sound sources, produced with minimal percussion, a laptop or an analogue synthesizer. In recent years he has created several sound installations using field recordings and sound waves as concrete forms. He has held exhibitions and concerts in museums, galleries, art spaces, festivals and clubs throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Turkey and South Africa. He has also produced sound pieces for film, dance and radio. In 1998 he started the label ‘cut’.
Jason Kahn is in Delhi on an Artist-in-Residence programme at Sarai from 1 - 30 November 2010. The residency is supported by Pro Helvetia New Delhi and Sarai.
The installation in the Bhuta Gallery by Jason Kahn is coordinated by Ish S, an Indian sound artist and musician who had a brief research residency in Zürich, Switzerland in June 2010.
Web links: cut.fm jasonkahn.dfekt.org http://harmonyseries.blogspot.com/2009/08/jason-kahn.html
IGNITE! Festival of Contemporary Dance
Pro Helvetia is delighted to be associated with IGNITE! a festival of contemporary dance being organised by the Gati Forum in New Delhi in November 2010. [dated November 2010]
Pro Helvetia is delighted to be associated with IGNITE! a festival of contemporary dance being organised by the Gati Forum in New Delhi in November 2010.
The Gati Dance Forum presents
IGNITE! Festival of Contemporary Dance
10-13 November 2010 New Delhi
IGNITE! is a path breaking initiative to promote Indian Contemporary Dance and redefine the parameters of contemporary performance. Designed as an intensive four-day festival, this unique and exciting event is envisaged to give high-quality Indian contemporary dance public visibility, showcase creativity and innovation in Indian dance and support the development of vibrant, new artistic work.
The festival showcases some of the most innovative and cutting-edge choreographers in Indian dance from around the world. Combined with the performances, are master classes, film screenings, exhibitions and intensive workshops with national and international choreographers. True to its name, this festival aims to ignite a debate on contemporary dance theory and galvanize public opinion on policy through intensive seminars and network meetings.
IGNITE! is conceived of as a synergic, multilateral platform. It brings together the artists’ community, academics, educational institutions, producers, cultural organisations, policy makers and the public, to collectively chart the future of contemporary dance in India.
For details on the event visit - http://www.ignitedancefestival.com/
