Press Mentions 2012
A compilation of current interviews, articles, blog posts and news.
1) Event: Artist-in Residence Alexander Hahn / Publication: Time Out New Delhi
Link: www.timeoutdelhi.net/art/features/alexander-hahn / see attached
2) Event: LAYOUT I / Publication: Freize
Link: www.frieze.com/issue/article/delhi/
3) Event: India Art Fair / Publication: World News
Link: article.wn.com/view/2012/02/03/A_Virtual_Tour_of_the_India_Art_Fair_2012/
4) Event: Ruth Buck / Ahmedabad International arts Festival / Publication: DNA After Hours
Link: epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx / see attached
5) Event: SKODA Prize / Mirjam Varadinis / Publication: Art Info magazine
Link: in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/836942/qa-with-mirjam-varadinis-swiss-curator-and-skoda-prize-jury
6) Event: Experimenter Curator's Hub 2012 / Publication: Art Info magazine
Link: in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/815894/%E2%80%9Cthe-art-and-the-art-market-can-be-quite-separate-and-at-times-unmerciful%E2%80%9D-abhay-maskara-on-the-challenges-of-curating
7) Event: Experimenter Curator's Hub 2012 / Publication: Art Radar Asia
Link: artradarjournal.com/2012/07/25/experimenters-2012-curators-hub-probes-south-asian-art-practice-event-alert/
8) Event: Experimenter Curator's Hub 2012 / Publication: vimeo
Link: vimeo.com/50200544
9) Event: Urs Widmer India tour / Publication: Jagran City Plus
Link: cityplus.jagran.com/city-news/literary-fever-on_1327126006.html
10) Event: Urs Widmer India tour / Publication: The Hindu
Link: www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article2807758.ece
11) Event: POL at Gati Dance Residency / Publication: Time Out Delhi
Link: www.timeoutdelhi.net/dance/features/turning-heat
12) Event: POL at Gati Dance Residency / Publication: Asian Age
Link: www.asianage.com/dance/why-we-dance-199
13) Event: FICA Emerging Artist Award / Publication: Matters of Art / online
Link: mattersofart.blogspot.in/2012/06/fica-emerging-artist-award-2012.html
14) Event: FICA Emerging Artist Award / Publication: Art Info magazine / online Link: in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/830683/fica-emerging-artist-award-for-2012-awarded-to-kerala-based
Mezzo Compo - documentaries on Swiss composers
The French television station Mezzo has produced a series of documentaries portraying ten of the most important Swiss music composers.
Mezzo Compo presents 10 television documentaries about Swiss music composers
Since 1996, the French channel Mezzo has been the global frontrunner in the television broadcasting of classical music, jazz and dance.
In 2012, the French television station Mezzo, with the support of Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council produced a series of documentaries portraying ten of the most important Swiss composers.
Participants
Dieter Ammann, Oscar Bianchi, Xavier Dayer, Martin Jaggi, Daniel Ott, Michael Pelzel, Katharina Rosenberger, Annette Schmucki, Nadir Vassena & Michael Wertmüller
Links to these composer portraits, which last approximately ten minutes each, can be found on: www.swissartsselection.ch/de/1026-mezzo-compo#de/1026-mezzo-compo
For more information on the French television station Mezzo: www.mezzo.tv
Swiss List - new title on the stands
Pro Helvetia and Seagull Books London have collaborated over a publishing project entitled The Swiss List, which envisages publishing 8 - 10 books of Swiss origin into English.
With the latest addition to the Swiss List published by Seagull Books, the number of books in English by Swiss writers now on the stands is eight. 'Death in Persia' by Annemarie Schwarzenbach, translated into English by Lucy Renner Jones has just been published.
Others in the list include Urs Widmer’s My Mother's Lover and My Father's Book translated by Donal Mc Laughlin, Frisch/Dürrenmatt’s, Correspondence translated by Birgit Schreyer Duarte, Dorothee Elmiger’s Invitation to the Bold of Heart translated by Cathy Derbyshire and Annemarie Schwarzenbach’s, Lyric Novella and All the Roads are Open translated by Lucy Renner Jones and Isabel Fargo Cole respectively.
Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council supports translation. The publication of the Swiss List in partnership with Seagull Books is an effort to bring Swiss literature to readers around the world. An extension of the initiative «Moving Words», the Swiss List has had demonstrable impact. Audiences across the globe now have access to Swiss Literature and literary translators from varying nationalities have had the opportunity to network and engage with Swiss writers.
The number of translations of Swiss literature will continue to increase, with Seagull Books looking at publishing another few titles by year end.
'Death in Persia' by Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Translated by Lucy Renner Jones.
Noah by Hugo Loetscher
Translated by Samuel P. Willcocks.
Synopsis
My Mother's Lover by Urs Widmer
Translated by Donal Mc Laughlin
Synopsis
My Father's Book by Urs Widmer
Translated by Donal Mc Laughlin
Synopsis
Correspondence by Frisch/Dürrenmatt’s
Translated by Birgit Schreyer Duarte
Synopsis
Invitation to the Bold of Heart by Dorothee Elmiger
Translated by Cathy Derbyshire
Synopsis
Lyric Novella by Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Translated by Lucy Renner Jones
Synopsis
All the Roads are Open by Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Translated by Isabel Fargo Cole
Synopsis
Links www: http://www.seagullindia.com/books/defaultnew.asp?cbosearch=category&txtkeyword=swiss%20list
Indian artists in Switzerland
Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council welcomes Gitanjali Dang and Pratik Sagar who are currently in Switzerland on a studio residency at Rote Fabrik, Zürich and iaab Basel respectively.
The following Indian artists were awarded Studio Residencies in 2013.
Indian artists:
Anitha Balachandran (Visual Arts) Gitanjali Dang ( Visual Arts ) Pratik Sagar ( Visual Arts )
Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council wishes Gitanjali Dang and Pratik Sagar a successful and productive residency at Rote Fabrik, Zürich and iaab Basel respectively.
For more information on these residency spaces:
Rote Fabrik, Zürich - www.rotefabrik.ch/en/home/
iaab Basel - www.iaab.ch
Residencies
Pro Helvetia’s liaison office in India supports studio and research residencies. Swiss artists and cultural practitioners (e.g. curators, event organisers, mediators) in the areas of the visual arts, music, literature, theatre and dance are eligible to apply. In return, Pro Helvetia facilitates residencies in Switzerland for artists and cultural practitioners from India.
Studio residency 2015
A studio residency (3 months) in India or, conversely in Switzerland, gives artists the chance to gain a broad insight into a different cultural environment. The aim of the residency is to find inspiration, establish networks and contemplate new projects and cooperations. In addition to a place to work and accommodation, Pro Helvetia will provide a specialist from their field to support them. Pro Helvetia covers the costs of travel, insurance and per diem expenses. A maximum of four applications can be considered per region each year. Applicants may apply three times in total for a Pro Helvetia studio residency.
1.1 Selection criteria
- convincing track record: artistic activity above and beyond regional level for at least three years
- context-related motivation
- adequate foreign language skills
1.2 Applications
Applications can be submitted until 1 March 2014 via www.myprohelvetia.ch for 2015. Applications must be written in English.
PLEASE NOTE: Applications for 2014 stand closed.
