Christian Etter invited for Kyoorius Design Yatra 2014
Swiss designer Christian Etter, founder Etter Studio, Zurich invited to speak at Kyoorius Design Yatra 2014
Swiss designer Christian Etter will be visiting India to participate as one of the speakers at the Kyoorius Design Yatra 2014 that is held annualy in Goa.
Christian Etter, founder Etter Studio
Born in the mountaintops of Switzerland, growing up in Zurich where he studied Swiss Typography. Christian founded his first multimedia design company, in 2000 worked for various Swiss advertising agencies, and taught classes in Interactive Design and Film Editing.
Later, he worked as a counsellor for children at the skateboard recreation centre in Lausanne. He then continued counselling in Bogota, working with sexually exploited children. After returning from Colombia he worked as a multimedia producer in Bern before settling in Milan as Art Director for Saatchi & Saatchi. Christian then joined the Visual Communication Department of Fabrica, United Colors of Benetton's Communication Research Centre located near Venice.
His next move was to London as an Interactive Director for unit9. And in 2007 he was invited to join the advisory board of Design21, a social design network by Felissimo and UNESCO, based in New York City. Nowadays, aside from running his own design studio, Etter Studio, in Switzerland, Christian is working as Interactive Director for unit9, London.
To learm more about Christian Etter visit:
http://www.unit9.com/director/christian-etter
http://www.etterstudio.com/en/
To learn more about the Kyoorius Design Yatra visit:
http://designyatra.kyoorius.com/speaker/christian-etter/
All Warmed Up - Gati Summer Dance Residency
Swiss musician Ghostape has worked with participants of the residency to give music to their performances.
Swiss musician Gabriel Ghebrezghi (Ghostape) is in India to mentor the participants of the Gati Summer Dance Residency 2014. The Residency culminates in performances called All Warmed Up.
All Warmed Up: Gati Summer Dance Residency 2014
Showcase 1 - Thurs, 31 July, 7 pm
Showcase 2 - Fri, 1 Aug, 7 pm
Showcase 3 - Sat, 2 Aug, 5 pm
Venue: Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi.
Free entry by passes only. (First-come first-served)
For information call 011-64625766 / 9971406113.
Six emerging choreographers develop their own choreographic works over a period of nine weeks. The six residents for this year are Rajan Rathore (Delhi), Venuri Perera (Sri Lanka), Avantika Bahl (Mumbai), Mirra Arun (Bangalore), Riya Mandal (Delhi) and Rachnika Goyal (Delhi).
Ghostape (CH) is joined by other mentors who include Padmini Chettur (IND), Sankar Venkateswaran (IND), Kirsty Alexander (UK), Zuleikha Allana (IND) and Annie Lok (UK).
As a mentor, Ghostape has worked with participants of the residency to give music to their performances.
Photo credit: Soumita Bhattacharya
Invitation to an Indian curator for a residency at Basel
iaab Basel and Pro Helvetia have set up a new exchange program for curators in collaboration with Ausstellungsraum Klingental.
Artist exchange program iaab, located at Christoph Merian Stiftung in Basel, and Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council have set up a new exchange program for curators in the year 2015 in collaboration with "Ausstellungsraum Klingental", an independent art space in Basel.
Call for application
The call for application is open to (free lance) curators, art educators and art critics from India who are interested in diving into the Swiss art scene, doing some deeper research about art in the heart of Europe and establishing a show with local artists in collaboration with the team of "Ausstellungsraum Klingental".
Deadline for application: 5 August 2014* (*now extended to 5 August 2014)
How to apply: Send your application to phnd.applications(at)gmail.com
Residency in Switzerland: May 1 to Sept. 30, 2015 (5 months)
Grant: What we expect
For art space "Ausstellungsraum Klingental" the main goal of the curator's exchange program is to know more about the philosophy and practice of curating in other countries and contexts. We would like to receive a critical view from outside on our local art scene; to show his / her perception of our way of "doing art" "Ausstellungsraum Klingental" offers the Indian curator the opportunity of a five-weeks-exhibition in September 2015 (season opening of local galleries).
We expect from the applicant:
• open mind; willingness to network and cooperate with different people from the regional art scene
• interest in the work and working conditions of the artists working in the region of Basel and in Swiss/European art in general
• commitment to set up a show at "Ausstellungsraum Klingental" in September 2015
• willingness to re-invest the Basel network into a project in India after coming back
• very important: to be fluent in English (written and spoken)!
To apply please submit:
• CV
• letter of motivation
• sketch/abstract of research/project/exhibition at "Ausstellungsraum Klingental"
• rough budget
What we provide to the incoming curator:
• accommodation in one of the iaab-studios
• Living and travelling (5 months)
• networking-dinner with curators from Basel in May 2015
• The opportunity to set up an exhibition at art space "Ausstellungsraum Klingental" in September 2014 (season opening of local galleries) with the support of local volunteers
• Contribution to exhibition costs plus provision of technical equipment, invitation cards and other promotion of the event
• a motivated, active and curious host team with a lot of connections and experience in non-institutional artistic initiatives
About independent art space "Ausstellungsraum Klingental"
For generations Ausstellunsgsraum Klingental has served as a platform to discuss and present visual artprojects developped in the region of Basel. It presents four to five exhibitions every year, left aside themany more spontaneous events, concerts and performances. The program is run by artists and arthistorians and feeds on the ideas and initiative of its many volunteer contributors who like to move withambition, diligence and limited budgets.Ausstellungsraum Klingental is focused more on experiment and artistic research than on presentingestablished positions. It is a rather unique model of how to renew and sustain a city gallery on a highlevel. Guest curators can benefit from its wide-spread and hospitable networks. They will be invited toparticipate in Ausstellungsraum Klingental's creative machinery /environment - which could be inspiringto all involved and inform the curators about the field where they will present their project towards the end of their residency. www.ausstellungsraum.ch
About iaab
iaab is an international exchange and studio program which offers visual artists from the region ofBasel, Southern Germany and Alsace (France) the opportunity to spend a number of months workingabroad. iaab has seven studios in the trinational region of Basel and currently arranges exchanges with ten partner organizations abroad. www.iaab.ch
Public lecture by Adam Szymczyk, Artistic Director of documenta 14
Adam Szymczyk will be in in Delhi on the invitation of Pro Helvetia New Delhi and Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art.
Strange Comfort (Afforded by the Profession)
a public lecture by Adam Szymczyk
on Monday, 28 July 2014 at 6:30 pm
at India International Centre, New Delhi (Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex)
The public lecture will be moderated by Geeta Kapur, Indian critic and curator.
Adam Szymczyk has been the recipient of the Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement at the Menil Foundation in Houston.
To learn more about Adam Szymczyk & Geeta Kapur click here.
To learn more about the event click here.
The event is being presented by Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council in collaboration with FICA / Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art and India International Centre.
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Adam Szymczyk, Artistic Director of documenta 14 at ECH2014
Adam Szymczyk will be in in Kolkata to participate in the Experimenter Curator's Hub and in Delhi to present a public lecture.
Adam Szymczyk will be participating at the Experimenter Curators Hub 2014 in Kolkata.
For more information on the Experimenter Curator's Hub click here.
Kolkata
Experimenter Curators Hub / 25 & 26 July 2014
Entry by registration only
Delhi
Strange Comfort (Afforded by the Profession) // a public lecture by Adam Szymczyk
on Monday, 28 July 2014 at 6:30 pm
at India International Centre, New Delhi (Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex)
Entry open to all.
The public lecture will be moderated by Geeta Kapur, Indian critic and curator.
Adam Szymczyk has been the recipient of the Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement at the Menil Foundation in Houston.
To learn more about the event click here.
To learn more about Adam Szymczyk & Geeta Kapur click here.
The event is being presented by Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council in collaboration with FICA / Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art and India International Centre.
(Photo credit - Tadeusz Rolke)
A collaborative puppet performance by Margrit Gysin
Margrit Gysin, the grande dame of Swiss puppeteers, to present Squirrel's Birthday with Arundhati Nag and Andrea Gronemeyer.
Swiss puppeteer Margrit Gysin returns to India once again to collaborate with theatre personalities Arundhati Nag from India and Andrea Gronemeyer from Germany.
Date/ venue:
Bangalore:19 & 20 July 2014 at Ranga Shankara
Entry as per festival rules
Delhi: 24 & 25 July 2014 at Akshara Theatre
24 & 25th July: 7:00 pm
School shows-10:30 am
Entry as per festival rules
The performance will be part of AHA!, Ranga Shankara's programme to bring theatre in all its aspects to younger people.
About Squirrel’s Birthday
Ranga Shankara, Bangalore, Figurentheatre, Switzerland and Schnawwl Theatre, Manheim
English/45 minutes
For Children between 4yrs and 6yrs
Directed by Andrea Gronemeyer
The ‘Squirrel’s Birthday’ is about the squirrel deciding to celebrate his birthday with his friends. The squirrel writes letters in his own handwriting on pieces of bark to all his friends right from the whale in the ocean to the firefly, inviting everyone for his birthday. The performance is an ensemble of puppetry, object and miniature theatre.
The Cast:
Margrit Gysin
Graduate of the Theatre School J. Lecoq Paris, puppetry therapist Margrit Gysin has been a freelance puppet theatre player since 1976 and has conducted theatre education classes and seminars across the world. As someone who loves telling stories to children, she is a veteran at many Children and Puppet Theatre Festivals across the world. She is the founder and artistic Director of Figurentheatre, Switzerland.
In 2011 Margrit Gysin was invited by Ranga Shankara, Bangalore, ICCR, Kolkata, and Old World Culture, New Delhi to present Mimmi and Brumm are having a party.Small puppets are Margrit Gysin's speciality and she uniquely creates maximum impact with minimal props. A small pebble turns into a mountain and the trials and tribulations of little characters become uncomfortably familiar and human.
Arundhati Nag
One of India’s most talented contemporary actors, Arundhati Nag has over a thousand performances to her credit. She is one of the few multilingual actors in the country who has acted in Hindi, English, Marathi, Gujarati and Kannada. Ms Nag, who began her tryst with theatre more than three decades ago with the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) Mumbai, also has a number of films to her credit.
Andrea Gronemeyer
Andrea Gronemeyer has worked in and for children’s and youth theatre for more than 20 years, first as an author, then as a stage and theatre director. During this time, she has staged some 40 plays for a young audience. For more than fifteen years, she worked as a director and dramaturg at the Comedia Colonia, an independent theatre in Cologne. She is currently the Director at the Schnawwl Theatre & Young Opera, Mannheim, Germany.
For more information click here.
http://www.figurentheater-margrit-gysin.ch
Ghostape to mentor at Gati Summer Dance Residency 2014
Swiss musician Gabriel Ghebrezghi, better known as Ghostape, to mentor the participants of Gati Summer Dance Residency 2014.
Swiss musician Gabriel Ghebrezghi, better known as Ghostape, will be in India on the invitation of Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council and GATI Dance Forum to mentor participants of Gati Summer Dance Residency 2014.
Residency dates: 14 July till 3 August 2014
Performance dates: 1 & 2 August 2014
Entry: as per GSDR rules
Ghostape is an engimatic and inspiring experimental electronic artist from Switzerland, who uses recorded sounds to create vivid soundscapes merging into abstract pop artefacts. As a mentor, Ghostape will work with participants of the residency to compose music for their final performances. The Gati Summer Dance Residency supports emerging artists to engage with choreography.
To know more about Ghostape click here.
Partner: GATI Dance Forum
