Announcing recipients of Studio Residencies 2016 / 2017
Pro Helvetia New Delhi announces the names of Indian and Swiss artists who have been selected by the jury to avail the Studio Residency it offers.
Pro Helvetia New Delhi announces the names of Indian and Swiss artists who have been selected by the jury to avail the Studio Residency it offers.
South Asian artists:
Anjana Kothamachu (visual arts) / India
Shaunak Sen (visual arts) / India
Swiss artists:
Lukas Mantel (music)
Marie Velardi (visual arts)
The applications received from the above artists were in concurrence with Pro Helvetia - Swiss Art Council's current mandate. The jury made its decision depending on the application's individual merit as well as on being able to find an appropriate host in Switzerland. Besides, preference is given to artists who are able to demonstrate the possibility of generating follow-up projects.
The selection in India was made by a jury comprising of Dr. Annapurna Garimella, a designer and an art historian who heads Jackfruit, a research and design organization, Shukla Sawant , a visual artist and an Associate Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Chandrika Grover Ralleigh, Head Pro Helvetia New Delhi.
The selection has been corroborated by Pro Helvetia's Specialist Departments in Zurich.
For more information on Residencies offered by Pro Helvetia click here
Digital Culture
New media has become a key factor in the development of contemporary art and culture. Pro Helvetia is exploring the impact of digitalisation on artistic work with its "Digital Culture" programme.
From 2012 to 2015, Pro Helvetia is exploring the impact of digitalisation on artistic work with its "Digital Culture" programme. The programme is made up of three components, the core one being "Mobile. In Touch with Digital Creation", which aims to support and enhance interactive and transmedia art work in Switzerland. The second focuses on the influence of digitalisation on the promotion and dissemination of traditional art forms. And, with its call for interdisciplinary new media cooperation projects, the third component, Pro Helvetia is striving to strengthen collaboration between art, research and science institutions in the field of new media and technology.
Mobile. In Touch with Digital Creation
Digitalisation in Arts Disciplines
Collaboration Projects in the Field of Digital Culture
Giovanni Carmine invited by Experimenter Curators’ Hub 2015
Giovanni Carmine, Director Kunst Halle St Gallen will be in India to participate in Experimenter Curators’ Hub in Kolkata.
Pro Helvetia has partnered Experimenter, Kolkata for the past five years, right from the very inception of the Curators' Hub in 2011. Curatorial exchange has been one of PHND's focuses with the objective to initiate dialogue and debate with Swiss practitioners.
This year Pro Helvetia New Delhi has invited
Giovanni Carmine, Director Kunst Halle St. Gallen, to participate.
Date: 23 - 24 - 25 July 2015
Venue: Experimenter Kolkata 2/1 Hindusthan Road, Gariahat, Kolkata, West Bengal 700029
Entry by registration.
To register contact Mohor Mukherjee at mohor@experimenter.in or call on +91 33 4001 2289
About the event:
The Experimenter Curators' Hub is a platform to discuss, debate and comprehend the theoretical aspects of curating while discussing the challenges and concerns curators face. It encourages an exchange of views and possibilities of collaboration between curators and institutional frameworks.
About Giovanni Carmine
After working several years as an independent curator and art critic - realizing among other projects and books with Norma Jeane, Christoph Büchel and a temporary exhibition in former Swiss military Bunkers (Unloaded, 2002) - Giovanni Carmine is, since 2007, director of the Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen (www.k9000.ch). There he has curated shows by Swiss and internationals artists like Ryan Gander, Mai-Thu Perret, Gedi Sibony, Loris Gréaud, Shahryar Nashat, Matias Faldbakken and Navid Nuur. He was artistic coordinator of ILLUMInations, the 54th edition of the Venice Biennale in 2011 and was also co-editor of the Biennale catalogue. He lives and works in Zurich and St. Gallen.
For more information on:
Experimenter Kolkata www.experimenter.in
Kunst Halle St Gallen www.kunsthallesanktgallen.ch/en/home.html
Partners: Experimenter Kolkata and Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council.
