Swiss photography books at PondyPHOTO 2016
A collection of Swiss books on photography will be on display at the Swiss PHOTO Corner at Kasha Ki Aasha in Pondicherry.
PondyPHOTO, a biennale festival initiated by PondyART, is a platform where art and education attempt to break existing social barriers, by presenting photography-oriented events focused on today's social and environmental issues in public spaces.
The theme for PondyPHOTO 2016 is WATER.
Open and free to the public
27 August -11 September 2016
SWISS PHOTO CORNER
Fotomuseum Winterthur has put together a collection of books on photography for the Swiss PHOTO Corner at Kasha Ki Aasha in Pondicherry as part of pondyPHOTO 2016. The display can be viewed until 11 September.
PHOTOGRAPHY IN SWITZERLAND
Also on display will be "Photography in Switzerland", an online resource
ASIP (Association Suisse des Institutions pour la Photographie) has launched a new website on photography in Switzerland. Find museums, galleries, collections, archives, libraries, festivals, schools in Switzerland! To visit click here.
The Swiss List
The Swiss List in partnership with Seagull Books is an effort to bring Swiss literature to readers around the world.
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 twenty-six.
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. Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council supports translation.
The Swiss List comprises of the following titles:
An Answer from the Silence, a Story from the Mountains by Max Frisch
Translated by Mike Mitchell
All the Roads are Open by Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Translated by Isabel Fargo Cole
Collected Poems by Rainer Brambach
Translated by Esther Kinsky
Correspondence by Frisch Dürrenmatt’s
Translated by Birgit Schreyer Duarte
'Death in Persia' by Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Translated by Lucy Renner Jones
Drafts for a Third Sketchbook by Max Frisch
Translated by Mike Mitchell
Efina by Nöelle Revaz
Translated by David Ball and Nicole Ball
Fly Away, Pigeon by Melinda Nadj Abonji
Translated by Tess Lewis
In the Congo by Urs Widmer
Translated by Donal McLaughlin
Invitation to the Bold of Heart by Dorothee Elmiger
Translated by Cathy Derbyshire
Like Bits of Wind by Pierre Chappuis
Translated by John Taylor
Lyric Novella by Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Translated by Lucy Renner Jones
Mr Adamson by Urs Widmer
Translated by Donal McLaughlin
My Mother's Lover by Urs Widmer
Translated by Donal Mc Laughlin
My Father's Book by Urs Widmer
Translated by Donal Mc Laughlin
Noah by Hugo Loetscher
Translated by Samuel P. Willcocks
Obscurity by Philippe Jaccottet
Translated by Tess Lewis
‘On Life, Death, and This and That of the Rest’ by Urs Widmer
Translated by Donal McLaughlin
Privy Portrait by Jean-Luc Benoziglio
Translated by Tess Lewis
Seedtime Notebooks, 1954–79 by Philippe Jaccottet
Translated by Tess Lewis
Selected Essays by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Translated by Isabel Fargo Cole
Stigmata of Bliss: Three Novellas by Klaus Merz
Translated by Tess Lewis
The Blue Soda Siphon by Urs Widmer
Translated by Donal McLaughlin
The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons by Monica Cantieni
Translated by Donal McLaughlin
The Pilgrim's Bowl by Giorgio Morandi
Translated by John Taylor
The Spirits of the Earth by Catherine Colomb
Translated by John Taylor
Links www: www.seagullindia.com/books/defaultnew.asp
Partner: Seagull India - www.seagullindia.com
Pepper House Residency, Kochi invites Augustin Rebetez
Swiss artist Augustin Rebetez will be in India this August to avail of a residency he has been offered at the Pepper house Residency.
Augustin Rebetez will be in Kochi India this August to avail of a residency he has been offered at the Pepper house Residency. His residency will involve community engagement.
About Augustin Rebetez
Augustin Rebetez (1986) works in various media including painting, photography, video, sculpture, installations and mobile. Since 2009, he has been regularly showing his work in Switzerland and abroad, alternating between solo exhibitions and collaborative projects.
Augustin Rebetez was awarded the Photo Folio Review by the Rencontres d'Arles 2010, The Swiss Photo Award in 2012, the Foam Talent in 2013 and the Vevey International Photo Award 2013-2014. His works are part of the collections of Musée de l'Elysée Lausanne, Musée de l'Appareil Photographique Vevey, Kunst Museum Thun, Credit Suisse, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, Mudac Lausanne, and Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel, amongst others.
About Pepper House Residency
The Pepper House Residency programme is an international residency opportunity for artists from all disciplines to work and collaborate within a studio space situated at the Pepper House, Fort Kochi in preparation for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Dec 2016 to March 2017. The residency is structured on the idea of a three-dimensional approach to creativity in which the idea of artistic practice is supported by its two necessary extensions - public interaction and inquiry.
Pepper House Residency aims to seek and open channels of communication between the artist and public and to serve as a space for the exploration and evolution of the idea and themes of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
For more info on Augustin Rebetez: www.augustinrebetez.com/
For more info on Pepper House Residency: www.kochimuzirisbiennale.org/pepper-house-residency/
Functional Beauty - Design from Switzerland
Talk by Swiss design curator Ariana Pradal in Delhi at 125 MCM at Meher Chand Market on Tuesday 2 August 2016
Talk by Swiss design curator ARIANA PRADAL
Tuesday 2 August 2016 at 125 MCM, Meher Chand Market, New Delhi
Functional Beauty - Design from Switzerland
Switzerland is a small country in the middle of Europe. It is surrounded by big neighbours, and its centre consists largely of mountains. But there is more to Switzerland than just mountains, chocolate, watches and army knives. For about one hundred years there has been a growing and lively design community. The country's only raw material is water, and this is why the Swiss economy started concentrating on export very early. This was made possible due to high quality and niche products. The talk will give a quick overview of Swiss design.
About Ariana Pradal
Ariana Pradal has trained as an industrial designer and works as a journalist and curator. She writes and works regularly for various magazines and museums in the field of design and architecture. Her articles, books and exhibitions have been printed and presented in Switzerland and abroad.
Ariana Pradal studied industrial design at the Zurich School of Art and Design, (now the Zurich University of the Arts, Zhdk). Having gained experience by working in various design offices she decided to switch to a new role within the creative sector: instead of designing objects herself, she started to write about them. She completed a two-year traineeship with Hochparterre, a Swiss journal of design and architecture, while at the same time taking courses at the Swiss School of Journalism in Lucerne. During her time at Hochparterre she wrote articles, designed exhibitions, worked on books and gave lectures - setting the course for her future career. The time was then ripe for a change of direction, working in another country and in another field: Ariana Pradal spent six months in New York with Location Switzerland, the Swiss economic promotion body, gathering experience and awareness of the worlds of business and diplomacy.
After returning to Switzerland she spent three years working part time for the architectural journal Werk, Bauen und Wohnen, (wbw.ch). At the same time she wrote for other journals, and was commissioned by the Industrial Design section of the Zhdk to work on a project with the Pro Pueblo foundation in Ecuador. She also taught at various universities of applied sciences and sat on juries awarding diplomas. After her engagement at the architectural journal Werk, Bauen und Wohnen she worked two years as architecture critic for the newspaper Sonntag. Today she works as an independent journalist and curator in the areas of design, architecture and related disciplines. Her articles, books and exhibitions have been printed and presented in Switzerland and abroad. In addition she acts as a technical expert advising various cultural and political institutions. In 2010 she was appointed by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture for the "Mediation in Art and Architecture award 2010".
For more information on Ariana Pradal visit www.pradal.ch
A presentation by Gujral Foundation and Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council
