Visual artist Maya Rochat will present Forest Mind, an immersive exhibition, alongside two performances with Swiss-Lebanese musician Blackout, at the Serendipity Arts Festival.
Emami Art Experimental Film Festival (EAEFF) is a platform dedicated to curating and building discourses around alternative and experimental films, videos, and artists’ moving image practices. The Third Edition of the festival - EAEFF24 will showcase the works of some of the internationally acclaimed artists and filmmakers alongside recent critical films from India. The Embassy of Switzerland in India is collaborating with the EAEFF to showcase 'In Focus: Switzerland', a collection of films by Swiss artists Nicole Bachmann, Elodie Pong, Ursula Biemann, Uriel Orlow and Monica Ursina Jaeger, curated by Damian Christinger and followed by a panel discussion.
Location: Kolkata Centre for Creativity, 4th Floor, 777, EM Bypass, Kolkata 700107
Join us for the screening of film ‘AI as a Friend: Does a Chatbox Relationship really work?’, which will be followed by a panel discussion. The screening and discussion will take place within the framework of the 6th Global Science Film Festival, organised by Swiss Science Film Academy. The screening and discussion will take place simultaneously in Bangalore, Osaka, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul , Shanghai, Tokyo and Zurich. More information here.
The exhibition Celebrating Cartoons – Switzerland through the Lens of Indian Cartoonists will exhibit 19 selected cartoons that depict ‘Switzerland’ from the perspective of Indian cartoonists. We received an enthusiastic response to our call for cartoons, and the final selection was based on creativity, skillfulness, diversity of styles, themes and approaches. The cartoons provided insights into the themes that most resonate with our Indian cartoonist friends when they think of Switzerland.
Location: Durbar Hall Art Gallery, Ernakulam, Kochi
Of Barriers and Distances curated by Parvez that will bring together Copa and Sordes (Birgit Krueger and Eric Schmutz Krueger), Mimi Von Moos, Muda Mathis and Sus Zwick from Switzerland and Birender Yadav, Tufan Pramanik, Richa Arya, Abdulla PA, Amjum Rizve from India. This visit will culminate into an art resideny followed by a public discourse and month long exhibition at Gallery Dotwalk.
Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Claude Diallo travels around the globe to play his music, which entices a cosmopolitan audience. Claude Diallo has performed at different jazz festivals and venues in Europe, America and Asia.
A child sits alone in their room. How wonderful it would be to have someone to play with now. Suddenly, something stirs. Someone enters the room: Petitpas! From loneliness, a whimsical duet between Petitpas and the child unfolds in a fantasy world. They dive into a whirlwind of situations revolving around joy, care, dominance, and conflict – an astonishing emotional rollercoaster!
During the 10th Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Economic Policy, organized by the World Trade Institute of University of Bern and the Centre for WTO Studies of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, the Embassy is organizing a panel discussion on India's evolving trade policy.
Swiss sound scenographer Ramon De Marco will create a site-specific sound installation that deals with the subject of Acoustic Ecology within the Disko valley, Leh and its surrounding landscape. It's conceptualised as an ongoing project at sā Ladakh, which starts with an empty space that will be filled up from day to day with new sounds that he will record in the landscape and with people living or working in Leh.
The Embassy of Switzerland and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) are organising a conference on Innovative Partnership Models of Research for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The event brings together experts and stakeholders from diverse fields to explore collaborative approaches that address the unique challenges posed by NTDs.
Swiss film "Rivière", directed by Hugues Hariche, which was selected at the Locarno Film Festival 2023, to be screened at the Francophonie Film Festival in Mumbai.
Celebrate French language and culture at the Francophonie Mela 2024! Join us at the Swiss stall for some fun games, quiz and take home some exciting goodies.
