Past events (203)
Francophonie Festival 2016
Saturday, 12.03.2016
– Saturday, 20.02.2016
Cultural event
The Embassy of Switzerland in collaboration with the Alliance française in Singapore is pleased to invite all French language lovers to celebrate La Francophonie and take part in the festive programme!La Francophonie is celebrated across the globe in March to coincide with the birth of the first Intergovernmental Francophone Organization established on 20th March, 1970 in Niamey (Niger).In Singapore, the French language and its cultural and linguistic diversity are celebrated through films, writing, music and art exhibitions. The Embassy of Switzerland is proud to be involved in some highlights of the festivities.
Location: Alliance française, Singapore
Swiss Education Fair 2016
Saturday, 05.03.2016
– Saturday, 05.03.2016
Public event
Switzerland is one of the world’s leading investors in education and has a very qualitative educational system. The various educational strengths that Switzerland has to offer include globally top ranked public Universities, Universities of Applied Sciences and Hospitality Schools. Their high quality and dedicated educational programs have shaped 27 Nobel Laureates in the past. Discover various Swiss institutions of higher learning presenting their outstanding programs, Bachelor and Master Programs. Meet and speak directly with exchange students and delegates and get answers to important questions such as the application process, future career opportunities or living in Switzerland.For more information, check out the website: http://swisseducationfair.org/home/
Location: Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre - Begonia Junior Level 3
Event Calendar Spring 2016
Friday, 04.03.2016
– Saturday, 23.04.2016
Public event
Event Calendar Spring 2016
Location: Singapore
Closing event - The Exhibition of the Italian film director Federico Fellini ‘Circus of Lights’ – 17 February, 6.30pm @ NTU
Wednesday, 17.02.2016
– Wednesday, 17.02.2016
Cultural event
The Exhibition ‘Circus of Lights’ which has been displayed for the first time in Singapore will be open to visit for last time at the closing event on 17 February. On this occasion a guided tour with background information about the Fellini Foundation in Switzerland will take place. The admission of the exhibition and guided tour is free.
Location: Nanyang Technological University (NTU), ADM Gallery, Singapore
DADA on Tour at Art Stage Singapore, 21-24 January 2016
Thursday, 21.01.2016
– Sunday, 24.01.2016
Cultural event
On the occasion of the celebration of DADA art movement’s 100th anniversary, the Embassy of Switzerland is proud to support Zurich based Cabaret Voltaire’s project DADA on Tour in Singapore. After having travelled to New York, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Kochi and Switzerland, the mobile museum will be coming to Singapore. Housed in a tent, it will be on view at Art Stage Singapore from 21-24 January 2016 and will show a multimedia art installation on DADA. DADA was initiated in 1916 by a group of Jewish artists who had settled in Zurich after having left Germany and Romania during WWI. Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich was the place where this group of artists started to use abstraction to fight against the social, political, and cultural ideas of that troubled time.
Location: Art Stage, Singapore
Doggy Style, M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2016, 20-21 January 2016
Wednesday, 20.01.2016
– Thursday, 21.01.2016
Cultural event
The Embassy of Switzerland is pleased to support the dance production “Doggy Style” by Swiss based choreographer Joshua Monten, which will be part of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival on 20-21 January 2016. In his performance, non-verbal communication plays an essential role. The spontaneous movements of dogs are transposed onto the dancers’ body and mind and represent the uneasy relationship between the animal and their human companions. With the innovative mixture of dance, sign language, humanity and animality, the choreographer gives the audience an understanding of how fundamentally unequal and yet both rewarding and sustainable this relationship can be. “Doggy Style” is based on the detailed analysis of dogs’ behavior. To make sure, the imitation of their movements is as authentic as possible, real dogs were studied and even invited to participate in the studio rehearsals. For further information about Joshua Monten’s production and the M1 Fringe Festival 2016. please visit their website: http://www.singaporefringe.com/fringe2016/index.php
Location: Esplanade Theatre Studio, Singapore
Exhibition on renowned Italian film director Federico Fellini opens for the first time in Singapore on 12 November 2015
Thursday, 12.11.2015
– Saturday, 06.02.2016
Exhibition
The Embassy of Switzerland is pleased to support together with the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Centre, the first exhibition in Singapore on Federico Fellini.The exhibition entitled Fellini: Circus of Light is jointly organised by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), School of Art, Design & Media and the Switzerland-based Fellini Film Foundation. It brings for the first time to Asia around 50 items coming from the Fellini Foundation. Drawings, posters, set and backstage photos as well as the original clap of the iconic movie Casanova will be on display. A circus-like dome with visual effects will be at the centre of the exhibition, so that visitors can immerse into the world of Fellini’s characters. This exhibition will be the first event to take place after the recent signing of a cultural agreement between the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), School of Art, Design & Media and the Fellini Film Foundation in Sion (Switzerland). The admission to the exhibition is free and is on view until the 6th of February 2016
Location: Nanyang Technological University (NTU), ADM Gallery, 81 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637458
Swiss author Monica Cantieni invited at the Singapore Writers Festival 2015
Sunday, 01.11.2015
– Sunday, 01.11.2015
Cultural event
The Embassy of Switzerland is proud to welcome Swiss author Monica Cantieni to Singapore.Cantieni will be presenting her debut novel at the Singapore Writers Festival 2015, “The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons”, translated in English and published by Seagull Books. In 2011, Cantieni won the Swiss Book Awards for this novel published under the original German title “Grünschnabel”. Set in the time of the crucial 1970 Swiss referendum on immigration, Monica Cantieni introduces us to a host of colorful characters who struggle to make Switzerland their home. This is a book with a very warm heart, and rarely has a young girl’s narrative been at once so uproariously hilarious and so deeply moving. Cantieni will also present her novel at the Jakarta Biennale 2015 and at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia. Monica Cantieni was born in 1965 in Thalwil, Switzerland, she lives in Wettingen (Switzerland) and Vienna. She works for Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) and has received various literary grants and scholarships for her short stories.
Location: Singapore Writers Festival
World Day Against the Death Penalty, October 10, 2015
Saturday, 10.10.2015
– Friday, 30.10.2015
Public event
Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter is joined by 17 other Foreign Ministers in calling for a constructive dialogue on the death penalty.Joint Declaration of Oct 10, 2015 Switzerland is committed to a world without the death penalty
Location: Singapore
swissnex Singapore closes its doors, new education and science office at embassy opens
Wednesday, 30.09.2015
– Sunday, 01.11.2015
Public event
Bern, 30.09.2015 - For eleven years, swissnex Singapore shaped and sustainably strengthened relations between Switzerland and Singapore in the fields of education, research and innovation. Today the SERI outpost responsible for fostering exchange in those fields will close. Concurrently, continued support to Swiss ERI stakeholders will be guaranteed by the opening of the new education and science office at the Swiss embassy.
Location: Singapore
Photo exhibition by Swiss photographer Marc Ninghetto
Tuesday, 22.09.2015
– Monday, 19.10.2015
Cultural event
The Embassy of Switzerland is proud to present a photo exhibition with works by Swiss photographer Marc Ninghetto. The opening will take place on 22nd September at the Embassy, where the artworks will be exhibited for the upcoming months.Ninghetto has established his name in the fashion, jewelry and watch industry working on advertising campaigns over the last 15 years. After working for several years in this field, he began to feel a need to dedicate his time to purely personal projects and started to create artistic photographs. Using an original technique that he calls “digital sampling”, his pieces are a subtle fusion of sleek bodies and strong materials, tears and typography, each layer, transparent or opaque, uncovering or covering the subject of the photograph. His photographs are imbued of a sensitivity, which mainly focuses on women. The exhibition at the Swiss Embassy will mostly feature new works with Swiss related topics.Marc Ninghetto was born in 1972 in Geneva. He graduated from the Vevey school of Photography. In 2006 he founded his own artistic studio, “La Fabrique”. Ninghetto works and lives in Geneva.The exhibition is generously supported by Swiss International Air Lines.
Location: Embassy of Switzerland in Singapore
Haze: Air pollution in Singapore
Thursday, 17.09.2015
– Friday, 30.10.2015
Singapore is periodically affected by heavy haze that results from forest fires in Indonesia and is currently experiencing unusually thick haze.
Location: Singapore
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