Selected Projects: «To-gather»
The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has selected 31 projects to support the development and testing of new frameworks and methodologies for working internationally as part of the «To-gather» international collaboration.
For the first time, «To-gather» supports 2–3-year collaborations between arts practitioners, cultural organisations and institutions in Switzerland and their counterparts in the regions of the Pro Helvetia liaison offices. The call looks to support time for critical reflection on the current situation, for sharing ideas towards more equal forms of exchange between cultures and across contexts, and for experimenting with new formats for collaborating.
The following projects will be supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia in the coming years:
Pro Helvetia Cairo / Arab Region
El-Factory
Erik Altorfer and Hewar for independent theatre and performing arts
Theatre; Egypt, Switzerland
Extended ecologies
Medrar for Contemporary and Art The Critical Media Lab (IXDM)
Visual Arts, Innovation & Society; Egypt, Switzerland
Moving Stones
Marcel Bieri and Sailing Stones Festival
Music; Tunisia, Switzerland
My North is your South
Alan Alpenfelt and Julia Foster, B’sarya, Olivia Wiederkehr, Thiyazen Alalawi
Multi-disciplinary; Egypt, Switzerland, and other countries
To-Gather in Residencies
Fashion Revolution Egypt and Fashion Revolution Switzerland
Design; Egypt, Switzerland
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF
PRO HELVETIA CAIRO
Pro Helvetia Johannesburg / West, Central, East and Southern Africa
500 Hands for the Restitution
Centre d’Art Waza, Collectif d’Art d’Art, Group 50:50
Interdisciplinary; Democratic Republic of Congo, Switzerland and other countries
Art in human spaces
Christophe Fellay, Jill Richards
Music; South Africa, Switzerland
Locus Globus
Neil Coppen, Ntando Cele, Raphael Urweider, Vaughn Sadie
Interdisciplinary; South Africa, Switzerland
Maabara Exchange
Maabara Initiative, Theater Spektakel
Performing Arts; Kenya, Switzerland
PORTALS NEXT
camaguTshawe, Kaserne Basel, National Arts Festival, Sahyande Theatre Interdisciplinary; India, South Africa, Switzerland
Reading Africa
Litar Foundation, Strauhof Zurich
Literature; Switzerland and other countries
(RE)SHAPE
arthereistanbul, The Art Corner of Tehran, Associação Cultural Scala, CHELA (Centro Hipermediático Experimental Latinoamericano), Fundación Mar Adentro, Tanzhaus Zürich, Work it Out
Interdisciplinary; Argentina, Chile, Iran, Mozambique, Turkey, Switzerland
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF
PRO HELVETIA JOHANNESBURG
Pro Helvetia New Delhi / South Asia
Awake the sleeping giants
Sandbox Collective, Trickster-P
Performing Arts; India, Switzerland
Environmental Art Exchange (EAE)
Institute of Land and Environmental Art (ILEA); Shazeb Shaikh
Art, Science and Technology; India, Switzerland
How To Live Together?
Britto Arts Trust, Galerie 3000, HH Art Spaces Foundation, Theertha
Performing Arts; Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Switzerland
Rotational Rider
FHNW, Garage Museum, Kunsthalle Zurich, Pivo, Samdani Art Foundation
Visual Arts; Bangladesh, Brazil, Russia, Switzerland
Swiss Indian Network of Experimental Music and Sound (SINEMS)
Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (ICST, Zhdk), The Indian Sonic Research Organisation (ISRO), and The International Media Music and Sound Arts Network in Education (IMMSANE)
Music; India, Switzerland
WET LAND: New Terrain for Collaboration, spaces of sharing
Abdul Halik Azeez and Jackie Poloni
Transdisciplinary; Germany, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Switzerland
With the field
Anga Art Collective, Arte & Escola Na Floresta, Gidree Bawlee Foundation of the Arts, Paloma Ayala and Tara Lasrado
Visual Arts; Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mexico, Switzerland
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF
PRO HELVETIA NEW DELHI
Pro Helvetia Shangai / China
The New Voice Project
One-way Street Journal
Literature; China, Switzerland
To See, To Say: The new wave of international women independent performing arts project
Yinzi Theatre
Performing Arts; China, Switzerland
UN-Curating: Arts and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
UNArt Centre
Interdisciplinary; China, Switzerland
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF
PRO HELVETIA SHANGHAI
Pro Helvetia Moscow / Russia
PERIFERIYA «TO-GATHER»
Christian Müller and Periferiya collective
Music; Russia, Switzerland
Primeval Forests as Time Machines
Art & Science Center of ITMO University, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK
Visual Arts, Innovation & Society; Russia, Switzerland
Ulyap Chanson: A Transmedia Artistic Journey around the “DJEGUAKOS”
Flee Project in collaboration with Ored Recordings & V-A-C Foundation
Transdisciplinary; Russia, Switzerland
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE OF
PRO HELVETIA MOSCOW
Pro Helvetia South America
Amazonia Revisited
CMC Festival, IOIC – Institute for Incoherent Cinematography
Music, Interdisciplinary; Virtual
EMERGING FUTURES
ATDaM – Asociación de Trabajadores de la Danza, Casa Parque, COBAI, Danca em Foco, L’Abri-Genève, Fundación RED GESTIÓN CULTURAL, Movimiento en Foco
Dance & Performing Arts; Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland
Exchange program between SACO Biennial and Swiss Institutions
Atelier Mondial, Corporación Cultural SACO, School of Commons
Visual Arts; Chile, Switzerland
Expanded Translation Platform for Reflection, Co-Creation and Activation, Switzerland/Latin America
Associação Cultural Scala, Centro de Estudos Africanos, Escuela de Literatura Creativa Universidad Diego Portales, Lia Rumantscha, Looren América Latina, Proyecto Prisma, Übersetzerhaus Looren, Universities of Zurich and Geneva
Literature; Chile, Mozambique, Switzerland
Life Plan for Art & Social Change/Landlocked lands: Shifting peripheries and paradigms
Arterias Urbanas, Kiosko Galería, Rodolfo Andaur, Sabrina Fernández Casas, URRA Art Residencies
Visual Arts; Bolivia, Switzerland
OpenScape
iPanda, Materialise, Mwenya Kabwe, Nave, Nika Parkhomovskaia, Sandbox Collective, Reso, The Khan
Dance, Performing Arts; Chile, China, India, Lebanon, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland
Find out more about the projects on the Website of
Pro Helvetia South America
«To-gather» aims at supporting either new or ongoing long-term international collaborative projects and encompasses all disciplines that are supported by Pro Helvetia: design, interactive media, literature, music, performing arts, visual arts and architecture as well as projects which combine multiple disciplines both within and beyond the arts. Digital formats and analogue formats were selected. Projects include both small or large groups of partners.
Funding is aimed at projects with the following goals:
- To encourage artistic collaborations with long-term visions between Switzerland and one or more region of the liaison offices
- To maintain existing AND develop new professional networks during and beyond the pandemic
- To reflect on and develop new models of collaboration between artists, and between artists and organisations, towards a more equal and sustainable practice – both on the local and global level
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Ilustation: © Irene Schoch
